Walter Patton wrote:
>
>         Regarding General Mills save the honey bee program. I agree that the way
> that GM handeled the program left a lot to be desired and it was a
> beginning. Lot's of room for improvement, AND better then nothing, IMHO.
> Why can't American Bee Keepers get united about the saving of US bee
> keepers. One of the projects could be to approach every manufacture that
> chooses to use honey or bees as part of their packaging design to help with
> the effort to save US bee keepers. We could ask for annual participation.
> Maybe GM would like to redo the promotion and with some advance notice to
> Bee clubs, who could advise schools and with cooperative mailings could
> save postage and pretty soon the amount collected and contributed could
> become more significant. Again I wonder why we , beekeepers, can't act a
> little more like our beloved honey bees and " KOKUA" Hawaiian for work
> together for a good common cause.
>                         Aloha
>                                 Walter
 
 
This could be an international effort.  The Canadian Honey Council, and
various Agriculture departments, both Provincial and Federal ought to be
interested.  The bees do not recognize borders, only humans know about
that sort of thing.
 
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