On 5/12/2012 8:25 AM, Peter L Borst wrote:
>  after all, it only takes a moment to find 
> http://www.epa.gov/compliance/complaints/index.html 

I'm not sure how this is suppose to help the beekeeper when they find a 
big pile of dead bees in front of their hive.  How would the beekeeper 
know who the pesticide applicator was, or where they were located?  It 
might be the field closest to your bees, it might not be.  The pesticide 
applicator may not be the owner of the field or even the person who 
farms the field.    This is the problem we are having here... no clear 
applicator, no notification (as required in my state) and many of the 
ways to report the incident that we've been reported to require 
information the beekeeper doesn't have.  I now count 5 different ways to 
report it to the EPA now, including this one.  All requiring different 
information, and most suggest the person to report to different agencies 
(which is often incorrect information).   Even the form mentioned above 
has a 'What not to Report' section which does list farming and advises 
you contact your local Agricultural Extention office.   So is the above 
report the correct one?   Talk about confusing.

-Tim

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