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Jerry Bromenshenk <[log in to unmask]>
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Fri, 7 Nov 2003 10:01:06 -0700
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In response to Dave's last comment about queen tags:

We can do this, but not at a price that's affordable.

The reason that we can provide RFIDs relatively cheaply are the enormous
size of the orders from giant retailers.  We get to take advantage of the
technology without having to be able to order 500 million tags.

But the miniature tag for the queen is another issue - the RFID part is
simple and cheap, the pedigree part is doable, but the fractal antennae
that we've been involved with has already had about $200k invested (not
simply for use on bees) and still has not been married to the miniature
(nano) RFID, and the 100/200 Ghz range may pose problems with the
regulatory folks, at least in the U.S.

Jerry

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