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Troy Fore <[log in to unmask]>
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Thu, 26 Feb 1998 19:16:03 -0500
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I have resisted posting replies to some of the off-the-wall comments on
the proposal to expand the Honey Board because of the title of the BEE-L:
"Discussion of Bee Biology." But the latest.....
 
>Date:    Wed, 25 Feb 1998 14:26:10 EST
>From:    Hervey Heywood <[log in to unmask]>
>Subject: 2 cent board.....
 
..... pushed my button too hard. He posted, on behalf of Joe Rowland:
 
>If enacted, honey producers will lose control of the NHB, commercial
>beekeepers will see their Honey Board "Income Tax" soar, and the stage will
>be set for increased regulation and bureaucracy industry-wide.
 
Briefly, under the proposal, producers (and importers) will continue to
pay 1-cent, but packers will now also pay 1-cent. Should they continue to
get off without paying?
 
The increased regulation will be in the form of keeping malefactors from
diluting their honey with corn syrup and gaining an unfair advantage over
everyone else, not to mention risking the reputation legitimate honey
producers and packers have nurtured over the centuries. An important part
of the proposal mandates the Honey Board spends *at least* 8% of its
annual revenues for beekeeping research. Not honey marketing research --
not new product research -- *beekeeping* research. Under the proposal 8%
would be about $500,000.
 
There is no way the beekeepers can lose control of the Honey Board.
Producer members have to hold 50% of the seats. The proposal has been
endorsed by American Beekeeping Federation, American Honey Producers
Association, National Honey Packers and Dealers Association, and Sioux
Honey Association.
 
Finally, it will have to endorsed by the assessment-paying members of the
industry before it goes into effect. The legislation in Congress simply
lets it come to a vote of the industry. Ask yourself: Why don't the
opponents want to allow the industry to vote on the proposal? After a
thorough airing at the ABF Convention, it was endorsed unanimously.
 
If you want more information, check out the ABF website: abfnet.org or
contact me for more information.
 
Let's let the people who will be paying the bill decide.
 
 
 
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Troy Fore
Executive Director
American Beekeeping Federation
P.O. Box 1038, Jesup, GA 31598-1038
Ph. 912-427-4233  Fax 912-427-8447
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Home Page: http://www.abfnet.org
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