In message <[log in to unmask]>, Gavin Ramsay 
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>No video links, but you can see the tabled document, a transcript of 
>the debate, the outcome of the vote and text adopted here:

LOL..this is not the video I meant, but never mind. I meant the one from 
a few weeks back when we were in Brussels. I should imagine a video of 
the debate would be a great cure for insomnia.

>indeed the lead politician (who also went for Einstein as his lead-in)

I pointed out whilst in Brussels that the Einstein quote was an urban 
myth, but nevertheless it persists. I understand its origin is in a 
presentation by French beekeepers a few years back and was never known 
before.

>but it is clear that this was an initiative that might deliver 
>something positive for beekeeping (well done Murray!).

I am only a bit part player in this. The bee forage areas were my idea, 
enthusiastically taken up and run with by the agriculture committee, and 
the very short four species list initially suggested in the document 
were given to the chairman by myself, on the understanding that this 
list will vary according to where in Europe the plantings need to be 
made. The pesticides were the special area of our French colleague, 
Gerrard Schiro, who had so many papers and reports with him he almost 
needed a van! Most of the rest were from several sources, and it is 
apparent that some items were included to keep the Greens onside.

-- 
Murray McGregor

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