David Eyre wrote:
>If you realy want to try the best of 'Buckfast' then you should
>look to Ontario. There are 3 Buckfast breeders with ISOLATED mating yards,
>who are licenced by Buckfast Abbey and who are the only ones allowed to use
>the pre-fix "Buckfast". I am not one of them, but would be prepared to post
>the addresses if requested.
In a message dated 96-10-12 20:31:14 EDT, [log in to unmask] (<Mary Sellhorn>)
writes:
<< Hi David,
I for one would like to know where I could order Buckfast bees. Please post
the addresses.
Mary Sellhorn
Sunlite Apiaries
Sebastopol, CA >>
It might be a good idea to check first to see if US customers can order
bees from Canada legally. Canada has had a quarantine on US bees coming in
for several years. The question is: what does US law say about such reverse
imports?
It may well be similar to the NC - SC thing. North Carolina has had a
quarantine on South Carolina, and all other states', bees for several years.
SC has a law which makes an automatic reprisal, when such quarantines are
established by other states, ie., SC therefore has a quarantine against NC
bees. (I didn't say it was observed; I know of NC beekeepers who bring bees
to SC, and then take them back. At least they don't have a double standard,
they break both state laws equally. And the rest of North Carolina's
beekeepers had the illusion that they were protected from varroa by the
quarantine, so they didn't look for it.
Varroa is now pretty widespread in NC, so the reason for the quarantine
no longer exists. If it continues now, it will be a case of a state
regulating interstate commerce, which of course is forbidden by the US
constitution. And I suspect that, after having drenched the eastern half of
the state with Malathion, North Carolina will be looking for additional bees
next spring.
[log in to unmask] Dave Green, PO Box 1200, Hemingway, SC
29554 (Dave & Jan's Pollination Service, Pot o'Gold Honey Co.)
Practical Pollination Home Page Dave & Janice Green
http://users.aol.com/pollinator/polpage1.html
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