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> Blair,
>        I think the MD. bee-keepers are being a bit snobbish.Va. has
> excellent bee-keeper support.
 
 
Mr. Robert Wellemeyer is your VA inspector. His office number is:
540-347-6380. Tell him I said hello. (I used to be a VA inspector--the
Shenandoah valley area.)
 
If you had any clue as to how precarious the honey bee program in Virginia
hangs, you'd not be knocking it, but supporting it. When I was an inspector
all I wanted to do was help people: they called me. They had some idea
how to find me. Bee inspection in VA is through VDACS.
 
Check your facts before going world-wide. Blair, if you care about honey
bee inspection, and beekeeping in general, why not try to work
with the exsisting system in your state?
 
Or you could move to MD. :)
 
 
 
Adam
 
Entomology
324 Price Hall
VA Tech,
Blacksburg, VA  24001-0325
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