Just full of helpful ideas, Richard suggests that some of our larger and
mid-sized pollinators should get on the phone with their customers - the
ones who have "clout" because they make lots of money and have
recognizeable crops - and ask them to put in a good word for the bee
industry, the labs, and gentle, impoverished beekeepers everywhere.  If
they know where their bread is buttered....


On Tue, 12 Feb 2002, Michael Housel wrote:

> Orange growers in Florida had a problem with "citrus canker."
...

> If the
> beekeepers had the money behind them, like the citrus then we could get the
> labs funded.

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Richard Yarnell, SHAMBLES WORKSHOPS | No gimmick we try, no "scientific"
Beavercreek, OR. Makers of fine     | fix we attempt, will save our planet
Wooden Canoes, The Stack(R) urban   | until we reduce the population. Let's
composter, Raw Honey                | leave our kids a decent place to live.