Hello to all,

Randy O. wrote,

.  There are places in
> California that you could throw a rock in any direction and hear it bounce 
> off the lid of a bee hive.

Randy, I think most out-of-staters think Calif is wide open. Up your way I 
can think of 8-12 keepers that all run over 10,000 hives a piece, all within 
a 50 mile stretch (that's 100,000 hives plus ). We won't mention the 2 to 5 
thousand hive guy's here.

 Every out of state colony that
> collapses in almonds leaves a good supply of its mites here in the Golden 
> State.

I think we should put a sur-charge on all bees coming into the state, in 
other words, at the border two dollars a hive, or go back where you came 
from.

Randy, I find most that write about Calif  beekeeping that don't live here, 
still don't get it. I think they should write about their experiences in 
their own state and leave writing about almonds and Calif beekeeping to us 
that run our outfits here 24-7.

Keith Jarrett 

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