R. Bogansky said "I know the pollination is critical. But I don't think a 
beekeeper
should be given carte blanche just because they are doing pollination."
 I couldn't agree more. Jim Fischer, who we no longer hear from, once said 
that the migratory beekeepers are effectively assessing a tax on the rest of 
us. (And, yes, we still have large commercial operations that are
*not*migratory.) All of us who are not migratory have to 'pay the
price' for
resistant AFB, SHB, mites resistant to fluvalinate and choumaphous, and now 
(here in the northeast) africanized bees. (They seem to not be surviving the 
winter.)
 While I admit migratory beekeepers have to 'make a living', and pollination 
is necessary, who gave migratory beekeepers the right to assess monetary 
damage on the rest of us? We should all be help responsible for our actions, 
but this tiny group is not self-policing and is likely to continue their 
unfortunate practices without penalty.


-- 
Lloyd Spear
Owner Ross Rounds, Inc.
Manufacture of equipment for round comb honey sections,
Sundance Pollen Traps, and producer of Sundance custom labels.
Contact your dealer or www.RossRounds.com <http://www.rossrounds.com/>

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