This message was originally submitted by [log in to unmask] to the BEE-L list at LISTSERV.ALBANY.EDU. It was edited to remove quotes of previously posted material. ----------------- Original message (ID=C213226E) (81 lines) ------------------- From: "=?iso-8859-1?Q?Fran=E7ois_Servel?=" <[log in to unmask]> To: "Informed Discussion of Beekeeping Issues and Bee Biology" <[log in to unmask]> Cc: <[log in to unmask]> Subject: Re: Malathion Spraying Date: Tue, 9 May 2000 19:06:16 +0200 1700 Hello Kendra, I am a French beekeeper located in the South of France. I know the problem of mosquitoes spraying problem because our municipality has wanted to kill mosquitoes for our town (Arles) to be able to have more and more tourists. The beekeepers have asked negotiations with the political authorities of the town because they were afraid to loose their bees and job. They promised to listen to us. We encouraged them to use biological control of mosquitoes thanks thanks to bacillus thuringensis. In spite of what they promised us, they phoned us one day that the town and the surrounding country will be sprayed with deltamethrin. Then after a meeting the beekeepers decided to make a spectacular action : we decided to unload an apiary on the main square of the town (27th July 1997). We invited journalists, TV... The success of this demonstration was very interesting, because until now, the municipality has not sprayed the region, and they have begun biological control of mosquitoes population. They were so upset that the radio and TV have talked in negative way of their town, because they were accused to pour toxic chemical on the population. With my best regards, François SERVEL