In a message dated 3/12/2005 9:48:51 PM Eastern Standard Time,
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> As often happens, no discussion of the most important event in
> months.  Medhat reported "But the (MN) beekeepers pressed their case to the
> state Supreme Court, which held, in part, that "a land possessor with
> actual knowledge or notice of foraging honey bees on the property comes
> under a duty of reasonable care in the application of pesticides.''
>

Nearly all the pesticides that I come into contact with are prohibitive by
the label to be apply on or around blooming plants.  It was my understanding the
label law was federal, under DEP.  It was also my understanding that the
states could enact more restrictive rules, but not less.  How did MN come to over
ride the label law to begin with?

Jim Hock
Wethersfield, CT

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