> > >As a member of the American Beekeeping Federation, I just received an > urgent > message asking that I contact my Congressional elected representatives to > object to proposed reductions in the $246MM (that's millions, folks) budget > for honey bee research. Yikes, $246 Million! > Let's do some math! $246 million divided by the 2.4 million hives of bees in the US = $100 per hive for bee research! I'd prefer to take my $100 per hive up front, and do my own research : ) Randy Oliver *********************************************** The BEE-L mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned LISTSERV(R) list management software. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html Guidelines for posting to BEE-L can be found at: http://honeybeeworld.com/bee-l/guidelines.htm