James F:   “As an example of how some money might have been better spent, Pat Bono had to fight tooth and nail to get "NY Bee Wellness" going, and the org runs hand-to-mouth on a shoestring budget and a volunteer staff as a NGO.   Do they get ANY state funding? “  

Well said James;  Indeed, why not?  If it was such a bad program why would so many experienced, smart beekeepers, biologists, entomologists, etc. want to give their time to it?  Dr. Jerry Bromenshenk is the next NY Bee Wellness teacher this year; how can you argue with that?  Why persecute a productive informative beekeeping program that will teach all new beekeepers to how-to’s of basic beekeeping and biology?   Why not name the ESHPA and other  State bureaucrats that are power hungry and underhanded so we can throw some rotten tomatoes?  Ugh! 

Deb Corcoran
Western Catskills
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