Rick,
Bob Harrison did a nice job of information, but a few things should be
EMPHASIZED.

The GREAT MAJORITY of Americans just DON'T know that honey bees pollinate 35%
of all human food; ALL fruits, onions, broccoli, squash, cucumbers,
watermelons,
pumpkins, cantaloupe, and even ICE CREAM and STEAK.  Cattle must have HIGH
protein Alfalfa hay to make good milk or good beef, and honey bees pollinate
over 90% of alfalfa seed.  Imagine breakfast without orange juice, a
hamburger without onions, salad without cucumbers, Thanksgiving without
cranberry sauce or pumpkin pie, and a birthday without ice cream!

To the public, every flying insect is a "bee" and bees sting.  They do not
know that
honey bees DIE when they sting, and hence are NOT aggressive, just defensive
as you would be if someone tried to disturb your HOME.

LEGISLATORS and even the PRESIDENT of the U.S. do NOT know what I just wrote
and hence do NOT consider honey bees as important.

Honey bees need a lot of PUBLIC RELATIONS spread about them.

George Imirie.