"Let's dispense
with the the seemingly built-in bias against a group that simply is
trying to do what we all love to do - keep bees."

I have not read Jim as reflecting any bias.  It seems to me that he is just
presenting information that confirms what 'we' all know.

Three years ago, when some Canadians wanted to see some SHB, a migratory
said that they could look at his yards along the St. Lawrence river in
upstate NY as he 'knew' he had them (from Florida).  He also told a lot of
us stories of how he manages to control them in his honey house...here in
the Northeast.  I think he is the largest migratory beekeeper in the
Northeast.

His attitude is that he has to make a living.  He feels as if he runs a
first-class operation, but any operation as large as his will reflect the
conditions where he keeps bees.  Which is all over.  Because he 'has' to
migrate he is likely to spread pests and disease, and that is just the way
it is.  More or less...these are his words, they are not an apology but an
explanation.

Personally, I am sorry that Dave Green and probably others have felt I was
attacking migratory operations.  I had no intention of doing so.  I was
instead pointing out that some inspection programs are so compromised as to
be very questionable.

Lloyd
Lloyd Spear, Owner Ross Rounds, Inc.
Manufacturers of Ross Rounds Comb
Honey Equipment, Sundance Pollen Traps
and Custom Printer of Sundance Labels.

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