Hi All

I have been watching this thread, as I believe that a well run apiary 
inspection service is a good thing in any country.

Mike Rossander made some very good points from the perspective of 
someone being inspected.

Many of the points from other contributors on 'conflict of interest' are 
also valid, but in my estimation they are only valid if the inspectors 
are not answerable to a 'boss'. Part of a boss man's job is monitoring 
and policing of just such conflicts of interest, and then doing 
something about them if they arise.

You can't afford to eliminate many of your most knowledgeable 
inspectors, just because they keep bees themselves.


Regards & Best 73s, Dave Cushman, G8MZY
http://website.lineone.net/~dave.cushman or http://www.dave-cushman.net
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