> Reason ( and perhaps a sharp legal mind) opened the U.S. to Australian 
> bees.

There was no legal mind in Australia gaining access to the USA.  How would I 
know?  Because I was in the thick of pushing our Governemnet who in turn 
made representation to the USDA for access.  It was slow.  It took about 5 
or 6 years from when I first sat down with our Government Department to fill 
out all the forms.  Yes we got the run around from the USDA and all sorts of 
promises which came and went.  At no stage did we hire any lawyers to put 
our case.

Trevor Weatherhead
AUSTRALIA
Come to Apimondia next year and see our bees first hand.

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