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Last I checked, biologists consider bees to be animals. The plant/animal
question becomes a bit iffy for some unicellular organisms, but bees are
certainly animals.
A few weeks ago, I asked if bees were livestock. This was again from a
'legal/political' viewpoint. Your e-mails helped Dr. Robert Cramer at MSU in
Bozeman, MT with his work on Nosema. He now has a full time technician -
in Montana, bees are considered to be livestock.
We did find one state that moved the bee program into their plant division
- because bees pollinate plants. The implication was that bees were an
extension of plants - or so it seems. I originally smiled at that logic, but
considering concept of insect and plant co-evolution, maybe its not so far
off the mark.
Thanks
Jerry
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