From: Peter L Borst

>Perhaps you could explain one thing, however. Why would a beekeeper put 
>bees downwind from a cornfield at planting time, since for five years now 
>this has been a known problem? Whose responsibility would it be if I 
>deliberately walked out in a firing range? I know, some lawyer could make a 
>case for me, but hey --


Peter, you spend years trying to get good locations - where there is access 
year around (you don't bog down every time it rains), where the landowner 
(and his wife - I've lost potentially good locations where the wife had a 
fit!) is cooperative and reasonable, where there is no vandalism risk, etc. 
Good locations are a treasure to a beekeeper.

You seem to think we can move bees around at random, and we have infinite 
access to good locations.

I never moved bees without payment for the move, whether it was for a 
pollination contract or a pretty certain honey crop. The profit margin is 
too thin to go about moving bees every time you think they "might" get 
poisoned.

Peter, you need more field experience!

Dave 

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