james Fischer said

>The tech-transfer team approach was supported by those of us in the City who
donate money and attend politician fundraisers, as it has a goal of purely
providing needed services, rather than imposing regulations and
empire-building.  If the inspection aspirations of the NY Dept of Ag&Mkts
gets out of hand again, and it turns out that the tech team is being misused
to impose regulations, we will do the exact same thing again, and work to
cut off all but a tiny amount of funding for apiary programs of any sort at
levels far higher than the Mr. Ball can see, let alone reach, even on his
tiptoes.  There are too many homeless people in need of care, too many roads
that are worse than the outskirts of El-Obeid Sudan, too many priorities far
more pressing than subsidizing the costs of "inspections" that beekeepers
should pay their own employees to do, ignoring the problems found at their
own peril.

well if you can pull the funding I would recommend you get'r done, the listed description of the tech transfer team
""NYS Beekeeper Tech Team
In response to raising concerns of honey declines across the state, the New York State Pollinator Protection Plan announced the development of the NYS Beekeeper Tech Team. 

The Beekeeper Tech Team is an interdisciplinary group that works directly with beekeepers to improve honey bee health, reduce colony losses, and increase profitability of the beekeeping industry. The program began in August 2016 and is open to hobbyists, sideliners, and commercial beekeepers who operate a beekeeping business that generates $1000 in revenues each year. The Tech Team meets with participants to provide them with data from their colonies and recommendations that they can implement in their operations."

don't see that as a selling point to the 95% of the beeks that are not for profit when they need $1000 income to call on the team.

Mike  expecting the next big snow storm in Syracuse

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