>Such as, placing 200+ colonys a few hundred yards from honey yards that I and others have maintained for decades. Allowing hundreds of colonys to starve and then bragging about making $35,000 renting dead-outs to "dumb" almond growers. Hiring and then stiffing undocumented workers with the knowledge that they had no recourse. Keeping illegal drug patties in the colonys year round. Making blatantly false insurance claims after recent wild fires. Placing yards in violation of county regulations concerning restrictions near alfalfa seed operations. I could go on and I do feel very uneasy but it is all true. Without almonds this would not be possible, or at least not profitable.



Wow!! I just can't believe that this represents anything but a very small and insignificant minority of almond pollinators. If the majority worked this way, the US almond industry could not function. Thanks for the insight but I will give this assessment no weight toward evaluating the majority of pollinators. I'd like to hear what the pollinators have to say. 


Bill Hesbach 

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