I thought I'd pass along the original posting (which contained among 
other things that self policing doesn't work) to the board of my 
state association.  The email had the correct attribution, and it 
clearly wasn't my message (although it could well have been). I got 
this thoughtful reply from one board member.

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That depends if you make a living at beekeeping which you Rob do not
with 10 hives .Its kind hard to feed your family with 10 hives. How
dare you even talk about real beekeepers that do it for a
living  whether they cross state lines or not. If you want to make
MORE enemies ,I guess you have done your job.Just keep it up and see
where it gets you
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