well, i wouldn't decide to "trust" someone or not by reading their 
resume...but to play along here, i want a bee inspector who wants to 
have bees, not a job.  all that stuff might be impressive (or it 
might not, as he may have missed 300 cases of ahb as well).  i'm much 
more "impressed" with having 500 hives and getting the good harvest 
than i am with "worked for queen breeder" or even at a lab....being 
an employee is very differant than having the final say (and 
responsibility).  
...if said bee inspector doesn't own bees _because_ he isn't allowed 
to if he is to be a bee inspector, i think that's a shame...and if he 
doesn't have bees because he doesn't want them, but he wants the job 
as a bee inspector because he is "qualified", that also seems like a 
shame...it costs no more to pay someome who is passionate about what 
they do (and there are plenty of knowledgable passonate beekeepers 
out there), and in my mind, someone who is passonate is more likely 
to do a good job.

-- Peter Borst <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
Would you trust him, even though he doesn't own any bees these days? 

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