Trevor,
I was never told the methods used to fast track  the import only that an 
expensive lawyer was hired and got the job done.

The most supprising thing was the beekeeper never intended to import bees 
from Australia. He had another reason for pushing the import.

Large scale beekeepers are excellent chess players usually.

I did put the beekeeper in contact with Terry Brown and he priced some 
loads into the U.S. but never had pallets shipped to my knowledge. His 
packages would have came through London (changed planes which is 
problematic) and would have been of higher cost than the west coast.

bob

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