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From: Kathy Kellison [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: Sat 2007.06.16 13:08
To: Informed Discussion of Beekeeping Issues and Bee Biology 
Subject: Re: [BEE-L] CCD reporting



  Hello Jerry,

   am new to the list.. Randy Oliver knows me and what I am up to re: bees

   started a non-profit ,, Partners for Sustainable Pollination this
month..

   concept is basically working with willing farmers and beekeep to farm
fro criteria that will allow
   native pollinators and some EHB hives on site to help kick start
restoring flora..consensus based
   and based on sound science.

   ECA model basically from Switzerland are you familiar?,,' Ecological
Compensation Areas'
   good model

   lots going on in DC right now with Pollintor Bills can bring you up to
speed with that if you like
  am going DC end of month to meet with staffers .. bla bla..

  anyway ,, ,why am I ringing your cage?

  Am well aware  you have done lots of work with odor use by bees.. Are you
following the issue
  we have  going in CA. right now with this seedless Mandarin orange
legislation which
  prohibit bees within 3 miles of growers choosing this crop for their
production land?

   Is there any solution you could offer from your work or good brain
,,besides netting
  that would let bees  and beekeeps remain unrestricted and allow for
production of
  this variety of orange??  Am going to to Ag. Committee hearing in
Sacramento on
  Tuesday so this is a bit time sensitive!

   Thanks!

   Kathy


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