Hi Erik and Everyone,

Somehow my bees just never learned to read :>)

If a situation develops where a beekeepers bees become a public nuisance,
then  appropriate action for the public good must be taken against that
beekeeper. And if a beekeeper is keeping bees without regard for public
safety, then other beekeepers ought to be the first to privately inform that
beekeeper and then, the public if necessary. I hope that such occasions are
few, so that a beekeeper and his bees will be a non-issue for the general
public.

I think what the general public might be confronted with are aggressive bees
in their home/business environment. And that's where beekeepers can
publically come to the rescue. In a sense, that's where the problem of AHB's
are significantly different than other bee problems. AHB's are a problem
because they increase the chance of interaction with the generally beephobic
public. Whereas, those other problems actually decrease that kind of
interaction. 

An important part of educating the public, in an AHB area, is how to behave
around and be aware of the bees in their environment. Maybe an equally
important part of that message should concern the value of the beekeeper to
public safety.

And who would be better to educate the public that the beekeepers themselves.

Regards
Dennis
Thinking that hiding this issue under a basket is only going to get a lot of
beekeepers stung.

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