Blane White wrote:
>Just a practical consideration not that we are totally against AHB but we really felt a >need to assure the public that we were not and will not be a source of these insects that >many consider dangerous.

There are some who think that AHB could be over wintered even in Maine,
if managed properly. But I hope we never put it to the test. The public
relations disaster that would result could easily result in so many
beekeeping ordinances that it would kill urban and suburban beekeeping.
Does not matter how gentle "killer bees" are. They will always be
"killer bees" to the public.

Bill Truesdell
Bath, Me