Hello JJ and All,

J.J. wrote:
>     William - have you thought of pointing out to your Agriculture
> Department the damage that will have been caused to the farming industry
> there if all the bees have been killed?  Better still, get some of the
> farmers to do so!  You are 'just a moaning bee-keeper', but farmers are
food  producers and *taxpayers*!

Several years ago spraying was done in south Florida incorrectly and
thousands of hives were lost. The beekeepers  problem fell on deaf ears.
Several large commercial beekeepers were told their only recourse was to
sue. They did and lost.
Sincerely,
Bob Harrison
Odessa, Missouri

Ps. Are not  beekeepers  food producers and taxpayers JJ ?