Bob Harrison wrote:  “Perhaps a higher up the USDA food chain might read
the above and look into the situation.“

And back on the 13th of August Dave Green posted: "Also, in a year of
concerns for West Nile, we see one of the most important mosquito
predators -dragonflies, wiped out of an area in a few minutes:
http://gardenbees.com/cotton%20spray/cottonspray.htm

Perhaps, both the ABF and the AHPA could get together on this one very
serious aspect of beekeeping and lobby the folks in Washington: Both the
USDA and those somewhat politically motivated lawmakers. It is a crying
shame when the insect used to pollinate the flowers that creates the crop
is killed by the grower, trying- in his mind- to protect the crop; sort of
like killing the messenger.

Chuck Norton
Norton's Nut & Honey Farm
Reidsville, NC

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