http://business.watoday.com.au/business/plan-bee-gives-lift-to-stung-investors-20090720-dqtv.html Plan bee gives lift to stung investors Ruth Williams July 20, 2009 INVESTORS who collectively ploughed hundreds of millions of dollars into almond and olive schemes set up by failed company Timbercorp will have some say on the fate of their assets, under a deal struck late yesterday. It is hoped that the deal, set by the group's liquidators KordaMentha and a committee of investors, will give the green light to the urgent pollination of almost 12,000 hectares of almond trees, in a process involving 1.6 billion bees at a cost of $3.4 million. The trees will not produce a crop next year unless they are pollinated. .... http://business.watoday.com.au/business/plan-bee-gives-lift-to-stung-investors-20090720-dqtv.html -- Juanse Barros J. APIZUR S.A. Carrera 695 Gorbea - CHILE +56-45-271693 08-3613310 http://apiaraucania.blogspot.com/ [log in to unmask] *********************************************** The BEE-L mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned LISTSERV(R) list management software. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html