Re: A Beehive in their Bonnet, from The Netly News

[Jim Ray <jmr@shopmiami.com>]

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At 12:41 PM 10/20/97 -0400, Declan McCullagh wrote:
...
>A Beehive in Their Bonnet
>by Declan McCullagh  (declan@well.com)
>
>	John Caldeira's remark in a beekeeper's discussion
>	area on Prodigy seemed innocuous enough: It
>	described how to rid honeybees of parasites. "Two
>	ounces of Mavrik mixed with one gallon of water and
>	sprayed on the bottom boards of one's hives several
>	times a year. It is reportedly very effective,"
>	Caldeira wrote.
>
>        Honey may attract flies, but this discussion about its
>	production drew swarms of bureaucrats. The Texas
>	Department of Agriculture charged Caldeira with
>	violating a state law banning unapproved discussions
>	of bee medicines and fined the 42-year-old hobbyist
>	$600. A draft statement from the department
>	complains that Caldeira was "criticizing
>	regulations" and improbably argues that "the honey
>	market in the U.S. could become depressed because
>	of widespread concerns about its safety and due to
>	Mr. Caldeira's suggestion that commercial beekeepers
>	are using Mavrik in their hives."

Effectively conceding that Mr. Caldeira has more reputation-
capital than they do. Gee, I wonder what an enterprising bee-
keeper would need to do to keep these bureaucrats at bay?
 ;^)

Suppose that instead of "Mavrik" the solution were instead
the regular burning of hemp byproducts nearby? If nothing
else, this would certainly lead to docile bees...
JMR

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