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<P class=default><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 36pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">CATCH
THE BUZZ</SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=default><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 24pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">Australian
Bees Supposedly Banned From U.S. </SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">An
Editorial:<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=default><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'">The
Almond Board today sent the message below to their handlers. We do not yet
have confirmation from USDA APHIS and are awaiting official word. But if honey
bee importation from Australia is halted, as we have felt it should be from the
beginning, the push for bees from somewhere else will intensify. Mention has
been made of bees from Mexico or from Canada. The negotiations and dealing to
make either of those work will be interesting to watch. <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'"> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=default><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'">If
African bees from Mexico are allowed to come to the U.S., will they cause
problems in orchards? Will they come as colonies and return, or as packages and
simply stay here like the bees from OZ? <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'"> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=default><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'">Would
Canada allow U. S. bees to venture north, as honey producers, pollinators or
simply as queens in return for the chance at California’s Gold? Would they bring
colonies down early in the season…like next month…to overwinter in preparation
for spring? <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'"> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=default><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'">But
would any of them actually want to come to Almond country and take the CCD
gamble? </SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=default><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'">But
the biggest question of all...Will there be enough U.S. bees next spring to meet
the needs of the Almond Industry? <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'"> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=default><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'">These
scenarios bring out the good, the bad and the ugly side of all of this. Please
stay tuned, the outcome will affect your beekeeping and honey packing business
this season. <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'"> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=default><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'">From
The Almond Board to their Handlers: <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=default><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'">We
received a heads up that USDA’s Animal Plant and Health Inspection Service
(APHIS) will be halting the importation of all honey bees from Australia. The
ban will take effect the date the Federal Register Notice appears, which should
be in the next 2 weeks. <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'"> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=default><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'">APHIS
reconsidered the potential risk that imported Australian honey bees may pose of
introducing new pests and diseases to honey bees in the U.S. Based on the
continuing spread of a non-native bee (<I>Apis cerana</I>) in Australia and the
uncertainties about what new viral diseases it may be spreading among bee
populations in Australia, APHIS believes honey bee imports from Australia pose
an unacceptable risk of introducing new diseases in the United States.
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