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<DIV><FONT color=#385376>I believe they should as long as there are accessible roads that won't interfere with public walking trails and various areas of use to the public. I currently have honey bees on the Armond Bayou Conservation land in Houston, TX. We have our own access point away from the public where the bees do not interfere. Also, it is a win-win situation as I have a location to keep bees and the care-takers get to enjoy honey that I share with them. The bees and native pollinators will and do co-exist just fine. The only threat of disease is the thousands of shipments of cargo containers being imported into U.S. on a daily basis where less than 2% are inspected. This is where mites, hive beetles, nosema ceranae....etc... have invaded and decimated our nations domestic honey bees.</FONT></DIV>
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<P><FONT color=#385376>In my opinion wherever possible if beekeepers could have access to conservation areas that have enough flowers to make sense to keep bees there, it would be a benefit to our country where only good will be the outcome.</FONT></P>
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<P><FONT color=#385376>Sincerely,</FONT></P>
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<P><FONT color=#385376>Randy</FONT></P>
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<B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">From:</SPAN></B> Victoria MacPhail <vmacphail@gmail.com><BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">To:</SPAN></B> Pollinator (NAPPC) List <pollinator@lists.sonic.net><BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Sent:</SPAN></B> Fri, March 16, 2012 12:20:46 PM<BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Subject:</SPAN></B> [Pollinator] for discussion: should honeybees be allowed into conservation/protected areas?<BR></FONT><BR>
<META content=off http-equiv=x-dns-prefetch-control>I am interested in the members of this list's responses to the question, "should honeybee colonies be allowed in conservation/protected areas"? I.e. While honeybees can certainly fly from their colonies on private land into a conservation area, should beekeepers be allowed to place their colonies directly into the conservation area?<BR><BR>A few of my initial thoughts:<BR>against<BR>- honeybees are non-native; generally we try to avoid introducing non-native species into conservation areas<BR>- honeybees may out-compete native bees/pollinators, thus they may negatively affecting the native/local pollinators and the native/local plants seed-set<BR>- introduced species (incl. honeybees) may potentially spread diseases<BR><BR>for<BR>- honeybees may already be present in the conservation area if there are beekeepers with hives nearby<BR>- beekeepers would be able to have a pesticide-free and
undisturbed location for their bees<BR>- if near a public trail/info centre, could use them as an opportunity for educating the public about all pollinators<BR><BR><BR>Any other thoughts/discussion?<BR><BR>Victoria MacPhail<BR>Guelph, Ontario<BR><A href="mailto:vmacphail@gmail.com" rel=nofollow target=_blank ymailto="mailto:vmacphail@gmail.com">vmacphail@gmail.com</A><BR>
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