Several beehives were burned that were contaminated with AFB and no 

 beekeeper was available to take care of them due to age or illness. Hoped 

 to re-imburse these beekeepers $2.00 per hive burned as law states but 



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no money was voted by the legislature for this purpose on the 1970 budget. 



Poisoning of bees from spraying pesticides has been on the increase since 

 DDT has been banned and new substitutes have been more destructive to bees. 

 Measures to help beekeepers from losing their bees are being investigated by 

 beekeeper associations. Local tree wardens and airplane spray units are 

 being notified to help warn beekeepers of spray programs. 



I ran into a lot of opposition from the Beekeepers Association in 

 trying to get Beekeepers to register, so that they could be located in 

 case of spraying programs and also for inspection. I finally understand 

 ..why since some towns will tax beekeepers for their hives on the property 

 tax basis while most towns do not bother with enforcing this tax. 



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