Re: Bee accident
- To: v*@eskimo.com
- Subject: Re: Bee accident
- From: "* S* <t*@hotmail.com>
- Date: Tue, 11 May 1999 18:19:41 GMT
- Resent-Date: Tue, 11 May 1999 11:20:16 -0700
- Resent-From: veggie-list@eskimo.com
- Resent-Message-ID: <"HuPLQ.0.-W.VJ7Et"@mx1>
- Resent-Sender: veggie-list-request@eskimo.com
Dear Dave,
Does this accident affect your business? I truly hope not....can understand
why they had to destroy remaining bees but my goodness what a tradgedy for
all of you in this field!
Ruth
OKC, OK
>From: Pollinator@aol.com
>Reply-To: veggie-list@eskimo.com
>To: veggie-list@eskimo.com
>Subject: Bee accident
>Date: Tue, 11 May 1999 07:54:55 EDT
>MIME-Version: 1.0
>From veggie-list-request@eskimo.com Tue May 11 05:03:43 1999
>Received: from [204.122.16.48] by hotmail.com (1.5) with SMTP id
>MHotMailB901679E0061D1B98325CC7A103079C10; Tue May 11 05:03:43 1999
>Received: (from smartlst@localhost)by mx1.eskimo.com (8.9.1a/8.8.8) id
>EAA11316;Tue, 11 May 1999 04:55:52 -0700
>Resent-Date: Tue, 11 May 1999 04:55:52 -0700
>Message-ID: <b90f294.2469748f@aol.com>
>X-Mailer: AOL 4.0 for Windows 95 sub 246
>Resent-Message-ID: <"4qGbV.0.km2.8h1Et"@mx1>
>Resent-From: veggie-list@eskimo.com
>X-Mailing-List: <veggie-list@eskimo.com> archive/latest/3771
>X-Loop: veggie-list@eskimo.com
>Precedence: list
>Resent-Sender: veggie-list-request@eskimo.com
>
>
> A tractor trailer load of bees, headed for Maine blueberry farms for
>pollination wrecked enroute, and the bees were all lost. Details of this
>terrible accident can be seen at:
>http://www.portland.com/monews/story1.shtml The link should be
>good
>for the rest of this week.
>
> Most of America's commercial fruit and vegetable farmers rely on the
>1500
>commercial beekeepers left in the US for their pollination needs. These
>beekeepers are increasingly migratory, making more intensive use of a lot
>fewer bees than there were in Grandpa's day.
>
> This load was moving from Florida to Maine, and had almost reached
>their
>destination, when the wreck occurred. Maine requires 50,000 hives of bees
>each year for blueberries, with most coming from out of state.
>
>Pollinator@aol.com Dave Green Hemingway, SC USA
>The Pollination Scene: http://users.aol.com/pollinator/polpage1.html
>The Pollination Home Page: http://www.pollinator.com
>
>Jan's Sweetness and Light Shop (Varietal Honeys and Beeswax Candles)
>http://users.aol.com/SweetnessL/sweetlit.htm
>
_______________________________________________________________
Get Free Email and Do More On The Web. Visit http://www.msn.com
