<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr">Hello,<div style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small"><br></div><div style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small">Are you aware of an upcoming decision by the Minister of Agriculture to permit Ontario beehives to be trucked to NS for pollination this season?</div><div style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small"><br></div><div style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small">Ontario has small hive beetle, and we do NOT want that pest here!  In addition, it seems crazy for the government to fund pollination expansion in this province and then allow special permits for beekeepers in other (especially "pest-ier") jurisdictions to fill NS pollination contracts....even though the NS Beekeepers Association says there are clearly enough hives in NS to do the job.</div><div style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small"><br></div><div style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small">Re. Small Hive Beetle -- these hive pests harass the bees, and their maggots slime the honey, thus ruining it.  Small-scale beekeepers such as ourselves will be the most negatively impacted by the introduction of the beetle. </div><div style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small"><br></div><div style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small">I've started an Avaaz petition.  The language is a bit sensationalist but I was trying to be factual + click-baity at the same time.  </div><div style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small"><br></div><div style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small">Please sign and share!!  We will need a lot of signatures and shares if there is any hope to stop the importation.  Share on Facebook and email.</div><div style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small"><br></div><div style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small"><a href="https://secure.avaaz.org/en/petition/Nova_Scotia_Premier_Stephen_McNeil_Protect_Nova_Scotia_Honey_Bees_and_beekeepers_from_new_threats/?preview=live" target="_blank">https://secure.avaaz.org/en/<wbr>petition/Nova_Scotia_Premier_<wbr>Stephen_McNeil_Protect_Nova_<wbr>Scotia_Honey_Bees_and_<wbr>beekeepers_from_new_threats/?<wbr>preview=live</a><br></div><div style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small"><br></div><div style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small">Thanks so much,</div><div style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small">Michelle</div><div><br></div><div class="m_2435947285890842876gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div>------------------------------<wbr>---------------</div><b><font color="#b45f06">Michelle McPherson, MSc</font></b><div><font color="#b45f06">Apiculture + Ecology + Education</font></div><div><font color="#000000"><a href="http://www.mcphersonconservation.com" target="_blank">www.mcphersonconservation.com</a></font></div><span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><div><font color="#0b5394"><br></font></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div></font></span></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888">
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