Florida Beekeeper Registration

[AUXCOM]

Mosquito control is killing our hives in the St Johns County area....we have seen them arial spraying before dusk and after dawn .....they are not suppost to do this. One of our local beekeepers lost all of his hives except for one. They keep saying that the product they are using is not harmfull to the bees...we beg to differ!!!!!

Are the inspectors going to help us get this problem rectified? If not...what recourse do we have? What state entity is going to take the responsibility of making sure we don't loose all of our bees!!

Bobby

[smoore]

I agree they are helpful and active. I haven't seen my local inspector at my apiary yet (I'm sure its because his supervisor is overworking him in other ways), but I have seen him at several local meetings (both IFAS and local assoc run) and he went out of his way to make sure we had contact info including a cell phone #.

[AmericasBeekeeper]

When does your inspection expire? It is a year after the last or a year after the hive was sold to you. I would never overwork him. He only has to do 8 inspections a day including answering all the beekeepers questions. We are a little behind and migratory beekeepers have us tied up for the next two months. Please be patient. If he does not call you, you can call me. 352-395-4635.

[smoore]

The registration expires April/May. I got the bees from a well known in state source (Elmore in Marianna, and was told to put that on the registration form) and I'm pretty sure the nucs were inspected just before purchase so I didnt really expect to see him this year.

8 inspections a day at 3 hours a piece, you actually let them go home and sleep for 8 hours?