 Having
been connected with beekeeping since 1954, Andy was once a commercial
beekeeper from Los Banos, California. He also had beekeeping
operations in Meeker, Colorado, and Arivaca, Arizona.
Well known in the beekeeping industry by regulators and state
and national legislatures, he was responsible, at times single
handed, for deregulation of beekeeping in California and other
states, and also helped Clarence
Benson, Glenn Gibson, Jim Smith and Richard Adee in the "beekeeper
indemnification program" for many years.
He was not a power broker in beekeeping politics and over the
years had earned a reputation for honesty and straight talking
and was respected for his original ideas. He took great pride
on the fact that he was a beekeeper with nothing to sell other
beekeepers other then ideas and experience and had been honored
as a speaker at state and national beekeeping meetings many times
if only to balance out the programs which were many times overloaded
with those outside the "hands on" beekeeping industry.
More from Andy. Here is just a small sample of what Andy
brought to the discussion of beekeeping on BEE-L. Laugh or be
offended. That was just his style. |
