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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Gino de Graaf" data-source="post: 12361" data-attributes="member: 222">Compliance.... It's government generated.I sometimes think the system is geared towards big business. You notice the large businesses are cosy with the decision makers. They have the resources to do so. They can lobby for what's in their interest. That's what I don't much like about APinz. It's got some small business representation tho really big business domant.Government prefer to deal with influential groups, small one person operations are not going to make much difference.And if these smaller ones shut down all the better aye, thru compliance. I'm on the pessimistic side. Or maybe on the fence.It annoys me that propolis is now hardly worth gathering, partly because comvita (APinz rep) imports it cheap from their south American company. I fill re used drums. Sugar cost is rising.Wax, scrape that onto the ground.I don't want to invest too much. Or be innovative, because why?Varroa... Talk about anxiety! I like beekeeping tho, enjoy my work.It's the looking ahead that's difficult.</blockquote>

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