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<blockquote data-quote="JohnF" data-source="post: 12410" data-attributes="member: 233"><p>You misunderstand me Maggie - my issue is the practice of blaming what is essentially a new agency compared to 20 years ago. I am not criticising anybody - it is more with the practice of saying there are current issues with the agency, when in reality the beef was with something that happened 15-20 years ago. As for being aware of what did and didn't happen, I regularly check and consult with those who *were* involved then. Sorry if you take it personally - it is not directed at any particular beekeeper(s). But beekeepers going on at me about the agency of that time and using it to broadbrush the current work? Yep, tiresome.</p><p></p><p></p><p>"if its good enough for them . ." is not scientific rigour Maggie. I am not critiqueing the dogs - personally I think they will work. But at the moment, the scientific evidence goes as far as the dogs can smell pure spores isolated in a sensory chamber. As others have said, nothing is stopping you from running dogs through your hives - go for it !</p><p></p><p>And now I'm laughing. I dont have a fixation on the levy. It has been others suggesting marketing, research into dogs/honey nectar sources/varroa treatments and I am merely pointing out that all these questions and topics were designed to be covered by the levy. I agree about focussing it on all beekeepers but hobbiests to not typically make any financial return on their hives .. .plus (from memory) the commodity levy act meant it was the product being traded (ie honey) that attracted the levy. But I might be remembering that incorrectly. . . .</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="JohnF, post: 12410, member: 233"] You misunderstand me Maggie - my issue is the practice of blaming what is essentially a new agency compared to 20 years ago. I am not criticising anybody - it is more with the practice of saying there are current issues with the agency, when in reality the beef was with something that happened 15-20 years ago. As for being aware of what did and didn't happen, I regularly check and consult with those who *were* involved then. Sorry if you take it personally - it is not directed at any particular beekeeper(s). But beekeepers going on at me about the agency of that time and using it to broadbrush the current work? Yep, tiresome. "if its good enough for them . ." is not scientific rigour Maggie. I am not critiqueing the dogs - personally I think they will work. But at the moment, the scientific evidence goes as far as the dogs can smell pure spores isolated in a sensory chamber. As others have said, nothing is stopping you from running dogs through your hives - go for it ! And now I'm laughing. I dont have a fixation on the levy. It has been others suggesting marketing, research into dogs/honey nectar sources/varroa treatments and I am merely pointing out that all these questions and topics were designed to be covered by the levy. I agree about focussing it on all beekeepers but hobbiests to not typically make any financial return on their hives .. .plus (from memory) the commodity levy act meant it was the product being traded (ie honey) that attracted the levy. But I might be remembering that incorrectly. . . . [/QUOTE]
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