PROTECTING AND GROWING
CALIFORNIA'S BE POPULATION.
CALIFORNIA IS GEARING UP FOR
POLLINATION SEASON WHEN BILLIONS
OF BES WILL BE USED TO
POLLINATE FARMER'S CROPS. SUCH
AS ALMONDS AND CHERRIES WE'VE
INVITED EXPERT WITNESSES TO
PROVIDE AN OVERVIEW OF THE
PROGRAMS THAT ARE IN PLACE FOR
BEES IN AP AREAS IN CALIFORNIA.
THE THREATS AFFECTING RB
POPULATION AND THE ISSUES FACING
GROWERS AND OTHER STAKEHOLDERS.
THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE TODAY
AND THANK YOU FOR TO ALL OF OUR
PANELISTS FOR YOUR PARTICIPATION.
AS A REMINDER IF ANYONE IS
INTERESTED IN PROVIDING
TESTIMONY I NEED YOU TO FILL OUT
A CARD. AND PLEASE SIGN IT AND
GIVE IT TO THE SERGEANTS AT THE
BACK OF THE ROOM.
AT THIS POINT IT WOULD BE DO WE
HAVE ANY OTHER MEMBERS VICE
CHAIR WILL COURSE SENATOR DIED
THAT WOULD LIKE TO MAKE ANY
REMARKS BEFORE WE BEGIN WITH THE
PANELISTS.
I LEFT MY READERS IN MY OFFICE
SO NO.
YEAH.
OKAY I WOULD LIKE TO INVITE OUR
FIRST PANELIST FORWARD BOMB WHEN
SENIOR ADVISER TO THE SECRETARY
CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF FOOD
AND AGRICULTURE. THERESA MARKS
CHIEF DEPUTY DIRECTOR CALIFORNIA
DEPARTMENT OF PESTICIDE
REGULATION. AND RICK ROLO.
AGRICULTURAL COMMISSIONER SEALER
OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES FROM TO
HIM A COUNTY.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
MORNING MADAM CHAIR MEMBERS.
.
I'M BOB WENT FROM CDFA.
IT'S GOOD TO SEE YOU AGAIN.
I'M GONNA HAVE TO APOLOGIZE.
I APOLOGIZE UP FRONT BECAUSE IT
MAY SEEM LIKE I'M READING MY
STATEMENT WHICH IS PROBABLY
GONNA BE TRUE BECAUSE I DON'T
WANT TO MISS ANY POINTS IN MY
STATEMENT BUT.
FIVE PROVIDED THE COMMITTEE
WITH COPIES OF THAT STATEMENT
FOR THE RECORD SO.
AGAIN I APPRECIATE THE
OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK TO YOU
TODAY. ABOUT WHAT WE DO IT TO
THE DEPARTMENT FOOD NAG. TO HELP
PROTECT BEES OUR MISSION IS CDFA
AS YOU KNOW IS PROTECT AND
PROMOTE CALIFORNIA AGRICULTURE.
I THINK EVERYONE KNOWS THAT
WITHOUT BEES WE WOULDN'T HAVE
MUCH OF THE AGRICULTURE WE HAVE
TODAY IN THE STATE. TO PROTECT
AND PROMOTE AND ALSO WOULD NOT
BE ABLE TO CONTINUE IN ITS
PRESENT FORM. AN AG INDUSTRY
THAT CONTRIBUTES SIGNIFICANTLY
TO FEEDING THE WORLD.
THROUGHOUT THE HEARING TODAY YOU
PROBABLY HEAR A COMMON THEME AND
THAT IS THAT THE CORNERSTONE TO
SUCCESS IN PROTECTING AND
GROWING BEE POPULATIONS. THIS
COMMUNICATION COLLABORATION AND
COOPERATION AMONG ALL WHO ARE
INVOLVED IN THE B. INDUSTRY AND
AFFILIATED INDUSTRIES AND
AGENCIES.
TO THAT END IN TWO THOUSAND
THIRTEEN HEALTHY POLLINATORS
WORKING GROUP WAS FORMED BY CDFA
AND OUR PARTNERS AND BE INDUSTRY
THE GROUP IS MADE UP OF A WIDE
ARRAY OF STAKEHOLDERS INCLUDING.
COMMERCIAL BEEKEEPING
ORGANIZATIONS GOVERNMENTAL
REGULATORY BODIES ROAR
ORGANIZATIONS ACADEMIC RESEARCH
ORGANIZATIONS ENVIRONMENTAL
ADVOCACY GROUPS AND ANYONE ELSE
INTERESTED IN POLLINATOR HEALTH.
THE PURPOSE OF THE WORKING GROUP
IS O BRING THE CENTRIST PARTIES
TOGETHER TO CREATE A SHARED
UNDERSTANDING OF THE KEY ISSUES.
CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES
SURROUNDING POLLINATOR HEALTH IN
CALIFORNIA AND TO GENERATE IDEAS
AND STRATEGIES THAT FOCUS ON
IMPROVING POLLINATOR HEALTH.
THE GROUP HAS HAD THREE MEETING
SINCE TWO THOUSAND THIRTEEN
LATEST OF WHICH WAS IN JUNE OF
TWO THOUSAND FIFTEEN. AND I
ENCOURAGE YOU. TO ACCESS THE
CDFA WEBSITE REVIEW THE MEETING
SUMMARIES YOU'LL SEE THAT THE
PARTICIPANTS IN THESE MEETINGS.
HAVE AND CONTINUE TO WORK HARD
AT IDENTIFYING INCREASING
FORAGING OPPORTUNITIES AND
PROTECTING HABITAT FOR
POLLINATORS. BUILDING AND
SUPPORTING PARTNERSHIPS AMONGST
GROUPS CONNECTED TO AGRICULTURAL
INDUSTRIES AND LAND MANAGERS.
EXPLORING OUT REACH
OPPORTUNITIES WITH STAKEHOLDERS
COMMODITY GROUPS AND THE PUBLIC
AND EXPLORING THE POTENTIAL TO
FUND FOR JOB OPPORTUNITIES AND
APIARY PROGRAM IN THE STATE.
OF WHICH WE HAVE BUT 'LL TALK A
LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT LATER.
CDFA ALSO ADMINISTERS A
CALIFORNIA APIARY BOARD THE
APIARY BOARDS LEGALLY AUTHORIZED
IN STATUTE AND HAS FIVE MEMBERS
WHO REPRESENT THE BEEKEEPING
INDUSTRY.
IT IS A BOARD THAT IS ADVISORY
TO THE SECRETARY AS ARE MANY OF
OUR ADVISORY BOARDS AND MANY OF
OUR PROGRAMS. ON ALL MATTERS
RELATED TO THE BEEKEEPING
INDUSTRY THE BOARD MAY MAKE
RECOMMENDATIONS ON ALL MATTERS
AFFECTING THE ACTIVITIES OF THE
DEPARTMENT. IN RELATION TO THE
BEEKEEPING INDUSTRY INCLUDING AN
ADD A REVIEW OF THE DEPARTMENTS
APIARY PROGRAM.
TOPICS OF DISCUSSION HAVE
INCLUDED FOR THE MOST PART. THE
CDFA BORDER INSPECTION STATION
BE INSPECTION.
.
BORDER PROTECTION STATION BE
INSPECTION PROGRAM AND PROCESSES.
THOUSANDS OF TALK A LITTLE BIT
ABOUT OUR APIARY PROGRAM
UNFORTUNATELY THE APIARY PROGRAM
CFA IS VERY LIMITED AS ARE THE
RESOURCES NEEDED TO CONDUCT IT.
OUR MOST PROMINENT FUNCTION
AGAIN IS A PROGRAM. IN THE
PROGRAM IS CONTINUING TO INSPECT
OUT OF STATE BEES ENTERING
CALIFORNIA. AS MADAM CHAIR
MENTIONED. THROUGH OUR BORDER%
PROTECTION STATIONS TO ENSURE
THAT THESE LAWS DO NOT CONTAIN
UNWANTED PESTS.
THE APIARY SHIPPING SEASON
TYPICALLY TYPICALLY OCCURS
ANALLY FROM SEPTEMBER THROUGH
FEBRUARY WITH A SIGNIFICANT
AMOUNT OF THE TOTAL SHIPMENTS.
ARRIVING IN THE FIRST COUPLE
MONTHS OF THE CALENDAR YEAR FOR
POLLINATION OF CALIFORNIA
ALMONDS.
THIS YEAR WE INSPECTED OVER FOUR
THOUSAND SHIPMENTS AND OUT OF
THOSE.
ONLY THREE HUNDRED AND FORTY
THREE WERE REJECTED FOR PASS.
WHEN REJECTED THE LOADS ARE
REQUIRED TO READ RETURN OUT OF
STATE.
MOST OF THE LOWS RETURNED OUT OF
STATE ARE TAKEN TO PRIVATE
FACILITIES TO UNDERGO CLEANING
PROCESSES.
WHICH ALLOWS THEM THE
OPPORTUNITY TO RE ENTER THE
STATE AFTER THE REJECTED WILL
PASS HAVE BEEN REMOVED.
A HUGE ISSUE WITH THE BORDER
PROTECTION STATION INSPECTION
PROCESS IS THE DELAY AND MOVING
THE BEES TO THEIR DESTINATION.
AND SPECIFICALLY FOR THEM HAVING
TO WAIT TO WORK THEIR WAY
THROUGH THE BORDER PROTECTION
THE PROTECTION STATION PROCESS.
THIS CAN HAVE A DETRIMENTAL
EFFECT ON THE HEALTH OF THE BEES
GIVEN THE OFTEN HARSH
ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS AT SOME
OF THE BORDER PROTECTION
STATIONS.
MOSTLY IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA.
WE CONTINUE TO WORK WITH THE B.
INDUSTRY AND APPROVE THE
INSPECTION PROCESS TO FACILITATE
BE MOVEMENTS AND CALIFORNIA WITH
MINIMAL DELAYS AT THE STATIONS.
ONE OF THE PROGRAMS ALREADY IN
PLACE IS CALLED THE AT FREE
APIARY CERTIFICATION PROGRAM
WHICH ALLOWS THE BEES TO BE
CERTIFIED AT STATES OF ORIGIN.
IT FACILITATES MOVEMENT OF BEES
IN THE CALIFORNIA WHILE ENSURING
AT PASSER NOT INTRODUCED INTO
THE STATE.
SOME OF THE OTHER IDEAS WERE
WORKING ON CURRENTLY.
TO IMPLEMENT TO FACILITATE
SMOOTH MOVEMENT. INCLUDE PRE
SHIPMENT CLARENCE PILOT PROJECT
IN NORTH DAKOTA. WERE BE
COLONIES ARE STORED IN THE
WINTERTIME IN WAREHOUSE STORAGE
LOCATIONS. THE BEES WOULD BE PRE
CERTIFIED BY THE NORTH DAKOTA
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE FOR
SHIPMENT TO CALIFORNIA. IF
SUCCESSFUL THIS PROGRAM CAN
POSSIBLY BE EXPANDED TO OTHER
STATES AS WELL.
ALSO STAFFING OUT OF STATE
CLEANING FACILITIES WITH CDFA
INSPECTORS.
TO ADDRESS THOSE LOADS WITH PAST
DETECTIONS THAT AFTER RETURN OUT
OF STATE FOR CLEANING AND
SUBSEQUENT RE ENTRANCE INTO
CALIFORNIA.
THE CONCEPT BEING THAT OUR
INSPECTORS WOULD BE ON SITE.
THE CLEARER THE BEES AND THE
TRUCKS WOULD NOT HAVE TO WAIT
AGAIN FOR RE INSPECTION AT THE
STATION ITSELF.
THE INSPECTION PROCESS AT THE
STATIONS ALSO INCLUDES THE
TRUCKER HAULING LOADS OF BEES
BEING GIVEN A WHAT WE CALL QUOTE
UNQUOTE THE WARNING HOLD NOTICE.
THAT NOTIFIES THE LOCAL AG
COMMISSIONERS. AT DESTINATION TO
EXPECT THE ARRIVAL OF THE LOAD.
THE BEES ARE THEN CLEARED AND
RELEASED AT DESTINATION. BY THE
AG COMMISSIONERS AND THAT.
COMMISSIONER COROLLA WILL TALK
ABOUT THE PROCESS IS THAT THEY
GO THROUGH THE LEVEL A LOCAL
LEVEL TO DO THAT.
THE ONLY THOSE THAT DO NOT
REQUIRE RELEASED BY THE AG
COMMISSIONERS BEFORE OFF LOADING
IT DESTINATION. ARE THOSE THAT
ARE PART OF THE ANT FREE
CERTIFICATION PROGRAM.
THE FINAL PART OF OUR PROGRAM IS
THE APIARY BRAND PROGRAM CDFA
CONTINUES TO OFFER THE APIARY
BEAR BRAND PROGRAM WHICH ALLOWS
BEEKEEPERS TO APPLY TO THE
SECRETARY. FIRST SERIAL NUMBER
BRAND FOR USE ON A PIER
EQUIPMENT.
WHICH HERE SHE OWNS IT PROVIDES
PROTECTION FOR THE REGISTERED
OWNERS OF APIARY BRANDS FROM
UNLAWFUL POSSESSION OF BRANDED
EQUIPMENT. ESSENTIALLY TO GUARD
AGAINST THAT THE BEES AND
EQUIPMENT.
SEE IF THEY STILL MAINTAINS AN
EXCESS OF FIFTEEN HUNDRED BRANDS
FOR CALIFORNIA BEEKEEPERS.
I'D LIKE TO TALK BRIEFLY ABOUT A
PROGRAM THAT WE PROPOSED AS PART
OF THE GOVERNOR'S PROPOSED
BUDGET AND THAT AS WE CALL TO BE
SAFE PROGRAM.
AGAIN IN THE GOVERNOR'S
PROPOSED BUDGET THERE IS AN
APPROPRIATION OF ONE POINT EIGHT
MILLION DOLLARS. OF GENERAL FUND
MOSTLY GOING TO THE COUNTIES TO
FIND WHAT WE ARE CALLING THE B.
SAY PROGRAM APPROACH PROPOSAL.
WILL PROVIDE RESOURCES TO FUND
THE DEVELOPMENT AND MANAGEMENT
OF A PROGRAM DESIGNED TO PROMOTE
AND PROTECT SAFE HEALTHY FOOD
SUPPLY THROUGH PROTECTION OF
BEES.
IT WILL BUILD ON EXISTING
PARTNERSHIPS AND PROVIDE
TECHNICAL RESOURCES AND DATA
ENTRY TOOLS ON ON AN ONGOING
PROGRAM ADMINISTRATION AT THE
LOCAL LEVEL BY THE COUNTY
COMMISSIONERS. SOME KEY POINTS
OF THE PROGRAM INCLUDE. FUNDING
ENFORCEMENT ACTIVITIES OF
EXISTING STATE LAWS AT THE LOCAL
LEVEL INCLUDING REGISTRATION OF
BOTH IN AND OUT STATE. OUT OF
STATE HIVES.
THIS IS CRITICALLY IMPORTANT
BECAUSE BY LAW GROWERS ARE
MANDATED BY COUNTY. OFFICES TO
NOTIFY BEEKEEPERS WHEN THERE IS
AN INTENDED PESTICIDE TREATMENT
WITHIN ONE MILE OF ANY HEIGHTS.
FOR ALL OF OUR CDFA INVASIVE
PESTS TREATMENT PROGRAMS WE USE
THAT AVAILABLE DATA FROM THE
COUNTIES.
AS WELL AS.
WHEN DATA IS NOT. AVAILABLE.
DOING INTENSE SURVEYS OURSELVES
OF THE AREA TO BE TREATED TO
ENSURE THAT THERE ARE NO HIDES
IN THE AREA.
BEFORE WE DO ANY TREATMENTS AT
ALL.
THE FOOD NAG CODE PROVIDES
AUTHORITY TO THE COMMISSIONERS%
TO ENFORCE THE LAWS REQUIRING A
REGISTRATION IDENTIFICATION AND
PLACEMENT HIDES.
BUT DOES NOT PROVIDE FUNDING TO
REIMBURSE THEM FOR THEIR
ACTIVITIES.
IT ALSO THIS BILL ARE THIS
PROPOSED PROGRAM ALSO. WORKS TO
REVERSE THE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
FOR ACTIVITIES TO HELP PREVENT
THEFT.
DEVELOPMENT OF STATE BY TOOL TO
IDENTIFY AND TRACK APIARY
FORAGING LOCATIONS ON PRIVATELY
OWNED AND MANAGED LANDS TO
IMPROVE NUTRITIONAL
OPPORTUNITIES FOR BEES.
IT ALSO PROVIDES REIMBURSEMENT
REIMBURSEMENT FOR COUNTY AG
COMMISSIONERS TO PERFORM PASS
INSPECTION ABATEMENT ACTIVITIES.
DEVELOPMENT OF STATEWIDE TOOL TO
IDENTIFY AND TRACK LOCATIONS SAY
FROM PESTICIDES HARMFUL TO BEES
TO BE USED FOR THE TEMPORARY
RELOCATION OF HIVES. AND
REIMBURSEMENT TO COUNTY FOR
TRAINING AND OUTREACH FOR
BEEKEEPERS REGARDING MOVEMENTS
TO SAFER LOCATIONS.
WE ARE CURRENTLY WORKING CLOSELY
WITH OUR AG COMMISSIONER
PARTNERS TO DEVELOP SPECIFIC
ACTIVITIES OF THE PROGRAM.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH THANK YOU.
AND NOW WE'LL HEAR FROM THERESA
MARKS CHIEF DEPUTY DIRECTOR
CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF
PESTICIDE REGULATION.
THANK YOU.
THE MORNING.
ASSUMING YOU CAN HEAR ME OKAY.
.
MADAM CHAIR AND US SENATOR.
DODD AND WILL APPRECIATE THE
OPPORTUNITY OF COMING HERE TODAY
AND SPEAKING ABOUT DVR'S EFFORTS
TO PROMOTE THE HEALTH OF THE BEE
INDUSTRY AND A VITAL ROLE. IT
PLAYS IN CALIFORNIA'S
AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION. HAS
SPLIT MY TIME TODAY WITH DOCTOR
MARY LIVER CARLOS SHE'S AN
ASSISTANT DIRECTOR AT THE
DEPARTMENT PESTICIDE REGULATION
IN OUR CHIEF SCIENCE OFFICER.
AND SHOULD SPEAK A LITTLE MORE
ABOUT SOME OF THE RESEARCH
EFFORTS AND THINGS HAVE BEEN
GOING ON IN THE DEPARTMENT. I
LIKED IT TAKES A LITTLE TIME TO
TALK ABOUT THE MP THREE AND I
THINK YOU ALL GOT A COPY OF IT
TODAY IS THE MANAGE POLLINATOR
PROTECTION PLAN FOR CALIFORNIA.
IT'S ALSO ON OUR WEBSITE.
HONEY BEES ARE ESSENTIAL FOR
EFFICIENT AGRICULTURAL
PRODUCTION RECENTLY THERE'S BEEN
INCREASED CONCERN OVER THE
HEALTH OF MANAGED IN NATURAL
POLLINATORS WORLD ROD WIDE. IN
RESPONSE TO THIS GROWING CONCERN
IN JUNE TWENTY FOURTEEN
PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA ISSUED A
PRESIDENTIAL MEMORANDUM ENTITLED
CREATING A FEDERAL STRATEGY TO
PROMOTE THE HEALTH OF HONEY BEES
AND OTHER POLLINATORS. THE
MEMORANDUM CALLED FOR THE
ESTABLISHMENT OF THE POLLINATOR
HEALTH TASK FORCE CO CHAIRED BY
THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF
AGRICULTURE IN THE US
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY.
THIS TASK FORCE WAS CHARGED WITH
CREATING A NATIONAL POLLINATOR
HEALTH STRATEGY THAT PROMOTES
THE HEALTH OF HONEY BEES AND
OTHER POLLINATORS. USC PK WAS
CHARGED WITH ENGAGING STATE
AGENCIES IN DEVELOPING STATE
POLLINATOR PROTECTION PLANS AS A
MEANSOF MITIGATING THE RISK OF
PESTICIDES TO BEES AND OTHER
MANAGE POLLINATORS. AS PART OF
THE STRATEGY USEPA HAS BEEN
PROMOTING AND WORKING WITH
STATES AND TRAVEL AGENCIES
THROUGH THE STATE. FEDERAL
INSECTICIDE FUNGICIDE AND
RODENTICIDE ACT ISSUES RESEARCH
AND EVALUATION GROUP. OTHERWISE
KNOWN AS THE FIRING.
DEVELOP AND IMPLEMENT LOCAL
POLLINATOR PROTECTION PLANS
KNOWN AS MY MANAGE POLLINATOR
PROTECTION PLANS OR MP THREES.
THESE PLANS WERE TO INCLUDE
RECOMMENDATIONS IN PRACTICE IS
PUT IN PLACE FOR THE PROTECTION
OF MANAGE POLLINATORS THROUGH A
COLLABORATIVE APPROACH DESIGNED
TO FACILITATE PUBLIC AND PRIVATE
PARTNERSHIPS.
THE PRIMARY GOAL THE IMPRINT
THREE IS TO BRING AWARENESS TO
THE ISSUES FACED BY ALL PARTIES
AND FIND A WAY FOR EVERYONE
INVOLVED TO BE PART OF THE
SOLUTION INSURING THAT GROWERS
PESTICIDE APPLICATORS BEEKEEPERS
AND OTHER AGRICULTURAL STAKE
HOLDERS ARE ABLE TO CONTINUE TO
PRODUCE OUR NATION'S FOOD. FIBER
IN FUEL IN A PRODUCTIVE AND
COLLABORATIVE MANNER THAT ALLOWS
FOR BOTH CROP PRODUCTION AND BE
KEEPING TO THRIVE. STATE
CALIFORNIA HAS BEEN AT THE
NATIONAL FOREFRONT IN
UNDERSTANDING THE IMPORTANCE OF
COMMUNICATION COLLABORATION AND
COOPERATION BETWEEN BEEKEEPERS
AND THOSE INVOLVED IN PESTICIDE
APPLICATIONS. IN PROTECTING
MANAGE BEES THIS FACT IS
REFLECTED IN CALIFORNIA'S LAWS
AND REGULATIONS IN THE CONTINUED
EFFORTS ON THE PART OF
GOVERNMENT AGENCIES INDUSTRY
ORGANIZATIONS AND PROFESSIONAL
NON GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS.
IN PROVIDING OUTREACH AND
TRAINING TO THOSE INVOLVED IN
PRODUCING AGRICULTURAL
COMMODITIES AND PROVIDING MANAGE
BEES FOR POLLINATION AS WELL AS
THOSE WHO REGULATE THE USE OF
PESTICIDE AND INVESTIGATE
REPORTED BE AND POLLINATOR
INCIDENTS.
YOU HAVE PREVIOUSLY BEEN
PROVIDED A COPY OF THE MP THREE
THREE FOR CALIFORNIA.
PLAN REFLECTS REGULATIONS THAT
ARE CURRENTLY IN PLACE TO
SAFEGUARD THE HEALTH OF MANAGE
POLLINATORS AS WELL AS
SHOWCASING LOCAL VOLUNTARY
EFFORTS WHICH YOU'VE BEEN VERY
SUCCESSFUL AND BEST MANAGEMENT
PRACTICES.
THE SUCCESS OF THE MP THREE IN
PROTECTING POLLINATOR HEALTH
DEPENDS LARGELY ON THE
COOPERATION COMMUNICATION AND
COLLABORATION BETWEEN REGULATORS
PESTICIDE APPLICATORS AND
BEEKEEPERS.
FOR INSTANCE AS YOU HEARD
PREVIOUSLY BEEKEEPERS ARE
REQUIRED TO REGISTER THEIR
AVIARY LOCATIONS WITH A LOCAL
COUNTY AGRICULTURAL COMMISSIONER
IN THE COUNTY WHERE THEIR HOUSE
ARE LOCATED EACH YEAR. THEY'RE
ALSO REQUIRED TO PROVIDE THEIR
CONTACT INFORMATION ABOUT
STENCILING IN ON THE HOPS ON A
SIGN FOR THE EIGHT YEAR IS
LOCATED. BY REGISTERING YOUR
HOBBS IN PROVIDING THE CONTACT
INFORMATION BEEKEEPERS WITH
HOUSE WITHIN A ONE MILE RADIUS
OF A PROPOSED TREATMENT SIDE.
CAME REQUESTED BY BE PROVIDED
FORTY EIGHT HOURS ADVANCE NOTICE
OF PROPOSED APPLICATIONS OF
PESTICIDES LABELED TOXICS TO
BEES TO A BLOSSOMING PLANT.
PESTICIDE APPLICATORS THAT
INTEND TO APPLY PESTICIDE LABEL
TOXIC TO BEES ARE REQUIRED TO
CONTACT THE COUNTY AGRICULTURAL
COMMISSIONER TO SEE IF ANY SUCH
BEEKEEPER HAS REQUESTED ADVANCE
NOTIFICATION. AND IF SO TO
PROVIDE FORTY EIGHT HOURS
NOTIFICATION PRIOR TO THE
APPLICATION. THIS TIME FRAME
ALLOWS THE BEEKEEPER TO TAKE
STEPS OF BIKER ALL NECESSARY TO
PROTECT THEIR BODIES SUCH AS
NETTING THERE HOBBS OR MAYBE IN
YOUR HOUSE.
IT ALSO ALLOWS THEM TO DISCUSS
WITH THE GROWER WHAT TYPE OF
PESTICIDE HE'S USING AND PERHAPS
SUGGEST. OTHER MEASURES THAT
MIGHT BE LESS INVASIVE.
SOME OF THE OTHER BMPS
REGULATIONS JUST TO GIVE YOU AN
IDEA OF WHAT THE MP THREE
CONTAINS. APPLICATORS ARE
ENCOURAGED TO UNDERSTAND
POLLINATOR VISITATION HABITS AND
TOM APPLICATIONS ACCORDINGLY.
CALIFORNIA LAW HAS ACTUALLY
CODIFIED THE TIMES WHEN THESE
ARE CONSIDERED AN ACTIVE.
FIRE COULD CONSIDER APPLYING
PESTICIDE WAS SHORT RESIDUAL
TOXICITY BABIES RESIDUAL
TOXICITY IS THAT OF TIME BETWEEN
LEGION OF THE PESTICIDE
APPLICATION AND THE TIME WHEN
THE APPLICATION WILL HAVE THE
MINIMAL TOXIC EFFECTS. ABOARD A
PLANE PESTICIDES TO SITES WERE
BEES ARE FORGING SHE SPRAYER AND
NOZZLE TECHNOLOGIES DESIGNED TO
REDUCE STRESS. USE AN INTEGRATED
PEST MANAGEMENT APPROACH.
BEEKEEPERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO
WORK WITH THE LANDOWNER TO
CHEESE HAVE LOCATIONS IN THE
TIMING OF THE PLACEMENT.
DETERMINED IF THE FIELDER
LOCATION WAS RECENTLY TREATED
WITH PESTICIDE IT IS RECOMMENDED
THAT BEES NOT BE PLACED IN
FIELDS THAT HAVE BEEN TREATED
WITH PESTICIDES LABELED HIGHLY
TOXIC TO BE'S UNTIL AT LEAST
FORTY EIGHT TO SEVENTY TWO HOURS
AFTER THE APPLICATION.
ENSURE A CLEAN WATER SOURCES
AVAILABLE FOR THE BEES AND FEED
THE BEAST DURING NECTAR AND
POLLEN DARTS TO PREVENT LONG
DISTANCE FORGING.
REPORT SUSPECTED PESTICIDE
RELATED LOSS OR HARM TO BEES TO
THE LOCAL COUNTY AGRICULTURAL
COMMISSIONER.
IT IS OUR HOPE THAT APPLICATORS
AND BEEKEEPERS WILL FIND OUR MP
THREE HELPFUL AND WE ENCOURAGE
THEM TO INFORM US OF PROBLEMS OR
SOLUTIONS I MIGHT HAVE TO SOME
OF THE ISSUES THEY ENCOUNTER. SO
THAT MEAN WAITING WE MAY INCLUDE
THEM IN FUTURE REVISIONS OF THE
MP THREE AND NOW TURNED OVER THE
DOCTORS OR THE COST.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
AND FOR BENEFIT CAN YOU PLEASE
RESTATE YOUR NAME AND TITLE
THANK YOU.
I'M A MARY LOU VERDER CARLOS
ASSISTANT DIRECTOR FOR THE
DEPARTMENT OF PESTICIDE
REGULATION AND CHIEF SCIENCE
ADVISER FOR THE DEPARTMENT.
GOOD MORNING. SO LIKE OUR CHIEF
DEPUTY DIRECTOR HAS SAID
CALIFORNIA HAS BEEN IN THE
FOREFRONT OF PROTECTING
POLLINATORS FOR DECADES. WE HAVE
SEVERAL REGULATIONS THAT
SPECIFICALLY ADDRESS POLLINATED
PROTECTION LIKE SHE MENTIONED
AND THOSE INCLUDE RESTRICTIONS
OF PESTICIDE APPLICATIONS AROUND
BEES THAT HAD THE LABEL LANGUAGE
TOXIC TO BEES.
APPLYING PESTICIDES ONLY WHEN
THE TEMPERATURE IS BELOW FIFTY
FIVE DEGREES OR WHEN BEES ARE
INACTIVE. NOTIFICATION OF
PESTICIDE APPLICATIONS TO BE
KEEPERS FORTY EIGHT HOURS BEFORE
PESTICIDE APPLICATIONS. IF THEY
CHOOSE TO BE NOTIFIED AND IF
THEY ARE REGISTERED WITH THE
COUNTY AGRICULTURAL
COMMISSIONERS.
WE ALSO HAVE SPECIFIC
REGULATIONS THAT ADDRESS BE
PROTECTION INTO CITRUS GROWING
COUNTIES OF FRESNO TO LARRY AND
KERN.
THOSE ARE ALL AVAILABLE ONLINE
AT OUR WEBSITE AND ARE
IMPLEMENTED BY A COUNTY I
COMMISSIONERS.
IN AUGUST TWENTY THIRTEEN US EPA
NOTIFIED PESTICIDE COMPANIES OR
REGISTRANTS. THAT CERTAIN
INSECTICIDES WITH ACTIVE
INGREDIENTS IN MEDICAL BREAD
FIND METHOXIDE THEM CLOTHIANIDIN
AND DAINA KATHRYN WOULD REQUIRE
NEW LABELING STATEMENTS INTENDED
TO PROTECT POLLINATORS.
LATER OFTEN PI READ IN SCIENCE
AND ILLIBERAL WERE ALSO INCLUDED.
THE NEW LANGUAGE WAS ADDED TO
THOSE PESTICIDE LABELS WITH
OUTDOOR FOLDER USE DIRECTIONS
AND ALL FORMULATION TYPES EXCEPT
FOR GRANULAR FORMULATIONS.
SEASON.
IT ALSO SPECIFICALLY ADDRESSED
THE CROPS UNDER CONTRACTED PAUL
NATION SERVICES AND PROHIBITED
APPLICATION OF THOSE PESTICIDES
WILD BEES ARE FORAGING AND NOT
TO APPLY THE PESTICIDE UNTIL
FLOWERING IS COMPLETE. WHEN ALL
PADDLES HAVE FALLEN UNLESS THE
BEEKEEPER PROVIDING SERVICES IS
NOTIFIED NO LESS THAN FORTY
EIGHT HOURS PRIOR TO THE
APPLICATION OF THE PESTICIDE.
BUT DPR OUR LAW REQUIRES US TO
CONTINUOUSLY EVALUATE REGISTERED
PESTICIDES. SO WE INITIATED THE
RE EVALUATION OF THE FOUR NEW
NICOTINE LIKE PESTICIDES BASED
ON ADVERSE EFFECTS. DATA WE
RECEIVED ON RESIDUE STUDIES FOR
IMIDACLOPRID USE ON ORNAMENTAL
PLANTS. WE PARTNERED WITH USEPA
PMR A HEALTH CANADA TO JOIN IN
THE ASSESSMENT OF THE FOUR NEW
UNIX.
REGISTRANTS HAVE SUBMITTED
NUMEROUS STUDIES FOR EACH OF THE
PESTICIDES.
AND RESIDENTS HAVE BEEN MEASURED
IN THE POLLEN NECTAR AND LEAVES
OF PLANTS THAT RESULT FROM
APPLICATIONS TO CROPS CHOSEN TO
REFLECT THE POTENTIAL EXPOSURE
TO FORGING BEES FROM SPECIFIED
REGISTERED USERS OF THE FOREIGN
UNIX.
BASED ON THE DATA RECEIVED DPR
SCIENTISTS ARE DEVELOPING A
BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF THE
EFFECTS OF SPECIFIC USES FOR
EACH OF THE NEW UNIX ON
POLLINATOR HEALTH. WHICH WILL
RESULT IN A CREDIBLE SCIENTIFIC
BASIS FOR REGULATORY ACTION IF
NEEDED.
IN JANUARY TWENTY SIXTEEN USEPA
RELEASED A PRICE PRELIMINARY%
POLLINATOR RISK ASSESSMENT FOR
MEDICAL BREED. IN JANUARY TWENTY
SEVENTEEN THE FOLLOWING YEAR
USEPA RELEASED PRELIMINARY PAUL
MADE A RISK ASSESSMENTS FOR
CLOTHIANIDIN. FIREMAN FOX THEM
AND DIATESSARON.
DPR IS ON TRACK TO RELEASE A
FINAL PAUL MADE A RISK
ASSESSMENT FOR EACH OF THE FOUR
NEW NICK ACTIVE INGREDIENTS
UNDER RE EVALUATION THIS SUMMER.
SINCE THIS REVALUATION WITHIN
UNIX MORE ATTENTION HAS BEEN
GIVEN TO THE DATA NECESSARY TO
EVALUATE PESTICIDE IMPACTS TO
BEES. IN THE PAST REGISTRANTS
WERE ONLY REQUIRED TO SUBMIT TO
BE STUDIES TO SUPPORT THE
REGISTRATION OF NEW PESTICIDE
PRODUCTS.
CURRENTLY THERE ARE SIX TIER ONE
SCREENING LEVEL STUDIES THAT
MUST BE SUBMITTED.
IF THE TIER ONE STUDIES INDICATE
POTENTIAL FOR RISKS HIGHER TIER
STUDIES ARE REQUIRED.
DB ARE PLAYED A CRITICAL ROLE IN
THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE NEW
TIERED HONEY BEE RISK ASSESSMENT
PROCESS. IN COLLABORATION WITH
U. S. EPA AND PMR A HEALTH
CANADA.
ON JANUARY THIRD OF THIS YEAR
TWENTY EIGHTEEN DPR NOTIFIED
REGISTRANTS VIA CALIFORNIA
NOTICE TWENTY EIGHTEEN ZERO ONE.
THAT WE WILL NO LONGER ACT UPON
AN APPLICATION FOR PESTICIDE
REGISTRATION. OR APPLICATION TO
AMEND PESTICIDE PRODUCT LABELS
IF WE DETERMINE THAT THE
REGISTRATION OR ACCEPTANCE WOULD
POTENTIALLY EXPAND THE USE OF AN
ACTIVE INGREDIENT OR PESTICIDE
PRODUCT. CURRENTLY UNDER RE
EVALUATION. UNTIL THE CONCLUSION
OF THE RE EVALUATION.
EXAMPLES OF NEW EXPANDED USES
FOR LABEL AMENDMENTS INCLUDE.
NEW OR MODIFIED USES SUCH AS THE
NEW CROP OR NEW CAST. NEW OR
MODIFIED USE PATTERNS.
SIGNIFICANT FORMULATION CHANGES
INCREASED APPLICATION RATES OR
TOTAL USE AMOUNT ALLOWED. OR
OTHER LABEL ADDITIONS OR CHANGES
THAT MAY INCREASE PESTICIDE
EXPOSURE IN A MANNER THAT IS
RELEVANT TO THE BASIS FOR RE
EVALUATION.
THE ONLY EXCEPTION IS A PEST
MANAGEMENT OR PUBLIC HEALTH NEED
THE COULD ARISE AND WE WILL
CONSIDER THESEON A CASE BY CASE
BASIS.
ONE MORE THING IN TWENTY SIXTEEN
THE LEGISLATURE PROVIDED A ONE
TIME FUND TO DPR TO RESEARCH THE
RESIDUES OF THE FOREIGN UNIX. IN
ORNAMENTAL PLANTS.
WE CONTRACTED WITH THE UC DAVIS
FOR THIS RESEARCH GRANT. THE
STUDY FOCUSES ON RESIDUES FOUND
IN POLLEN AND NECTAR OF
ORNAMENTAL PLANTS TREATED AT
LABELED APPLICATION RATES.
THE COLLECTED NECTAR AND POLLEN
WILL BE ANALYZED BY THE LOUD BUT
CDFA. AND CURRENTLY CDFA IS
ANALYZING THE SAMPLES FOR TWENTY
SEVENTEEN AND WILL BE SUBMITTING
AN INTERIM REPORT TO DPR.
THE SECOND YEAR THE STUDIES
UNDER WAY AND UC DAVIS IS
PLANNING AND PREPPING FOR THE
FIELD PORTION AT THE BEGINNING
OF SPRING. A FINAL REPORT OF THE
STUDY WILL BE AVAILABLE ONCE ALL
THE DATA HAS BEEN ANALYZED AND
REVIEWED.
DB ARE HAS BEEN IN THE FOREFRONT
OF PROTECTING POLLINATORS FOR
DECADES AND WE CONTINUE TO MOVE
FORWARD IN THOSE EFFORTS. AND
CONTINUE TO EVALUATE THE SIGNS
NECESSARY TO MAKE INFORMED
DECISIONS TO PROTECT THE
POLLINATORS THANK YOU.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
AND OUR NEXT PRESENTER IS RICK
ROLAND AGRICULTURAL COMMISSIONER
SEALER OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES
FROM TO HIM A COUNTY. THANK YOU.
THANK THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME
TO BE HERE AND THANK YOU FOR THE
COMMITTEE FOR ALLOWING ME TO
TALK BRIEFLY.
EXCUSE ME ON THE.
ROLES RESPONSIBILITY AND WISHES
FOR A LOCAL COUNTY AGRICULTURAL
COMMISSIONERS AND I'D LIKE TO
APOLOGIZE MY VOICE AND GETTING
OVER. THE TAIL END OF THE COLD.
SO AS AS DEPARTMENT OF PESTICIDE
REGULATION.
AND THE CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF
FOOD AGRICULTURE OF A BRIEFLY
OUTLINED.
OF EVERYTHING THAT'S IN THE FOOD
NAG CODE THAT.
IS TASKED WITH THE ENFORCEMENT
OF THE FOOD NAG CODE. PROTECTION
ACT FALLS ON THE SHOULDERS OF
THE AGRICULTURAL COMMISSIONERS.
REQUIRED TO TO.
EVER OR A PEER KEEPERS REGISTER
ALL HIVES.
AS OF JANUARY FIRST OF EACH
YEAR THE NUMBER OF HIVES AND
LOCATIONS OF THE A. PERRY'S IN
IN OUR RESPECTIVE COUNTIES.
ADDITIONALLY EVERY PERSON WHO
MOVES BEES INTO THE STATOR COMES
INTO POSSESSION OF IMPURITIES OR
BEEHIVES AFTER JANUARY FIRST
REQUIRED TO REGISTER WITHIN
THIRTY DAYS.
WE COLLECT A REGISTRATION FEES
FOR THOSE BEE HIVES.
AS MANDATED THE FOOD ECHO THE
REGISTRATION IS TEN DOLLARS PER
YEAR PER.
WE MAINTAIN THE PESTICIDE
NOTIFICATION MAPS FOR BEEKEEPERS
THAT WISH TO BE NOTIFIED OF
PESTICIDE APPLICATIONS WITHIN A
MILE.
AS AS BOB A NODE HAD MENTIONED
AS FAR AS THE WHOLE NOTICE WHAT
WE CALL THE DOUBLE AWAITS WE.
WE ARE NOTIFIED WHEN THE
SHIPMENTS ARE COMING INTO OUR
COUNTIES.
WERE NOT ONLY LOOKING FOR PAST
FOR BEES BUT WE ALSO ARE LOOKING
FOR NOXIOUS WEEDS ON PALLETS.
RED IMPORTED FIRE ANT.
SINCE OF.
AFRICANIZED HONEYBEE AND ALSO
SMALL HI BILL IN SOME COUNTIES.
AND WE ALSO PERFORM COLONY
STRENGTH INSPECTIONS THOSE CAN
BE.
REQUESTED BY. I AM GROWERS IF
THEY WANT TO KNOW THE STATUS OF
OF THE FRAMES AND THE STRENGTH
OF THE THE.
THAT THEY RENTED.
IN AND ALSO IF THAT THERE'S
BEEN COMPLAINTS FILED AS WELL.
WE.
AND OTHER COMPLAINTS THAT WE
INVESTIGATE CONCERN WITH
PESTICIDE APPLICATIONS.
NUISANCE COMPLAINTS FOR
COUNTIES THAT HAVE LOCAL
ORDINANCES WHICH CAME ACCOUNT IS
ONE OF THOSE.
THAT CAN PERTAIN TO HOBBYIST
BEEKEEPERS BUFFER ZONES FOR
RESIDENTIAL LOCATIONS DISTANCES
FOR PUBLIC ROADS. AND A SENSE OF
RESIDENCES.
IN IN ADDITIONALLY SOME COUNTY
LOOKING FOR AFRICANIZED HONEYBEE
AS WELL.
ARM.
THUS FAR THE COUNTY NEEDS WE
HAVE FOUR PRIMARY NEED SAYS
COUNTY AGRICULTURAL
COMMISSIONERS.
I'M NUMBER ONE IN FOR A PERSON
AND A MOST IMPORTANT IS WE NEED
WE NEED TO RESUSCITATE THE
STATEWIDE. PROGRAM.
WE SENT OUT A SURVEY NOW TEN
DAYS AGO FALL FIFTY EIGHT
COUNTIES AND I WAS SURPRISED WE
ACTUALLY HAD FORTY FIVE COUNTY
REPLYING VERY SHORT NOTICE.
AND OTHERS FORTY FIVE COUNTIES
REPLIED.
I'M ONLY TWENTY SIX COUNTIES
HAVE AN ACT ACTIVATE A PROGRAM
WHERE THEY'RE ACTUALLY DOING IT
ACTIONS INSTEAD CALIFORNIA.
TWENTY COUNTIES PERFORM COLONY
STRENGTH INSPECTIONS AND THIRTY
NINE THIRTY NINE COUNTIES READY
SEVEN PERCENT STATED THEY NEED
MAY NEED TRAINING THEY DON'T
HAVE THE SPECTERS KNOW HOW TO DO
THESE INSPECTIONS.
WE NEED TO STAY CURRENT SPECTER
THIS CABLE OF TRAINING COUNTY
INSPECTORS. TO DO SURVEYS FOR
DISEASE HOUSE. IN COLLEGE FRANK
INSPECTIONS.
WE NEED A A LAB TEST THAT'S
RAPID AFFORDABLE AND RELIABLE
FOR AFRICANIZED HONEYBEE. OF MY
TALK BRIEFLY WITH.
DR NINO THIS MORNING AND SHE'S
GOING TO BE TALKING ABOUT THAT
SOUNDS LIKE THAT'S RIGHT AROUND
THE CORNER FOR US.
AND WE NEED A A MODERN SURVEY
FOR AFRICANIZED HONEYBEE WE
DON'T WE DON'T KNOW THE FULL
EXTENT LOCATION WERE AFRICANIZED
HONEYBEES LOCATED CITY
CALIFORNIA CURRENTLY.
AS FAR AS FUNDING OF FISCAL YEAR
TWENTY SIXTEEN SEVENTEEN THE
MOST. CURRENT DATA FROM OUR
ANNUAL FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
STATEWIDE.
WELL COUNTIES EXPENDED ONE
MILLION FIFTY FIVE THOUSAND
SEVEN HUNDRED TWELVE DOLLARS. ON
STATEWIDE.
PROGRAMS.
CONVERSELY OF OF ALL OF THE
COUNTIES THAT.
.
THAT HAVE A PRE PROGRAMS THERE
WE RECEIVE COLLECTIVELY SEVENTY
SIX THOUSAND FOUR HUNDRED EIGHTY
SEVEN DOLLARS STATEWIDE WHICH
MEANS A NINE HUNDRED SEVENTY
NINE THOUSAND TWO HUNDRED TWENTY
FIVE DOLLARS WERE FUNDED BY
COUNTY JOURNAL FRONTS FOR DOING
OUR STATEWIDE. PROGRAMS.
ALL WE NEED REGISTRATION
MOVEMENT NOTICES WE CAN HELP THE
BEE INDUSTRY WE DON'T KNOW WHERE
THE HIVES ARE LOCATED. AS YOU'VE
HEARD TODAY BEEKEEPERS REQUIRED
TO REGISTER HIVES WITH US BUT
THAT'S NOT BEING DONE. FULLY AND
AND AND ALL COUNTIES AGAIN DON'T
HAVE STATED PRETTY PROGRAMS.
WE NEED INTRASTATE MOVEMENT
COULD NOTICES WE NEED AND FOR
KELLY MOVEMENT NOTICES WE NEED
TO KNOW WHAT THOSE BEEHIVES ARE
LOCATED SO WE CAN TRACK THOSE.
AND FURTHER PROTECT THESE.
WE ARE IN THE PROCESS OF OF A
MODERNIZING OUR INTERNAL MAPPING
SYSTEM CURRENTLY THIS AMENDMENT
MAJORITY COUNTIES THAT DO HAVE
STATE A PRE PROGRAMS ARE STILL
USING PENS ON PAPER MAPS.
CURRENTLY URGED USUALLY NOT
CURRENTLY BUT RECENTLY
CALIFORNIA COMMISSIONERS
ASSOCIATION. I'M AUTHORIZE
FUNDING A HUNDRED NINETY FIVE
THOUSAND DOLLARS.
FOR A MAPPING PROGRAM.
FOR OTHER WE'RE GOING TO BE
USING OUR CHARACTER METS PROGRAM
SO WE CAN START DOING THAT
MAPPING. SO WE'RE HOPING TO HAVE
THAT G. I. S. MAPPING SYSTEM
HERE WITHIN THE NEXT YEAR.
AND THEN LASTLY WE NEED CIVIL
PENALTY SO CIVIL PENALTY
AUTHORITY ACTION LIKE WE HAVE
WITH OUR WEIGHTS AND MEASURES
AND ARE PESTICIDES IN OUR FARM
CERTIFY PRODUCERS.
PROGRAMS I'M CURRENTLY IS IT'S A
VIOLATION OF LAW. TO VIOLATE ANY
OF THE PROVISIONS OF THE APERI
PROTECTION ACT BUT THE ONLY WAY
THAT THAT CAN BE ENFORCED IS
EITHER THROUGH THE ATTORNEY
GENERAL OR OR THROUGH WORK. OUR
COUNTY.
.
I GOT A POINT THERE HON. DEAR
THANK YOU THANK YOU BOB DISTRICT
ATTORNEY'S.
SO FOR THE ABILITY FOR US TO BE
ABLE TO TO LEVY THAT THROUGH OUR
CIVIL PENALTY PROCESS WILL
GREATLY IN AND.
ENHANCE OUR ENFORCEMENT ACTIONS.
THANK YOU.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH OF DO WE
HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FROM MEMBERS
FOR ANY OF OUR THREE PANELISTS.
I AM I DID HAVE A QUESTION FOR
OUR FIRST PANELIST AM
APPROXIMATELY WHAT PERCENTAGE
WOULD YOU SAY OF RB POPULATION
IS BROUGHT IN FROM OUT OF STATE.
I DON'T EXPECT AN EXACT NUMBER
BUT JUST A SENSE OF.
BUT THAT WOULD BE. I'M GLAD
YOU'RE EXPECTING EXACT NUMBER
BUT MY UNDERSTANDING IS WE BRING.
BUT IT TAKES ABOUT.
TWO MILLION HIVES TO POLLINATE
APPROXIMATELY AND WE BRING ABOUT
ONE POINT TWO TO ONE POINT FIVE
YEAR AND. AND THEIR FOLKS IN
INDUSTRY THAT ALL TESTS FIND
YOUR LAST PANEL PROBABLY HAVE
ACCURATE NUMBERS.
SO WE ACTUALLY BRING IN MORE
HIVES TO PAUL DURING POLLINATION.
SEASON AND WE ACTUALLY BETTER IN
STATE THESE.
IS THAT YOUR UNDERSTANDING
THAT'S WHAT I'VE BEEN TOLD THAT.
AND THOSE THAT ARE BROUGHT IN
STATE ARE THEY MOVED AROUND.
DIFFERENT STATES THROUGHOUT THE
YEAR. DID A LOT OF THEM ARE.
STORED IN IN IN IN THE NORTHERN
PART OF THE COUNTRY IN A COLD
WEATHER AND THEY MOVED IT INTO
TEXAS AND FLORIDA AND OTHER
STATES AS WELL.
SO THERE ARE PASSIVE CONCERNS
AND SOME OF THOSE OTHER STATES
THAT.
.
THAT WE'RE CONCERNED WITH ALSO
HENCE HE INSPECTION PROCESS
OKAY THANK YOU I'M YOU REFERENCE
THE AND THE DAY ANT PROBLEM WITH
BEES THAT ARE COMING IN CAN YOU
TALK TO US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT
THAT. WELL.
TYPICALLY THE HISTORY IS THAT.
.
THEY SAT DOWN.
THEY SAID BE STAFF FOR
POLLINATION AND THEY.
WHEN THEY DO THAT THEY'RE IN
STATES LIKE TEXAS AND FLORIDA
THE RED IMPORTED FIRE ANTS IS
OUR PREDOMINANT CONCERN FOR ANTS.
SO THEY INFEST THE PALLETS AND
HIDES AND SO FORTH SO WE'RE VERY
CONCERNED ABOUT THAT THERE ARE
OTHER SPECIES ADVANCE ALSO THAT
WE'RE CONCERNED ABOUT BUT THAT'S
HOW THAT HAPPENS. UP SO THE AMP
THREE CERTIFICATION PROGRAM
WORKS. TO PRE CLEAR THOSE WE
HAVE ABOUT SIXTEEN STATES THAT
ARE PARTICIPATING IN THAT. AND
THEY PRETTY CLEAR ARE PRE
CERTIFY THE LOADS TO BE AT FREE
WHEN THEY COME IN.
WHEN WE INSPECT THEM AT THE
BORDER PROTECTION STATIONS IF WE
FIND LESSON FIVE.
WORKER RANTS THEN THEY'RE
ALLOWED TO MOVE ON AND TO TEST
IT TO DESTINATION REFINED MORE
THAN THAT THAN AFTER ALSO RETURN
OUT OF STATE FOR FOR CLEANING.
IS THERE AN ISSUE WITH WITH HEAT
AND THE TRUCKS THAT BRING THE
ABSOLUTELY THAT NASDAQ.
AND A STRESSOR FOR IT BE
POPULATION IT ABSOLUTELY IS
SPECIALLY ON OR MOVING DOWN FROM
THE COLDER STATES THOSE HIGHS
WILL HEAT UP INSIDE THE HIVES
GET VERY HOT. WE DO PROVIDE
WATER TO ALLEVIATE THE PROBLEM
OF THE BEES TRYING TO GET OUT OF
THE HIGHS AND AND GOING TO
SEARCH FOR WATER. US SO AT THE
STATIONS WE PROVIDE.
AND FACILITATE FOR THE TRUCKERS
THE WATER TO.
ALLOW THEM TO TREAT THE BEES
WITH WATER TO. TO REDUCE THE
HEAT.
OKAY THANK YOU ANY OTHER
QUESTIONS.
SENATOR WELCOME. I JUST HAVE ONE
SO.
IS THERE ANY POTENTIAL.
DISADVANTAGE TO US
COMPETITIVELY BY HAVING SO MANY
BEES IMPORTED.
OR IS IT.
WE HAVE THAT ROBUST OF THE OF IT
YOU KNOW INDUSTRY HERE. AND IT'S
IT'S NOT ALWAYS BEEN THE MODEL.
IT'S ALWAYS BEEN THE MODEL SINCE
I'VE BEEN DOING WITH THE A
PRIORI PROGRAMS NOW THE INDUSTRY
CAN ADDRESS THAT PROBABLY BETTER
THAN I CAN BUT.
BY CAN'T THINK OF ANY.
SO IT ALLOWS.
FOR BEEKEEPERS OUT OF STATE AS
WELL AS IN STATE YOU KNOW WE'RE
CONCERNED ABOUT THE HEALTH OF
BEES WHEREVER THEY COME FROM
OBVIOUSLY.
BUT ALLOW THOSE PEACEKEEPERS TO
MOVE INTO OTHER STATES IN IT
FACILITATES POLLINATION ALSO THE
STATES AS WELL STUFF. BUT I
WOULD DEFER TO THE REST OF THE
IN THE INDUSTRY FOLKS.
SENATOR PENN.
FOR YOUR PRESENTATION I GUESS
DEAL WITH THE BEES BASICALLY
MOVING AROUND MULTIPLE STATES.
.
WHAT IS THE NATURE AND I MEAN WE
CAN TALK ABOUT TAPPING
CALIFORNIA BUT CLEARLY THE BEES
ARE IN MULTIPLE STATES SO?
WHAT KIND OF WORK A HOW DO OUR
STANDARDS COMPARED TO OTHER
STATES WHAT KIND OF WORK DO YOU
DO WITH THOSE OTHER STATES
WHAT'S? THE ROLE OF THE FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT IN TERMS OF.
SOMEONE BRINGS IT SO I MEAN WE
CAN EXPECT AT THE BORDER AND
STUFF LIKE THAT BUT I WAS JUST
WONDERING LIKE HOW.
.
HOW HOW OUR RELATIONS WITH THOSE
STATES IN REGARDS TO BE HEALTH
AND?
AND OUR STANDARDS COMPARED TO
OTHER STATES AND HISTORICAL
OPERATION IN TERMS OF TRYING TO
MAINTAIN HIGH STANDARDS ACROSS
THE COUNTRY.
IN THE SENSE THAT THERE'S THERE
IS A.
SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OUT REACH BY
CFA AND OTHERS IN THIS STATE TO.
.
IMPLORE UPON THEM THAT IF YOU
SHIP YOUR BEES IN THE CALIFORNIA
PLEASE ENSURE THAT THEIR CLAIM
TO FACILITATE SMOOTH MOVEMENT.
I CAN'T ANSWER YOUR QUESTION
ABOUT THE STANDARDS BEING
CONSISTENT.
THROUGHOUT THE STATE AGAIN I'LL
DEFER TO OTHERS ON. THE OTHER
PANELS THE INDUSTRY ESPECIALLY
PROBABLY KNOWS THE ANSWER THAT
QUESTION BEEN TERMS OF. WHEN WE
GET READY FOR POLLINATION SEASON
WE DO A LOT OF OUT REACH THE
OTHER STATES TO.
ENSURE THAT THEY KNOW WHAT THE
STANDARDS ARE HERE IN CALIFORNIA.
OKAY SO I WON'T PUT WORDS IN
YOUR MOUTH THAT IT SOUNDS LIKE
THERE ISN'T A LOT OF COOPERATION
I MEAN WE TELL PEOPLE WHAT WE
HAVE WE HOPE THEY WILL FOLLOW IT
BUT. IT SOUNDS LIKE YOU EMPLOY I
HEARD THE WORD EMPLOYER I. O.
HERE LIKE A WEEK.
HOW DO SIGNIFICANT WE? AS I
MENTIONED WE HAD THREE HUNDRED
AND FORTY THREE REJECTIONS THIS
YEAR.
BOB IT DOESN'T HELP ANYONE TO
REJECT NINETIES AND TURN THEM
AROUND SOMETIMES THEY'RE DELAYED
FOR SEVERAL DAYS.
BECAUSE OF THE PROCESSES
INVOLVED SO THAT'S THE REASON
THAT FOR THE HEALTH OF THEIR
BEES. WE THE OUT REACHES IS.
INTENDED TO ENSURE THAT THEY
SHIPPED CLEAN BEES TO PROMOTE
HEALTH BECAUSE. THAT'S THE ISSUE
WE HAVE THE THE BIGGEST ISSUE WE
HAVE GETTING THOSE BEES IN THIS
STATE IS THE DELAYS AT THE
BORDER STATIONS JUST BECAUSE OF
THE. THE PROCESSES INVOLVED KEEP
IN MIND WE'RE DOING A LOT OF
OTHER WORK AT THE BORDER
STATIONS AS WELL. SO THE BEES
AND THESE BORDER STATIONS ARE.
SOMEWHAT ANTIQUATED THEY WERE
BUILT A LONG TIME AGO SO WE
DON'T HAVE SPECIAL LANES THAT WE
CAN ROUTE BE TRUCKS THROUGH AND
PASS ALL THE OTHER TRAFFIC. SO
THAT'S WHY WE'RE WORKING ON ALL
THESE PROCESSES. IN TERMS OF
PROCESS IMPROVEMENT OF FOOLS
FACILITATE MOVEMENT AND THAT'S
JUST ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE
DO. IS THAT OUT REACH OTHER
STATES TO ENSURE THAT EVERYONE
KNOWS WHAT THE STANDARDS ARE
BEFORE YOU SHIP YOUR BEES IN
CALIFORNIA. BACK.
IN THE INITIAL SCARED WHEN YOU.
YEAH.
WHAT IS SO?
OF THE THREE HUNDRED AND THE E.
STATED YOU HAD THREE HUNDRED
FORTY THREE REJECTIONS THIS YEAR
IS THAT. A QUARTER OF ALL COMING
IN OR. THE THIRD OR.
WE HAD FORTY THREE WE INSPECTED
FORTY THREE HUNDRED AND FORTY
FIVE LOADS OF BEESWE HAD THREE
HUNDRED AND FORTY THREE
REJECTIONS IT'S ABOUT SEVEN
POINT EIGHT PERCENT OF THE TOTAL.
LOADS THAT ARRIVED.
THAT'S PRETTY HIGH AS PRETTY I
YES OKAY THANK YOU ANY OTHER
QUESTIONS.
SENATOR DODD.
CAN YOU GET OUT WHY AND WHAT THE
REASONS FOR THE REJECTIONS YOU
KNOW MIGHT BE ABOUT HOW SERIOUS
THAT IS. WELL IT.
.
RICHARD ROLAND INDICATED THAT
WITHIN FOR UP TO LOCAL LEVEL
WHICH IS EXACTLY WHAT WE INSPECT
FOR AT THE BORDER STATIONS BUT
KEEP MY WE DON'T OFFLOAD THE
BEES AT THE BORDER STATIONS. AND
THEIR CUT COMPLETELY COVERED SO
NOXIOUS WEEDS. AND PESTS.
MITES THOSE TYPE THINGS ANY
TYPES OF PESTS AND BE SETTER.
THAT AFFECT OF COLONIES
THEMSELVES AS WELL BUT WE'RE
ALSO LOOKING AT THE EQUIPMENT
THE PALLETS WHETHER OR NOT THEY
HAVE ANTS ON THE PAL ACT ANT
COLONIES ON THE PALLETS. OF
BEING INFESTED WHEN THEY SET
THEM DOWN IN OTHER STATES.
AND AGAIN NOXIOUS WEEDS SOIL OF
THAT SORT OF THING.
SO IT CAN BE SERIOUS YES. WE'VE
HAD ISSUES WITH IN THE PAST WITH
RED IMPORTED FIRE ANTS. MAKING
THEIR WASTED TO DESTINATIONS AND
AND FESTING ALMOND ORCHARDS IN
CALIFORNIA. WHICH.
INCREASES THE CULTURAL PRACTICES
OF THAT ALMOND GROWERS TO GET
RID OF THOSE RED IMPORTED FIRE
ANTS IN THAT PROGRAM USED TO BE
FUNDED BY THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.
WE DON'T HAVE MONEY FOR A RED
IMPORTED FIRE AT A RATIFICATION
ANYMORE IN THIS STATE SO WE HAVE
RED IMPORTED FIRE IN SOUTHERN
CALIFORNIA. BUT WHEN THEY LOOKED
SET THOSE BEES DOWN AN ALMOND
ORCHARDS TO POLLINATE. WE HAVE
TO BE CAREFUL THAT THEY.
THAT THEY DON'T HAVE RED
IMPORTED FIRE ANT COLONY SO
THAT'S PRETTY SERIOUS TO THE
GROWERS.
AND SO COULD.
GO AHEAD SIR.
I DID WANT A POLICE OF AND AND
AND A FURTHER COMPLICATE THE
AUTHORS SMALL HIVE BEETLE IN
WHICH SOME COUNTIES WILL ACCEPT.
IT IS COMING IN THAT CONTAIN
SMALL HIVE BEETLE IN THEIR
COUNTIES THAT WILL NOT ACCEPT. A
BREEZE COMING IN WAS SMALL I
BILL WE'RE WE'RE ONE ALL WHAT
SMALL HIVE BEETLE. WITH THE PAST
IN AN INDUSTRY GOING TO TALK
ABOUT THAT IT'S A SERIOUS PASS
TO OUR QUEEN. BREEDING INDUSTRY.
SO IF WE HAVE A TRUCK THAT COMES
IN THAT CONTAIN SMALL HIVE
BEETLE AND IS DESTINED TO A
COUNTY THAT WILL NOT ACCEPT THAT.
THEY'RE GONNA HAVE TO RE ROUTE
THAT TRUCK.
TO A COUNTY THAT NEEDS
POLLINATION THAT WILL ACCEPT
SMALL HIVE BEETLE.
SORRY CATCH ALL THE NONE OF
THAT'S.
.
KIND OF UNBELIEVABLE. NEVER
EXPECTED TO GET SO DEEP IN THE.
A BEER HIS AND THINGS THIS
MORNING.
.
BUT IT IS INTERESTING SO WHAT
LET'S JUST SAY THESE EIGHT AND A
HALF PERCENT THAT ARE REJECTED.
AT EITHER THE BORDERS ARE IN THE
COUNTIES.
IS THERE A WAY OF TAKING THOSE.
IT THE OWNERS OF THOSE
COMMITTEE TAKEN SOME MORE CLEAN
THEM UP. AND THEY COME BACK IN
AND TRIED AGAIN.
YES WE HAVE. IN THIS IS ALL
PRIVATIZE.
WE HAVE.
PRIVATE COMPANIES A COUPLE OF
WHICH OF THEIR CONCENTRATE IN
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA FOR THE MOST
PART WHEN THESE BEES ARE RE
ROUTED OUT OF STATE THESE FOLKS
RUN OPERATIONS OUT OF STATE
WHERE THE TRUCKS GO AND THEY.
ACTUALLY DO THE CLEANING FOR THE
FOR THE TRUCKER THEMSELVES
TRUCKER PAYS THEM TO PRIVATE YOU
KNOW.
BUSINESS AND THEN THEY RETURNED
TO GO BACK THROUGH THE BORDER
PROTECTION STATION AND HAVE TO
GO THROUGH THE SAME PROCESS ALL
OVER AGAIN. WHICH AND I
MENTIONED SOMETIMES A DELAYED A
COUPLE DAYS. THIS IS WHY THEY'RE
DELAYED FOR WORKING WITH
INDUSTRY TO POSSIBLY PUT OUR
INSPECTORS IN THOSE CLEANING
LOCATIONS OUT OF STATES OR WHEN
THEY'RE CLEANED. OUR INSPECTORS
CAN CERTIFY THEM ON THE SPOT.
AND THEN THEY CAN MOVE THROUGH
THE STATION WITHOUT HAVING TO GO
BACK THROUGH THE INSPECTION
PROCESS.
THANK YOU.
MORE QUESTIONS.
OKAY THANK YOU TO ALL FOUR OF
YOU WE REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR
PRESENTATION.
AND WE'LL BEGIN WITH THE SECOND
PANEL OF EXPERTS NEIL WILLIAMS
PHD. PROFESSOR POLLINATION AND
BE BIOLOGY AT UC DAVIS. ELINA
NINO PHD ASSISTANT SPECIALIST IN
C. E.. APICULTURE DEPARTMENT OF
ENTOMOLOGY ANY MYTHOLOGY UC
DAVIS THANK YOU.
YEAH.
DID YOU.
WE WILL SEE.
YEAH YEAH YEAH YEAH YEAH RIGHT
NOT TO BE.
WHICH IN A LOT
.
IN FIVE MINUTES.
THIS ONE MOM WORDS RIGHT TO LOVE
BOTH ON A LITTLE.
WHAT?
OKAY
.
OKAY. THAT TURKEY.
THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO
SPEAK TODAY AND FOR YOUR
PATIENCE ON LETTING US LOAD OUR
OUR. OUR POINT PICTURES FOR YOU.
THOUGH RACHEL ASKED THAT.
I PROVIDE YOU WITH AN UPDATE ON
MY END I GUESS YOU SEE DAVIS
RESEARCH DOUBLE SIR.
OP POPULATIONS OF BEES IN
CALIFORNIA.
IN DOING SO I ALSO WANT TO SPEAK
TO WHAT I BELIEVE ARE SOME OF
THE IMPORTANT PRIORITIES FOR
INVESTIGATING PROTECTING. OF
BEES AND POLLINATORS AND THE
POLLINATION THAT THEY PROVIDE TO
OUR STATE.
COM I FIRST WANT IN PARTICULAR
THANK EACH OF YOU AND THE STATE.
FOR YOUR SUPPORT OF RESEARCH ON
AIR CULTURE AND POLLINATORS.
OMEN I GUESS URGE YOU TO
CONTINUE TO SUPPORT SPECIFIC
RESEARCH THAT IS ABOUT THESE
IMPLEMENTATION THE STATE. I
THINK DOES A GOOD JOB OF FUNDING.
POLLINATOR RESEARCH THROUGH
ASSOCIATED PROGRAMS RELATED TO
PEST MANAGEMENT.
IN GENERAL SEEMS BUT.
BUT OPPONENTS THEMSELVES I
THINK EYES WERE ALL PROBABLY
WHERE WARRANT A SPECIFIC SUPPORT
WITHIN CALIFORNIA WHERE WE HAVE
SUCH A. PROFOUND NEED FOR
HEALTHY POPULATIONS.
RELATIVE IN FACT THE REST THE
NATION.
WE'VE ACTUALLY IN MY GROUP
RECEIVED VALUABLE SUPPORT BOTH
FROM. A CD P. C. A. F. A. ON
THROUGH THEIR SPECIALLY CROPS
BLOCK. A PROGRAM SO THANKS FOR
THAT TO THEM AND WE ARE SEEKING
FUNDING AND HAVE A RELATIONSHIP
NOW WITH CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT
OF PESTICIDE REGULATION. OF
FURTHER FURTHER RESEARCH.
COM.
SO THAT THAT SUPPORT THAT WE GET.
IN THE AREA.
OKAY THAT SUPPORT THAT WE GET
FROM THE STATE. AND FROM FEDERAL
FEDERAL GRANTS. BENEFITS ARE
STAKE HOLDERS A NUMBER OF WAYS
ON THIS JUST SHOWS SOME OF THEM
PROVIDING GUIDELINES FOR
ESTABLISHING POLLINATOR HABITAT.
GUIDELINES FOR POLLINATION OF
DIFFERENT.
OPS INCLUDING ALMOND.
AND FIND SEE PRODUCTION WHICH
ARE HIGH VALUE CROPS FOR OUR
STATE.
I'M ALSO WORKING WITH.
BEST MANAGEMENT GUIDELINES
DEVELOPED THROUGH COMMODITY
GROUPS ON ON BOARD OF CALIFORNIA
THE ONE SUCH GROUP.
AND WE ALSO ARE ABLE THEN TO
PROVIDE DIRECT INFORMATION TO
GROWERS.
ON THE IMPACTS OF PARTICULAR
ACTIONS AND I'LL JUST GIVE AN
EXAMPLE OF ONION POLLINATION
THIS IS WORK. IN COLLABORATION
WITH THE.
EXTENSION OF CORPORATE EXTENSION
SERVICE WHAT YOU'RE SEEING IS A
GRAPH OF THE NUMBER OF
INSECTICIDE APPLICATIONS PRETTY.
PRIOR TO ONION BLOOM AND ON THAT
AXIS GOING UP AND DOWN THE
AVERAGE HONEY DO YOU FIND THE
VISITS I PUT A RED LINE IN THERE.
SHOWS YOU IF THE NUMBER OF
APPLICATIONS ARE ZERO THROUGH
THREE. PRIOR TO BLOOM WAS IN THE
WEEKS PRIOR TO BLOOM WE HAVE
PRETTY GOOD VISITATION RIGHTS.
BUT IF YOU GO FOR AN OVER WHICH
IS THE IS IS A DRAMATIC DROP
THERE'S ALMOST NO VISITATION TO
THAT CROP ONION IS TRADITIONALLY
DIFFICULT OPPONENT ANYWAY. HIGH
VALUE SEED CROP INTERNATIONALLY
THAT CALIFORNIA PRODUCES. ON
THAT. UNDERSTANDING ALLOWED US
TO.
WITHIN ONE YEAR REDUCED
PESTICIDE APPLICATION.
AND PROMOTE THAT PUNISHING HAUL
THE PEACE WITHIN ON THAT
POLITICIANS SYSTEM SO.
A VERY USEFUL CHANGE IN THE
INDUSTRY FOR CALIFORNIA
PARTICULARLY ON NORTHERN
COUNTIES.
THOUGH JUST TO.
GO OVER THINGS SO OUR RESEARCH
OVER THE PAST EIGHT YEARS OR SO
IS FOCUSED. ON POLLINATION IN
CALIFORNIA CROPS IN ON IMPROVING
HABITAT TO SUPPORT A COMBINATION
OF WILD AND MANAGE POLLINATOR.
PIONEERS IN AGRICULTURAL LANDS I
THINK E CAN ALL RECOGNIZE THAT
ON POLLINATION IS IMPORTANT TO
THE PRODUCTION OF OR A WIDE
RANGE OF SPECIALLY CROPS THESE
ARE. SOME OF THEM FOR CALIFORNIA
LISTED HERE SOME ARE LESS
EXPECTED THAN THAN OTHERS COTTON
AND.
ALFALFA BUT THE SEED PRODUCTION
OF THOSE CROPS OF COURSE FOR
ROUTE REQUIRES POLLINATION TO US
TO STAY IN THAT INDUSTRY AND AND
OUR MILK AND AND.
MEAT INDUSTRIES THAT ARE
ASSOCIATED WITH IT.
SO.
THAT POLLINATION.%
IS THROUGH A COMBINATION OR IT
ISN'T PRIMARILY TWO TYPES OF
BEES MANAGE POLLINATORS APIS
MELLIFERA THE HONEY BEE.
AND A VARIETY OF NATIVE OR
WHILE THESE THAT ARE NOT MOST
NOT SPECIFICALLY MANAGEMENT DO
CONTRIBUTE TO POLLINATION LIKE
OUR OWN. NATIVE BUMBLEBEES
HERE'S ONE POLLINATING TOMATO.
WHICH BENEFITS ARE NOT DEPENDENT
BENEFITS FROM POLLINATION.
IRONICALLY I WOULD SAY THAT
THAT.
INTENSIVE AGRICULTURE IN
CALIFORNIA AS WE RECOGNIZE PART
OF OUR BEST MANAGED INVOLVES A
SERIES OF CHALLENGES TO
POLLINATORS AND WE'VE WORKED TO
UNDERSTAND THOSE IN TRYING TO.
MITIGATE THOSE INTENSIFICATION
OF CHALLENGES THE SHOWS.
A TYPICAL CENTRAL VALLEY
LANDSCAPE ON WHAT YOU WILL
PROBABLY SEE IT'S A PATCHWORK OF
CROP FIELDS BUT NOT A LOT OF FUN
OTHER HABITAT THE REMAINS.
ESSENTIALLY WHAT WE SEE AS A
HOBBIES ARE CHALLENGED WITHIN
THOSE LANDSCAPES BY IN
SUFFICIENT FORAGE.
INCIDENTS VISION NUTRI
NUTRITIONAL DIVERSITY FROM A
DIVERSITY OF DIFFERENT FORGE
TYPES AND COURSE FROM OUR
APPLICATION OF VARIOUS
AGRICULTURAL CHEMICALS. ON AND
WE CALL THAT I CALL THAT THE
IRONY OF INTENSIVE POLLINATION
OR A TENSE OF AGRICULTURE FOR
POLLINATION WE NEED WE CHALLENGE
BEES MOST IN THE VERY PLACES
THAT WE NEED THEIR SERVICES THE
MOST.
AND SO HOW DO WE HOW DO WE
MITIGATE THAT THAT SITUATION I'M
GONNA FOCUS ON. REALLY MOSTLY
THESE TWO WHICH ARE RELATED TO.
IMPROVING FORGE OPPORTUNITIES.
I'M SPORTING POLLINATOR
COMMUNITIES IN POPULATIONS IN
AGRICULTURE.
AND SO THE FIRST RESEARCH THAT
WE'VE DONE AND OTHERS HAVE DONE
WE KNOW FROM THAT RESEARCH THAT
FOR RESOURCES DEFINITELY BENEFIT
BEES. AND DIVERSE RESOURCES WE
SHOWN ON THROUGH A VARIETY OF
STUDIES THAT MORE RESOURCE
AVAILABLE THIS OUR FLOWERS
POLLEN AND NECTAR RESOURCES
WITHIN THE LANDSCAPES.
LEAD TO INCREASED NUMBERS A
GROWTH OF COLONIES OF BUMBLE
BEES AND REPRODUCTION AS WELL AS
OTHER BEES I GIVE THE MASON B.
AS AN EXAMPLE TO ANOTHER. CROP
POLLINATOR THAT'S BEING WORKED
ON FOR MANAGEMENT SO WHAT YOU
SEE HERE IS THE AVERAGE DENSITY
OF FLOWERS INCREASING ALONG THE
BOTTOM AXIS THAT BLUE LINE SHOWS
AN INCREASE IN THE NUMBER OF.
BUMBLE BEES QUEENS PRODUCED BY
CONNIE'S ASSISTING THOSE
POPULATIONS. AGAIN BUMBLE BEES
BEING ONE OF OUR MOST IMPORTANT
ON THE NON MANAGED POLLINATORS
ALSO MANAGE FOR GREENHOUSE
PRODUCTION OF A VARIETY OF
DIFFERENT ON CROPS INCLUDING
TOMATOES. AND OTHER THINGS.
SO THAT WORK ON SHOWING THE
RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN.
AVAILABLE FORAGE WITHIN THE
LANDSCAPE ARM AND AND WORK WITH
OUR OUR STAKEHOLDER PARTNERS HAS
LED TO. A PROGRAMS TO PROVIDE AN
INCREASING FLOOR RESOURCES
WITHIN THOSE LANDSCAPES
ESSENTIALLY THE PLANTING OF WILD
FLOWERS.
AND HEADS EURO PLANTINGS IN THE
IN THE REMAINING SPACES WITHIN
THOSE VERY INTENSIVE LANDSCAPES
TO DIVERSIFY THEM. EITHER
STRATEGIES OF WHICH CALIFORNIA
HAS BEEN ONE OF THE LEADS TO A
MUCH OF THE RESEARCH NATIONALLY
ON THIS OVER THE LAST DECADE IS.
TAKING PLACE IN CALIFORNIA AND
IS NOW.
INFORMING THE REST OF THE
COUNTRY ON THOSE ARE WIDELY
PROMOTED STRATEGIES AND THEY
INVOLVE US SERIES OF QUESTIONS
WAS FINDING OUT WHAT PLANT
SPECIES TO TO PLANT HOW DO WE
CHOOSE THEM.
AND THEN EVALUATING ON THE
ESTABLISHMENT OF PERFORMANCE OF
THE PLANTS AND THEIR FUNCTIONAL
PERFORMANCE IN SUPPORTING BEES
AND BENEFITING CROP POLLINATION
ALL SPEAK TEACHERS VERY BRIEFLY
ON WHAT WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON.
SO WHAT WE FIND IS THAT THOSE
PLANTINGS WHEN WE PUT THEM IN
THIS INVOLVES ACTUALLY
PHYSICALLY PLANTING. BORDERS
WITH WILD FLOWERS OR OTHER A
NATIVE PLANT MATERIAL SIR OR
FLOWERING PLANTS. ALMOND AND
ASSESSING THE IMPACT ON BEE
POPULATIONS WE SEE THAT WHILE
FAR BORDERS THIS THIS FIGURE
SHOWS. ALMOND FIRST TOP PANEL
THE SPECIES RICHNESS THE NUMBER
DIFFERENT TYPES OF BEES BOTTOM
PANEL TOTAL NUMBER OF WILD THIS
IS NOT HONEY BEES IN THIS
PARTICULAR SLIDE. NUMBER OF WILD
BEES THEIR ABUNDANCE.
AT BORDERS THAT WERE ENHANCED
AS THE ONES LABELED WILDFLOWER
THE GREEN DOTS COMPARED TO THE
SAME TYPE OF BORDER THAT DOES
NOT THIRTY TWO OF THOSE ARE UNIQUE
TO THOSE WILDFIRE BORDERS ARE
NOT FOUND IN OUR STUDIES
ELSEWHERE EVEN THOUGH THE
STUDIES ARE IN THOSE LANDSCAPES.
SOMEHOW FINDING THEM AND USING
THEM. I ADD THE RED DOT TO SHOW
YOU THAT THOSE WHILE FAR
PLANTINGS WHERE WE'VE ENHANCED
THE QUALITY OF HABITAT EVEN
INCREASE BOTH ABUNDANCE.
.
AND RICHNESS OF SPECIES OVER
NATURAL AREAS THAT ARE NEARBY
AND THOSE OF THE RED DOTS THE
GREEN DOT IS HIGHER THAN THE RED
DOT.
OKAY.
WE ALSO FIND THAT THOSE
PLANTINGS DO INCREASE THE
NUTRITIONAL DIVERSITY FOR HONEY
BEES THE SHOWS ON THE BOTTOM THE
THE NAMES ARE NOT IMPORTANT EACH
ONE OF THOSE SETS OF BARS IS
DIFFERENT PLANT SPECIES IN A MIX
THAT WE'VE DEVELOPED. IS THE
NUMBER OF HONEY BEE SPECIES PER
PLANT SPECIES ARM.
WITHIN THE EARLY SEASON YOU'LL
SEE THAT THERE ARE SEVERAL
SPECIES THAT ARE HEAVILY USED IN
THE VERY YEAR TO YEAR. SO THE
THE LIGHTER BARS THE DARKER BARS
ARE ONE YEAR IN THE NEXT YEAR.
WE GO TO THE LATE SEASON IT'S A
DIFFERENT SET OF PLANT SPECIES
THAT THEY'RE USING. AMONG
EMPHASIZING HERE THE IMPORTANCE
OF DIVERSITY OF DIFFERENT PLANTS
BECAUSE THE IMPORTANCE OF
SELECTING. THE PLANT SPECIES TO
SUPPORT THOSE POLLINATORS IS
VERY IMPORTANT PROVIDING THAT
NUTRITIONAL DIVERSITY THAT
BENEFITS THE HEALTH OF THE HONEY
BEES HELP THEM TO COME COMBAT.
THE DISEASES THAT THEY FACE AS
WELL AS PROBABLY PESTICIDE
CHALLENGES THAT ARE ASSOCIATED
WITH PART OF THEIR MANAGEMENT.
IN THE AIR CULTURAL LANDSCAPE.
OKAY SO ONE OF THE CONCERNS AND
AS WE DESIGN.
.
DR PLANTINGS WITHIN THOSE
LANDSCAPES.
TOM IS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE
WORKING WITH THE STAKE HOLDERS
AND UNDERSTANDING THEIR.
TO ADOPTION ONE OF THE BIG ONES
UP FOR.
FOR GROWERS IS THAT THE
PLANTINGS THE CONCERN THAT WHAT
WE PUT ALL THESE WILD FLOWERS
OUT THERE THEY'RE BLOOMING WHAT
ABOUT MY CROP. WILL THEY BE
COMPETING WITH MICROFORMATS THEM
AND SO WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO SHOW
THROUGH RESEARCH THAT. THAT THAT
DOES NOT OCCUR THIS IS A A WILD
FLOWER PLANTING IN ASSOCIATION
WITH A VERY LARGE ALMOND
LANDSCAPE ON ORCHARD AND IN THE
SOUTHERN PART OF THE GROWING
REGION.
WITH SOME PEOPLE SAMPLING IT
JUST SORRY WE ACTUALLY DO GET
OUT THERE WITH YOUR SUPPORT AND
DO SOME STUFF FROM TIME TO TIME.
ANYWAY SO THIS SHOWS THE RESULTS
THESE ARE. ROW TO IS BASICALLY
EDGE OF THE ORCHARD. ROAD TENNIS
INTERIOR TO THE ORCHARD.
RAY BARS ARE WITH THE IN HANDS
MEN AND WHITE BAR WITHOUT THE
HANDSOME MAN SHOWING ESSENTIALLY
THAT THERE'S NOT A SIGNIFICANT
DIFFERENCE IN THE VISITATION
RATE. TO THE ORCHARD WITH AND
WITHOUT THE WILD FLOWERS THERE
IS NOT A CONCERN THAT ARE WILD
CARDS ARE TAKING THESE FROM THE
ORCHARD AND SO THESE ARE
VISITING OUR FLOWERS AND NOT.
THE CROP DURING BLOOM.
IF ANYTHING IN FACT WE HAVE SEEN
YOU MIGHT SHOW A LITTLE EVEN SEE
A LITTLE BIT OF AN ODD TENDENCY
OF THE GRAVEYARD HIGHER ON THE
EDGE. THAT THE PLANTINGS CAN
ACTUALLY ATTRACT BEES AND
POSSIBLY INCREASE YIELD AND
WE'VE SHOWN THAT THAT IS THE
CASE. THE SHOW.
SHOWS THE EFFECT OF PLANTINGS
TO ENHANCE CROP YIELD SO IT'S
NOT ONLY SOMETHING THAT I LIKE
FOR WILD BEES IT ACTUALLY
IMPROVES THE BOTTOM LINE IN
TERMS OF YIELD FOR THE GROWER.
THE SHOWS. THE ART PRODUCTION OF
WATER MELON BOTH IN TERMS OF
WATERMELON DENSITY PER.
AREA OF THE CROP AS WELL AS THE
MASS OF WATERMELON FRUITS
THEY'RE PRODUCED AS A FUNCTION
OF DISTANCE INTO THE CROP FIELD
WITH ZERO OVER ON THE ONE SIDE
HEADING INTO A HUNDRED METERS
INTO THE FIELD. YOU'LL SEE THE
WILDFIRE PLANTINGS THE THE THE
MELON FIELD NEXT WILDFLOWERS AS
THE ORANGEY YELLOW THE ONE
WITHOUT WILD FLOWERS IN THE GRAY
AND WE SEE IS THAT THE YELLOW OR
ORANGE G. LINE IS ABOVE THE GRAY
LINE. NOW INTENSITY IS
SIGNIFICANTLY IMPROVED BY ON THE
POLLINATION THAT IS THE
RESULTING FROM THAT PLANTING.
AND FRUIT MASS IS A LITTLE MORE
VARIABLE THAT TENDS TO BE OF OF
THE GRAY LINE THERE TOO SO
OVERALL WE SEE YIELD BENEFITS.
NOT COMPETITION ON THE DIVERS
WORRY ABOUT THIS SORT OF THING
ALLOWS US TO WORK ON TO DEVELOP
THOSE BEST MANAGEMENT GUIDELINES
AND ACTUALLY.
SHOW THE GORE IS THAT THERE IS
SOME VALUE TO ACTUALLY.
BENEFITING THE BEES WITH HABITAT
ALSO CAN BENEFIT THEIR
PRODUCTION.
I'M.
THE DESIGNING OF THESE MIXES HAS
BEEN A PRIMARY EFFORT ON OUR
GROUP.
.
OFFER A NUMBER OF REASONS TRYING
TO DIVIDE ESSENTIALLY DESIGNED
COST EFFECTIVENESS MIXES RIGHT
SO GROWERS.
DON'T HAVE DID A LOT OF
ADDITIONAL MONEY TO DO
BEEKEEPERS DON'T HAVE ADDITIONAL
MONEY TO.
TO.
PROVIDE THESE PLANTING SO THEY
SHOULD BE. AS COST EFFECTIVE AS
POSSIBLE AND SO WHAT WE FOUND.
IS THAT THE MIXERS CANDY MIXES
CAN BE TAILORED FOR SPECIFIC
GOALS TO SHOW THE PALETTE OF
PLANT SPECIES DESIGNED FOR
PARTICULAR GOAL. ON THE
QUESTIONS THAT WE'RE ADDRESSING
WE'VE DONE THIS.
ANALYTICALLY AND THEN TEST THEM
IN THE FIELD. FORGIVEN COSTS
DOLLAR COST OF WHAT PLANT MAKES
SUPPORTS THE GREATEST BE
DIVERSITY IF THAT'S A
BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION GOAL
THAT'S PART OF SOME STAKEHOLDERS
CONCERN. FROM ANOTHER ONE OF THE
WHAT MAKES SUPPORTS THE GREATEST
NUMBER OF CROP POLLINATORS FOR
PARTICULAR.
PART OF THE SECTOR.
WE RUN COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS
USING A LINEAR PROGRAMMING
OPTIMIZATION ALGORITHMS THAT
SPANS THE PUBLIC UP BUT.
BUT ESSENTIALLY.
COMPUTERS ARE VERY GOOD AT
MAKING VERY COMPLICATED SET OF
DECISIONS WITH MULTIPLE PLANTS
THE COST A DIFFERENT AMOUNT ONE
PLANT SUPPORTS THIS BE ANOTHER
ONE AT B.. ONCE WERE BEYOND
ABOUT THREE PLANT SPECIES INTO
BEES YOU KNOW OUR BRAINS SORT OF
EXPLODE BUT THE COMPUTER AM IS
EXTREMELY GOOD AT. FIGURING OUT
ON BASS MIX DESIGNS AND WE'VE
SEEN DRAMATIC COST SAVINGS WHEN
WE RUN THESE.
ALGORITHMS THROUGH DIFFERENT
PLAN OPTIONS.
WE CAN ACHIEVE NINETY FIVE
PERCENT OF THE GOAL SAY NINETY
FIVE PERCENT OF THE SPECIES
PORTED. AT ABOUT ONE SIXTH THE
COST IF WE DIDN'T USE THE
ALGORITHM. THAT WE FIND THAT
THESE THESE ARE REALLY IMPORTANT
WAYS TO REDUCE BARRIERS TO
ADOPTION FOR THE GROWER
STAKEHOLDER COMMUNITY.
COM I WANNA MOVE FROM THAT'S THE
PRIMARY SORT OF RESEARCH THAT
WE'RE DOING AGAIN IT'S SOMETHING
WE FIND PEOPLE CAN CAN. ALL COME
AROUND WANNA SPEAK BRIEFLY TO
THE.
OTHER CHALLENGES ONE OF WHICH
IS.
PESTICIDE A POTENTIAL. RISK
THAT'S ASSOCIATED WITH
AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION.
.
WE FEEL THAT.
OUR RESEARCH SUGGESTS THAT WE
NEED BETTER INFORMATION ON THE
POTENTIAL EXPOSURE AT FIELDING
LANDSCAPE SCALES.
ESSENTIALLY.
ARE THERE PARTICULAR AREAS AND
OF THE STATE.
OR TIMES OF THE SEASON THAT FOR
THAT PARTICULAR RISK TO.
ARE MANAGED AND WHILE
POLLINATORS.
THIS SHOWS A MAP.
WHERE WHAT WE'VE DONE IS TAKING%
TAKEN?
STATE LEVEL AVAILABLE PESTICIDE
USE RECORDS.
FROM A PURE DATABASE THAT'S
MANAGED BY DB ARE. ALMOND PIE
THAT AT THE SECTION LEVEL WITH
THIS IS JOE WILL COUNTY. SHOWING
AREAS OF HIGHER AND LOWER RISK
FOR PESTICIDE ON CODED BY RED TO.
TO A LIGHTER COLOR.
HERE THE IDEAS THAT WE BELIEVE
WITH US SPATIALLY EXPLICIT
MAPPING OF.
INDEX OF RISK.
LAYERED WITH BENEFITS ARE
PROVIDED BY FORAGE.
WE BELIEVE WE COULD TARGET
PARTICULAR AREAS WHERE WE NEED
REDUCED RISK STRATEGIES TO BE
USE I WOULD USE THE ALLMAN BOARD
OF CALIFORNIA IS A GREAT EXAMPLE
OF AN INDUSTRY THAT'S. TRY TO
INCORPORATE BEST MANAGEMENT
PRACTICES FOR DEATH RUDE DO
STICKS POSE A RISK.
BUT OTHER OTHERS COULD FOLLOW
THAT. IT ALSO ALLOWS BEEKEEPERS
TO AT LEAST HAVE THE INFORMATION.
ESPECIALLY WHEN THEY'RE PUTTING
HIDES OUT THERE WHERE GREATEST
LOCATION RESTS AND TIMES. MAYBE
I CAN PUT THESE ARE POTENTIAL
RISKS WHAT WHAT IS DEFINITELY
NEEDED IN THIS AND WHAT WE'RE
PROPOSING TO.
DPR AND OTHERS NOT YET
SUCCESSFULLY BUT WE ALWAYS HOLD
OUT HOPE.
IS THAT THESE NEED TO BE
VALIDATED BY ACTUALLY TAKING
DATA ON THE.
EXPOSURE THAT CONNIE SAID
PLACED IN LANDSCAPE ARE
EXPERIENCING SAMPLING PAUL
NECTAR OMING BACK IN. TESTING
LEVELS OF VARIOUS ACTIVE
INGREDIENTS TO UNDERSTAND WHAT
THE WHAT THE ACTUAL RISK OR
EXPOSURE AS. COMPARED TO THE MAP
TO POTENTIAL EXPOSURE BASED ON
APPLICATION OF THOSE CHEMICALS
ECM OUT.
THAT WOULD ALLOW US TO HAVE A
VALIDATED A PREDICTIVE INDEX FOR
THE STATE.
COM.
WE DO BELIEVE.
AND WE'RE WE'RE WE'RE WE ARE
SHUT BEGINNING TO SHOW IT THAT
THESE POINTER PLANTINGS ALSO THE
POTENTIAL TO MITIGATE THAT RISK
THERE SINCE THE ISLANDS OF CLEAN
FORAGE WITHIN THE LANDSCAPE.
THAT THE AVAILABILITY OF THAT
FORGE THAT IS NOT APPLIED WITH
PESTICIDES AM MAY PROVIDE BEES
AWAY THROUGH.
EXPOSURE THAT THEY GET TO
RECOVER FROM OUT.
AND THAT'S SOMETHING WE'RE
ACTIVELY WORKING ON PROJECTS
CURRENTLY
AND BY THE.
HIGHLIGHTING THE IDEA THAT THE
I BELIEVE THAT COORDINATED
STRATEGIES FOR MULTIPLE BENEFITS
ARE THE WAY FORWARD IN THIS.
IS AN AGRICULTURAL.
COMMUNITY OF PRACTICE ON
PROTECTING BEA'S WILL COME FROM
COORDINATED STRATEGIES THAT
CAPITALIZE ON. ADDITIONAL
BENEFITS IS THE IDEA OF MULTI
FUNCTIONALITY.
I CARE ABOUT BEES SOME PEOPLE
CARE ABOUT BEES GROWERS ALSO
CARE ABOUT SOIL HEALTH LONG TERM
SUSTAINABILITY.
OUR CARES ABOUT A NITROGEN
RUNOFF PASS I'D RUN OFF WHATEVER
IT IS.
THE NUMBERS OF THESE
APPLICATIONS I THINK THAT
PROVIDE HABITAT CAN ALSO
MITIGATE SOME OF THESE OTHER
CONCERNS THAT WE HAVE THAT I'VE
REAL FINANCIAL IMPLICATIONS.
POTENTIALLY EVEN DWARFING THE
CONCERN THAT I HAVE EVER BEE IS.
ON SO COVER CROPPING EXAMPLE
SOMEONE WORKING ON HERE YOU SEE
COVER CROPPING DOWN ALMOND ALLEY
WEARS OF NON BEARING ORCHARDS.
IMPROVE SOIL HEALTH WATER
INFILTRATION. AND SUSTAINABLE
ORCHARD ORCHARD PRODUCTION THE
THING GOING FOR THAT. I'M IS
IMPORTANT THING TO TO RECOGNIZE.
AND SO ON THANK THANKS FOR YOUR
TIME AGAIN AT LEAST GIVES YOU
THE IDEA OF SOME OF THE.
DIVERSITY OF RESEARCH IS GOING
ON AT THE STATE AND WITH US
SHAREHOLDERS AND. ALMOND
PARTNERS STAKEHOLDERS AND AND
PARTNERS WITHIN THE INDUSTRY.
AND I'M NOT A AS YOU CAN TELL
NOT A HONEY BEE BIOLOGIST BUT WE
HAVE INCREASING WORKED WITH THE.
AGRICULTURAL INDUSTRY ON ON
BECAUSE.
A LOT OF THIS STUFF IS WHAT'S
GOOD FOR ONE B. IS GOOD FOR ALL
THESE.
THE.
THANK YOU THANK YOU VERY VERY
MUCH AT OUR NEXT PANELIST. IS
ONLY IN ANY NO PHD ASSISTANT
SPECIALIST AND SEE II APICULTURE
DEPARTMENT OF ENTOMOLOGY AND
NAME ATTALA G. FROM UC DAVIS.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH GOOD MORNING
COMMITTEE MEMBERS THANK YOU I'D
LIKE TO. REALLY EXPRESS MY
APPRECIATION FOR THE OPPORTUNITY
TO SPEAK TO YOU ABOUT SOME OF
THE WORK.
THAT I'VE BEEN. INVOLVED WITH
AS SINCE I'VE BEEN HERE IN
CALIFORNIA AS AN EXTENSION
SPECIALIST FOR A UNIVERSITY OF
CALIFORNIA.
I THIS IS A VERY SHORT TIME FOR
ABOUT TEN MINUTES SO IT'S REALLY
NOT ENOUGH TIME TO HIGH TO SPEAK
TO EVERYTHING THAT WE DO BUT I
JUST WANTED TO PRESENT WITH SOME
OF THE HIGHLIGHTS OF WORK THAT
WE'VE BEEN DOING. AND ALSO
HIGHLIGHTS SOME OF THE ISSUES
THAT I HAVE NOTICED AND.
HAVE.
SEEN THAT THE BEE KEEPERS HAVE
BEEN ALSO HONEY BEES ARE AS AN
ORGANISM THAT WHAT. THEY WERE
INTERESTED IN. SO BEFORE I GO
INTO THE ACTUAL RESEARCH AND
TALKING A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE
HEALTH I JUST WANTED TO POINT
OUT THE NEW EFFORT THAT WE JUST
SPEAR HEADED A AND THAT IS THE
CREATION OF THE CALIFORNIA
POLLINATOR CONSORTIUM. THIS IS A
COLLABORATIVE EFFORT BETWEEN THE
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA UP
POLLINATOR RESEARCHERS AND IT'S
SORT OF GOING TO GIVE US AN
UMBRELLA UNDER WHICH TO WORK
TOGETHER. AND BETTER COORDINATE
OUR RESEARCH EFFORTS TO SUPPORT
POLLINATOR HEALTH.
SO HONEY BEES.
DOCTOR WILLIAMS OBVIOUSLY SPOKE
TO US MOSTLY WILD BEES BUT HONEY
BEES ARE STILL THE MOST
ESSENTIAL MANAGE POLLINATORS
YOUR AWARE AND THERE ARE SEVERAL
REASONS FOR THAT ONE OF THEM
BEING THAT THEY HAVE HIGH
NUMBERS OF FORAGING INTO VIGIL
SO STRENGTH IN NUMBERS.
THEY ALSO CAN BE EASILY MOVED
AS YOU'VE LEARNED EARLIER TODAY
FROM STATE TO STATE INCLUDING
INTO CALIFORNIA FOR POLLINATION
OF VARIOUS CROPS.
HONEY BEE COLONIES WITHIN THE
STATE OF CALIFORNIA ARE RENTED
OUT FOR OVER TWENTY DIFFERENT
CROPS FOR POLLINATION OF OVER
TWENTY DIFFERENT CROPS.
AND THEIR ESTIMATED ABOUT SEVEN
HUNDRED THOUSAND COLONIES IN
CALIFORNIA AND THIS IS DIRECTLY
FROM THE SURVEY THAT'S DONE BY
US THE A AND A SS THOSE NUMBERS
CHANGED. CHANGE AS WE GO
THROUGHOUT THE SEASON AND
THROUGH THE YEARS THAT THESE ARE
THE NUMBERS FOR JULY FOR EXAMPLE
HOWEVER IN JANUARY. MS YOU'VE
ALREADY HEARD OF THEIR CLOSE TO
TWO MILLION COLONIES THAT ARE.
BROUGHT IN BY MIGRATORY
BEEKEEPERS.
THAT ARE NECESSARY FOR
POLLINATION OF ALMONDS WHICH IT
IS OBVIOUSLY A HUGE INDUSTRY AND
IT HAS ABOUT SIX BILLION DOLLAR
VALUE. ON THE ONE THING THAT I
WANTED TO STRESS OUT HERE AND WE
ALREADY TALKED A LITTLE BIT
ABOUT THIS IS THE NEED FOR A
MORE EFFICIENT BORDER STATIONS
PROCESSING. EXTREMELY IMPORTANT
ESPECIALLY IF THE BEES ARE
SITTING THERE NOT BEING ABLE TO.
FAN AND ACTUALLY REGULATE THEIR
TEMPERATURE WITHIN THE COLONY
BECAUSE THE HEAT STRESS CAN KILL
THEM SO PROVIDING EITHER WATER
RESOURCES OR JUST A FASTER WAY
OF GETTING THOSE BEES THROUGH
THE BORDER STATIONS WOULD BE.
TREMENDOUSLY HELPFUL FOR THE
BEES AND THE BEEKEEPERS THIS OF
COURSE.
AND OBVIOUSLY WE MIGHT NOT BE
SITTING HERE IF WE DIDN'T KNOW
THAT THE. NATIVE BEES AND ALSO
HONEY BEES ARE FACING TREMENDOUS
STRESSORS INSTRUMENT TREMENDOUS
PRESSURES AND WE HAVE LARGE
COLONY LOSSES THAT HAVE BEEN
REPORTED. AND THAT HAVE BEEN
DOCUMENTED FOR ABOUT.
NOW A DECADE BY THIS.
COORDINATED EFFORT OF THE BEING
FOREIGN PARTNERSHIP.
UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND AND ALSO
USDA. AND THE IF WE JUST POINT
TO THE ORANGE BARS THIS IS THE
ANNUAL LOSS THAT HAVE BEEN.
REPORTED SINCE TWO THOUSAND AND
TEN TWO THOUSAND AND ELEVEN IF
YOU LOOK AT THE OVERALL. AVERAGE
NATIONAL AVERAGE LOSSES IT HAD
IT. CURRENTLY SITTING AT ABOUT
THIRTY FIVE PERCENT WHICH IS I
GUESS BETTER THAN WHAT WE'VE
SEEN IN THE PAST THAT ABOUT
FORTY FIVE PERCENT SO. COLONIES
AND THE BEEKEEPERS ARE STILL
LOSING THESE COLONIES.
ANNUALLY.
SO WHAT ARE SOME OF THE
STRESSORS THAT ARE CAUSING THESE
LOSSES THERE ARE MANY AS YOU CAN
SEE IT'S A.
COMPLICATED IT'S A REALLY
INTERACTION OF MANY STRESSORS.
THAT THE HONEY BEES FACE WHILE
THEY GO OUT AND FORAGE AND
PROVIDE THAT VALUABLE CROP
POLLINATION SERVICES TO US. OF
COURSE THESE INCLUDE ABOUT NEIL
SPOKE TO ALREADY A LITTLE BIT
AND THAT IS THE NEED FOR A MORE
DIVERSE AND PLENTIFUL BE FOOD
SUPPLY. OF POTENTIAL EXPOSURE TO
PESTICIDES INCLUDING VEHICULAR
SIDES THAT THE BEE KEEPERS ARE
NEEDING TO USE TO COMBAT FOR ALL
NIGHT. OF VIRAL MITES AND THIS
IS JUST FOR SENATOR DODD.
NO MAN. I DON'T SMOKE.
THE GIRL I.
MILITARY VERONA MY SELF MERLE
MITES ARE A HUGE PROBLEM AND
WE'LL TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE
ABOUT. WHAT THEY DO TO THE BEES
AND WHY THEY'RE SUCH A A HUGE
PROBLEM FOR US AND OF COURSE? OF
SOME OF THESE SOME OF THIS WORK.
ALSO HAS CAUGHT OUR ATTENTION
AND SOME OF THE WORK THAT WE DO
IN THE LAB ITSELF IS REALLY TO
CHARACTER CONTINUE
CHARACTERIZING THESE VARIOUS
BIOTIC AND ABIOTIC STRESSORS
RHETORICAL AFFECTING COLONY
HEALTH. AND THEN USE THAT
INFORMATION TO DEVELOP A
IMMEDIATE AND LONG TERM
SOLUTIONS BOTH FOR B. HEALTH AND
BEEKEEPERS.
SO I'LL FOCUS A LITTLE BIT ABOUT
ABOVE A LITTLE BIT ON SOME OF
THE WORK THAT WE'VE DONE SO FAR
SPECIFICALLY ON INTERACTIONS
BETWEEN PESTICIDES SO CARGO
CHEMICALS THAT THE BEES MIGHT
BRING IN FROM. UP PLANTS THAT
THEY GO AND FORD ON AN OLD
INTERACTION WITH THE SOMEOF THE
MY DECIDES THAT THE BEES.
OR BEEKEEPERS NEED TO USE TO
COMBAT WERE ON LIGHTS
SO THIS IS WORK THAT WAS DONE IN
MY LAB BY ONE OF MY GRADUATE
STUDENTS. AND I'M NOT GOING TO
GO THROUGH EVERY SINGLE DETAIL
THING ON THERE OF COURSE THAT
WOULD TAKE A LONG TIME BUT. THE
IDEA BEHIND IT WAS TO.
TAKE THE TWELVE MOST COMMONLY
USED OR MOST WIDELY USED.
PESTICIDES INCLUDING HERBICIDES
INSECTICIDES FUNGICIDES. AND
ORGANIC SILICONES WHICH ARE
ADJUVANTS THAT ARE ADDED TO A
WHEN THE PESTICIDES ACTIVE
INGREDIENTS ARE APPLIED TO
ACTUALLY.
THEIR ADVOCACY AND COMBINE THAT
WITH THE AMITRAZ WHICH IS A
CHEMICAL THAT. IS USED TO COMBAT
FOR ALL MY THOUGHTS AND SEE WHAT
THAT DOES TO BE'S ADULT BEE
POPULATIONS IN CAGES IN THIS
CASE ADMITTEDLY WE DID NOT
ACTUALLY SEE ANY NEGATIVE
EFFECTS OF ANY OF THESE
INTERACTIONS ANY OF THESE IN A.
COMBINATIONS THE ONLY NEGATIVE.
OR A NEGATIVE EFFECT THAT WE
FOUND THAT ACTUALLY INCREASE THE
MORTALITY OF THESE ADULT BEES.
IN THE CAGES WAS THE APPLICATION
OF THIS ORGANIC SILICONE AND
THIS IS ACTUALLY SOMETHING
THAT'S BEEN AND KICK OFF CONCERN
TO BE KEEPERS IN THE RESEARCH
COMMUNITY AND MORE BOTH MORE
RECENT PAST. AND THERE'S SOME
WORK THAT'S BEING DONE BY DOCTOR
CHRIS MULLIN AND ALSO DOCTOR
DIANA* FOSTER SHOWING THAT
SOME OF THESE ARE GONNA
SILICONES HAVE. OF NEGATIVE
IMPACT OF TWO BEEKEEPERS SELL.
THIS REALLY DRIVES HOME THE
POINT FOR US INCREASE THE. NEED
FOR BETTER UNDERSTANDING WITH
SOME OF THESE PESTICIDES OR SOME
OF THESE CHEMICALS THAT MIGHT
NOT BE CONSIDERED ACTIVE
INGREDIENTS ARE ACTUALLY DOING.
ONTO THE POLLINATORS AND WE'RE
JUST STARTING TO UNDERSTAND
THESE ISSUES.
SO THERE'S DEFINITELY NEED FOR
INCREASING OF SORT OF FUNDING
FOR MORE COMPREHENSIVE RESEARCH
TO IMPROVE PESTICIDE LABELING OF
OF COURSE UNDERSTANDING
SYNERGISTIC EFFECTS OF
PESTICIDES. AND ALL IN AN EFFORT
TO OPTIMIZE BEST MANAGEMENT
PRACTICES IN POLLINATION OF
VARIOUS CROPS. ON THIS OLD THING
CREW INCLUDES SOME OF THE WORK
THAT WE'VE BEEN DOING AND THAT
IS TO INTEGRATE PEST MANAGEMENT
ALTERNATIVES INSTEAD OF OF
POTENTIALLY HAVING THE
CONVENTIONAL FUNGICIDES FOR
EXAMPLE THAT ARE OFTEN USED. IN
COMBATING FUNGAL DISEASES AND
ALMONDS.
WE ARE NOW FOCUSING ON ARE
TRYING TO IDENTIFY AND DEVELOP
BIO CONTROL AGENTS FOR CONTROL
OF THESE FUNGAL PATHOGENS AND
ALMONDS. AND ONE COOL THING
ABOUT IT IS THAT WHAT WE'RE
PROPOSING TO DO IS TO USE THE
HONEY BEES THAT ARE ALREADY IN
THE ORCHARDS TO. DELIVER THESE
BIOCONTROL AGENTS JUST BY THE
FACT THAT THEY HAVE AIRS ON THEM
THEY'LL WALK ACROSS THE ENTRANCE
WHERE THIS AGENT IS PICK IT UP
ON THEIR HAIRS AND THEN. THE
IDEA IS THAT THEY WOULD DELIVER
IT TO THESE INDIVIDUAL FLOWERS.
AND ALSO I'M GLAD OF THE PANEL
BEFORE US IS SPOKE A LOT ABOUT.
PROVIDING TOOLS AND ALSO I
EDUCATING IN PROVIDING OUTREACH
TO VARIOUS STAKEHOLDER GROUPS.
THAT YOU SEE ARE WE HAVE.
PARTNERED WITH YOU SEE I PM AND
WE HAVE DEVELOPED THIS TOOL FOR
SAFER PESTICIDE APPLICATION
WHICH BASICALLY YOU CAN GO
ONLINE AND FIND THE PESTICIDE OF
INTEREST AND IT WILL SPIT BACK
OUT TO YOU WHETHER DYSPESSA SIDE
IS OF HIGH RISK OR LOW RISK OR
NO RISK. TO HONEY BEES SO IT'S
SORT OF A.
INTERACTIVE TOOL THAT.
BEEKEEPERS GROWERS AND EVEN
HOMEOWNERS CAN USE TO QUICKLY
ASSESS WHETHER THIS IS SOMETHING
THAT THEY SHOULD BE POURING.
ONTO THEIR PLANTS OR NOT.
SO MOVING ON LET'S TALK ABOUT
THAT ROLE MIGHT SO OVERALL MITES
ARE AN ECTOPARASITE THEIR TINY
YOU SAW THERE REALLY ARE SMALL
BUT THEY DO A LOT OF DAMAGE TO
THE BEE KEEPERS WHAT THEY DO
THEY FEED ON HIM ALL IN FOR THE
BLOOD OF THE HONEY BEE. BOTH
ADULT AND DEVELOPING OF THE.
WHY THEY'RE SO DEVASTATING IS
THAT THEY CAN TRANSMIT VIRUSES
THEY ALSO SUPPRESSED IMMUNE GENE
EXPRESSION FOR THE HONEY BEES
WHEN THEY'RE STRESSED THAT WITH
OUR OUR PRESENCE THERE ACTUALLY
ARE NOT ABLE TO DEAL WITH OTHER
PATHOGENS SUGGEST? HERE'S THE
VIRAL MIGHT ON THE BE HUNTED
DALBY AND HERE'S A BEE THAT HAS
THE DEFORMED WING VIRUS SO THAT
BROMIDE HAS TRANSMITTED THAT THE
FORMER WING VIRUS TO THE BEES.
AND THAT HAS CAUSED OBVIOUS THE
WIND DAMAGE TO THE B. AND THAT
BEES ESSENTIALLY USELESS TO THE
COLONY CAN NEVER IT WILL NEVER
BE ABLE TO GO OUT AND FORAGE AND
CONTRIBUTE MEANINGFULLY. AND
USUALLY THEY ACTUALLY END UP
KILLING THEM AND KICKING THEM
OUT OF THE COLONY SELL. ON THAT
IT'S BEEN QUITE DEVASTATING YEAR
FOR US AT LEAST LAST YEAR WELL
WHEN WE MONITORED ARE FOR ALL
MIKE INFESTATION LEVELS WE
ACTUALLY FOUND TWO HUNDRED
SIXTEEN. MIGHT SEND THREE
HUNDRED BEES SO THAT'S ABOUT
SEVENTY TWO PERCENT INFESTATION
AND A LOT OF IT THAT A LOT OF
THAT IS DUE TO DRIFT FROM
NEIGHBORING COLONIES IF THE.
BEE KEEPERS OF NOT TAKING CARE
OF.
.
THEIR PROBLEMS SO AGAIN ONE OF
THE RESEARCH PROJECTS THAT WE
HAVE IN THE LAB HAS BEEN
SUPPORTED BY VARIOUS FUNDING
AGENCIES AND IT IS YOU HAVE SOME PROMISING BOTH.
ALL LAB DATA AND FEEL DATE OF
COURSE WE HAVE SOME WINNERS THAT
HAVE TAKEN CARE OF THAT ROAD
MIGHT INFESTATION AND WE HAVE
SOME LOSERS OF COURSE THAT. DID
NOT DO THE JOB THAT WE WERE
HOPING THAT WHAT AND AGAIN GOING
BACK TO THE OUT ROUTINE HOW
IMPORTANT IT IS TO EDUCATE THE
GENERAL PUBLIC AND THOUGH
THERE'S A LOT MORE INCREASED
INTEREST IN BEEKEEPING AND.
FOLKS WANTING TO KEEP BEES IN
THEIR BACKYARD HOWEVER THEY
DON'T OFTEN KNOW WHAT THEY'RE
GETTING THEMSELVES INTO SO. WE
PROVIDE THOSE EDUCATIONAL
OPPORTUNITIES AND IN FACT IN THE
PAST WE'VE PARTNERED WITH THE
CPR AS WELL ON TO PROVIDE THESE
EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES FOR
THEIR EIGHT HEARING SPECTRES.
AND THAT HAS RESULTED IN THE
CREATION OF THE CALIFORNIA
MASTER BEEKEEPER PROGRAM. AND WE
REALLY HOPE TO CONTINUE
EDUCATING THESE TWO WORDS
AMBASSADORS FOR BEEKEEPING IN
BEES. AND THE LAST THING THAT I
WANTED TO JUST FOLLOW UP ON.
THIS IS SOME OF THE WORK THAT WE
STARTED DOING IN COLLABORATION
WITH DR NEAL WILLIAMS IN IT UP
PERTAINS TO PROVIDING THESE
FORAGING OPPORTUNITIES FOR.
POLLINATORS SPECIFICALLY I'LL
TALK ABOUT SOME OF THE WORK
WE'VE DONE WITH HONEY BEES.
SO HONEY BEES OBVIOUSLY NEED
DIVERSITY OF POLLEN SOURCES SUCH
AS MUCH LIKE OUR NATIVE BEES DO.
THIS HERE WE IS REALLY WHAT WE
OFTEN PROVIDE TO THEM SO THIS IS
AN ALMOND ORCHARD THERE'S NOT
MUCH THERE ARE OTHER THAN THE
ALMONDS AND WHILE THEY'RE
NUTRITIOUS AGAIN THE IT GOES
BACK TO THE AVAILABILITY OF THE
VERSE NUTRITION. ON THIS IS THIS
IS BEHIND MY APARTMENT COMPLEX
RIGHT SO I DO THINK THE HONEY
BEE WOULD THRIVE IN THERE
PROBABLY NOT THERE'S REALLY NOT
MUCH FOR THEM TO EAT ESPECIALLY
THAT THEY REALLY NEED SOMETHING
MORE LIKE THIS THEY NEED SORT OF
A. BUST FAYE OF FOOD THAT.
ACTUALLY HELPS THEM A BETTER
DEAL WITH THOSE PATHOGENS
ACTUALLY BETTER BE ABLE TO DIG
DETOXIFY PESTICIDES WHEN THEY
HAVE ACCESS TO THIS PLENTIFUL
FORAGE SO. SOME OF THE WORK OF
THAT AS I MENTIONED WE'VE
PARTNERED WITH DOCTOR WILLIAMS
ON IT HAS BEEN SUPPORTED GENERAL
SEEP THROUGH A CALIFORNIA ALMOND
BOARD AND ALSO CALIFORNIA STATE
BEEKEEPERS ASSOCIATION. IS A
LOOKING AT THE VALUE OF THESE OF
FORD STRIPS AROUND ALMOND
ORCHARDS OF FOR HONEYBEE HEALTH
AND SPECIFICALLY SURVIVORSHIP.
AND GROWTH.
SO WE'VE COMPARED TO MIX THAT
WAS DEVELOPED BY THE WILLIAMS
LAB AND WE ALSO COMPARED THE
MUSTARD MAKES THAT IS PROVIDED
THROUGH PROJECT IPI SAM TO
GROWERS DIRECTLY. AND WHAT WE
DID WE LACE THESE ARE COLONIES
IN.
SIXTEEN DIFFERENT AREAS SIX WE
HAD FOUR DIFFERENT TREATMENTS
FOR CONTROLS.
AND WE HAD TWO COLONIES EXPRESSION AND WE ARE TRACKING
STILL THE SURVIVORSHIP OF THOSE
COLONIES SO JUST QUICKLY HERE.
AUDIO DOLBY POPULATION OF WE DID
INDEED SEE WHEN WE COMPARE THE
CONTROL ORCHARDS OF WITH THOSE
THAT WERE ORCHARDS WITH MUSTARD
OF PLANTINGS NEXT TO THEM. DOES
THE DOES BEES OR THOSE QUALITIES
THAT HAD. ACCESS TO MUSTARDS DID
GROW.
BIGGER BASICALLY BENT THOSE
THAT WERE JUST PRESENT IN
ALMONDS. OF ITS LEAST A TWO TIME
POINTS DURING THAT.
EXPERIMENT AND THEN NOW WE'RE
STILL TRACKING THE SURVIVORSHIP
OF THESE COLONIES BUT ONE THING
THAT STRUCK ME AS INTERESTING IS
THAT THOSE COLONIES. THAT WERE
PRESENT.
AND ABLE TO FEED ON MUSTARD.
THEY ACTUALLY HAD AT ONE POINT
DURING THE EXPERIMENT THE.
GREATEST SURVIVORSHIP AS
COMPARED TO THE OTHER GROUPS AND
ALSO I WANT TO POINT OUT THE
WILD FLOWER. UNFORTUNATELY LAST
YEAR WE HAD.
.
BAD WEATHER THE WILDFLOWERS
DIDN'T QUITE BLOOM AS EARLY AS
THE ALLMAN BLOOMS HOWEVER THE
BEES DID COLLECT WILD FLOWERS
AFTER DEATH ALMOND BLOOM SAID
THAT COULD POTENTIALLY BE AN
OPTION FOR GROWERS. TO JUST HAVE
THAT SUPPLEMENT FOR ABI KEEPERS
OR BEES AVAILABLE AFTER DALMAN
BLOOM. AND THE LAST THING I JUST
WANTED TO MENTION IS IT'S UP
WHILE WE'RE TRYING TO SORT OF
AUGMENT THE AGRICULTURAL AREAS
IT'S ALSO VERY IMPORTANT NOT TO
FORGET FORGET OUR URBAN AND
SUBURBAN ENVIRONMENTS SO. OF ONE
OF THE.
PROJECTS THAT WE HAVE GOING ON
IN CONJUNCTION WITH OUR HAAGEN
DAZS HONEY BEE HAVEN GARDEN. IS
TO LOOK AT WHICH COMMONLY SOLD
PLANTS TO BE SPUR FOR OUR AND
THIS IS THE INFORMATION THAT
WOULD THEN GO OUT TO THE.
HOME GARDENER IF YOU WELL AND
THEY WOULD BE ABLE TO.
KNOWLEDGE BE KNOWLEDGEABLE
ABOUT WHICH PLANTS ACTUALLY
PLANT IN THEIR GARDENS BECAUSE
THAT EVERY LITTLE BIT OF A FOOD
FOR THE BEES CAN HELP.
AND I JUST WANT TO END BY
SAYING THAT PROVIDING OF FORGING
OPPORTUNITIES IT REALLY IS
CRUCIAL FOR HONEY BEE HEALTH BUT
ALSO CRUCIAL FOR SUPPORTING OF
BEES IN GENERAL. THE FOR EXAMPLE.
ASSEMBLY BILL NUMBER TWELVE
FIFTY NINE DEALS WITH LEASING OF
PUBLIC LANDS FOR A PERIOD
BUSINESSES ALSO SUPPORTING IN
FUNDING RESEARCH WHICH WOULD
EXPLORE FURTHER FORAGING OPTIONS
AGAIN IN THESE DIFFERENT
LOCATIONS THROUGHOUT THE STATE
IN DIFFERENT SITUATIONS. MAYBE
EVEN PROVIDING INCENTIVES FOR
GROWERS TO PLANT FOR ADS IN
THERE OP CROP WOULD BE USEFUL.
AND THEN ALL OF THIS IS TO
REALLY SUPPORT THE POLLINATION EVEN SUPPORT THAT COLONY FOR A
YEAR AND THIS OLD TRICKLES DOWN
TO IT'S NOT JUST THE BEEKEEPER
TRICKLES DOWN TO THE COST FOR
THE GROWER AND THEN ULTIMATELY
COULD TRICKLE DOWN TO THE COST
FOR OFFICE THE CONSUMER SO.
THAT'S ALL I HAVE TO SAY AND
THANK YOU AGAIN.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH TO BOTH OF
YOU DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS
FROM MEMBERS.
AND I DID HAVE ONE. I YOU
REFERENCED THAT BEES CAN
DETOXIFY PATHOGENS IF THEY HAVE
A HEALTHY. FOOD SUPPLY CAN YOU
TALK TO US ABOUT THAT FOR A
MINUTE. DETOXIFY UP HALF THE
SIDE'S BETTER AT ALL THEY HAVE
TO HELP PEOPLE FOOD SUPPLIES SO
THERE ARE. A COUPLE OF STUDIES
THAT WERE DONE ACTUALLY ONE OF
THEM WAS DONE BY. OF MY
COLLEAGUE DAN SMELL ELLA AT PENN
STATE WHO HAS FED TO FAIR OVER A
VARIETY OF DIETS OR VARIETY OF
HOLLAND'S TO BEES.
AND THEN BASICALLY TRACTOR.
SURVIVORSHIP AND HE FOUND THAT
AFTER EXPOSURE TO PESTICIDES SO
WHAT HE FOUND WAS THAT IF YOU
FEED BEES THE VERSE POLLEN
NUTRITION VERSUS THOSE THAT
CAN'T GET PERHAPS ODD DIET FROM
A SINGLE POLLIN SOURCE. THEY'RE
ABLE TO BETTER OB.
OR A LIVE A LONGER AND THEN WHEN
HE DID THE GENE EXPRESSION
ANALYSIS YOU'LL FOR FOUND THAT
SOME OF THE.
DETOXIFYING ENZYMES ARE
UPREGULATED IN THOSE BEES THEY
WERE EXPOSED TO THESE DIVERSE
DIET. AS WELL THAT'S INTERESTING
THANK YOU.
SENATOR DON ANY QUESTIONS.
SENATOR PAN.
THANK YOU ARM. THE ONE THE
QUESTIONS EIGHT YEAH YOU TALKED
ABOUT WITH SEVERAL DIFFERENT
FACTORS IN TERMS OF THE HEALTH.
IN SOME SENSES I GUESS. YOU KNOW
WE HAVE A.
WELL I DON'T HAVE A VARIETY OF
BEES WE HAVE THAT WE ACTUALLY
BUT WE SENSUALLY I THINK WE ARE
KIND OF MODEL CULTURE ON A
MONOCULTURE. CULTURE WHICH.
MAKES YOU KNOW BASICALLY.
THE BEES THEMSELVES. MORE
PRESUME MORE VULNERABLE TO. THE
RIGHT A DIFFERENT YOU KNOW
INFECTIONS MIGHT SIT CETERA.
AS AN AIDE MAYBE IS ALSO A
QUESTION FOR THE INDUSTRY BUT I
MEAN IS THERE WHAT EFFORTS
SHOULD BE MADE TO. TO TRY TO
DIVERSIFY MEAN HOUSE. SPECIES
IT'S ADDRESS SO I MEAN WHAT'S
YOUR THOUGHTS ABOUT MEANS NOT
THAT OF THE MONITORS AND YET YES
RIGHT EXACTLY WELL OUR. GROUP
HAS BEEN WORKING.
WITH SUPPORT FROM YOUR STAND
EFFECT ON.
SPECIALLY CROP BLOCK GRANT
THAT'S ABOUT CALL INTEGRATED
CROP POLLINATION YOU CAN FIND IT
AT I. C. P. BEES DOT ORG IF
YOU'RE INTERESTED IN THAT.
DOMINATE SPECIFICALLY ABOUT
DIVERSIFYING AND THE TYPES OF
POLLINATORS FOR USING FOR CROP
PRODUCTION SO I THINK THAT
STRATEGY IS. WE DON'T FOR SEE.
BACKING AWAY FROM THE USE OF
HONEY BEES AND THEY'LL ALWAYS
VIA. A FOUNDATIONAL SPECIES BUT
ESSENTIALLY INCREASING THIS
DEVELOP LIKE INSURANCE THROUGH
DIVERSIFICATION MUCH LIKE YOU
WOULD FOR A STOCK PORTFOLIO OR
SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
AND WE WE SO WE ARE. THAT'S
COMBINATIONS OF OTHER SPECIES
THAT ARE MANAGED THAT ARE THERE
OPPORTUNITIES TO MANAGE LIKE
BUMBLE BEES FOR EXAMPLE AND THEN
JUST SUPPORTING THE HABITAT THAT
BRINGS IN THE DIVERSE WHILE
THESE. I DIDN'T PRESENTED IN MY
RESEARCH BUT ONE OF THE MOST
INTERESTING.
SIDE PIECE OF RESEARCH DONE IN
ALMONDS AND IN SUNFLOWER FOR C.
PRODUCTION SHOWS THAT EVEN.
QUITE MODEST NUMBERS OF OTHER
BEES PLACED WITH HONEY BEES HAVE
THE SYNERGISTIC. EFFECT ON THEIR
POLLINATION EFFECTIVENESS SO.
RATHER THAN IT JUST BEING
ADDITIVE SAYING WE HAVE HONEY
BEES PLUS THE OTHER BEES. THE
PRESENCE OF THAT DIVERSE
COMMUNITY OF THESE INCREASES.
THE THE QUALITY OF HONEY BEE
VISITS THEMSELVES AND THE WHERE
WE HAVE CONCERNS ABOUT A LACK OF
SUFFICIENT NUMBERS OF HONEY BEES.
THIS INDEED PROVIDES. SOME.
A WAY AROUND THAT PROBLEM
ESSENTIALLY A ANOTHER TOOL FOR
THAT TO DIVERSIFICATION.
ALSO I MEAN I THINK. SO I GUESS
THIS.
THE OTHER PART OF THE QUESTION
THEN IS IS THAT OUT SO AND WE
CAN TRY TO DIVERSIFY AND DO THE
SYNERGY I THINK YOU TALKED ABOUT
YOU KNOW OF.
THERE IS A DIFFERENT TYPE OF
PLANTINGS TO TRY TO DIVERSIFY
THAT IN BASE IT IN TERMS OF THE.
YOU KNOW THE HONEY BEES BEING
USE TO SERVE THE MAIN BEES MOVED
AROUND IS THERE AND AGAIN I'D
I'M NOT SIMILAR TO THE V.
INDUSTRY I MEAN ARE THERE
OPPORTUNITIES THERE TOO SO THAT
YOUR BECAUSE BASICALLY OF LARGE
POPULATION OF ONE SPECIES.
AND YOU KNOW THEY'RE VULNERABLE
TO I MEAN HOW DO YOU COME
EXPENDITURE NETTED DIVERSITY SO
THAT THE WHOLE POPULATION THAT
NOT ONLY HE'S HERE IN CALIFORNIA
WE HEARD IS BEING SHIPPED AROUND
THE COUNTRY.
AND PARTICULARLY VULNERABLE TO A
NEW YOU KNOW PARASITE INFECTION
ARE US OF THAT SORT HOW DO WE
MAKE THAT POPULATION MORE ROBUST
AND.
THE FOUR TIME AT HONEYBEE
POPULATIONS WHICH I'M ASSUMING
THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT.
ONEYBEE POPULATIONS THERE
DEFINITELY EFFORTS AROUND THE
COUNTRY.
TO BRING IN FOR SMALL GENETIC
DIVERSITY FROM OUTSIDE F THE
UNITED STATES SO. WASHINGTON
STATE UNIVERSITY FOR EXAMPLE
THEY HAVE.
SPEARHEADED EFFORTS TO COLLECT
AND BRING IN.
BASICALLY SEMEN FROM DRONES
FROM OUTSIDE OF THE COUNTRY
AGAIN TO INCREASE THAT GENETIC
DIVERSITY AND BRING IN
BENEFICIAL TRAITS ARE TWO
INCORPORATED THESE BREEDING
PROGRAMS.
AGAIN THEIR BREEDING PROGRAMS
WITHIN THE DIFFERENT
UNIVERSITIES FOR EXAMPLE
UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA THAN
THEIR BREEDING PROGRAMS EVEN
WITHIN THE U. S. THE A. LABS.
WHERE THEY'RE TRYING TO BREED
HONEY BEES OUT THAT OUR
RESISTANCE TO SPECIFIC PASTOR
PATHOGENS OF RAW MITES OF COURSE
ARE OF PARTICULAR INTEREST BUT
THERE IS ALSO INTERESTING
BREEDING FOR VIRAL RESISTANCE AS
WELL SO? THERE ARE DEFINITELY
EFFORTS.
AND PART OF MY RESEARCH
ACTUALLY DOESN'T DIRECTLY IN A
DEAL WITH THE BREEDING OF
PROGRAMS BUT UNDERSTANDING SORT
OF THE A BIOLOGY IN PHYSIOLOGY
THAT IS.
BEHIND THE MEETING PROCESS AND
REPRODUCTIVE PROCESS OF THE
QUEENS AND DRONES THAT WILL
ULTIMATELY HELP SUPPORT THE
BREEDING INDUSTRY AND OF COURSE
HERE WE HAVE.
IN NORTHERN CALIFORNIA UP
AROUND CHICO AREA WE HAVE. A
LARGE CONCENTRATION OF BREEDERS
THAT PRODUCE OVER A MILLION
QUEENS THAT IS THAT ARE SHIPPED
THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY AND
ACTUALLY SUPPLY. YOU KNOW
BASICALLY IF YOU THINK OF IT IN
TERMS OF THE COLONIES THAT WE
HAVE IS LIKE ONE THIRD OF QUEENS
THAT THEY SUPPLY SUPPLY TO THE
REST OF THE COUNTRY. AND THEIR
STOCKS THEY ALSO WORK TOWARDS
SELECTING THESE BENEFICIAL
TREATS IN THE STOCKS THAT THEY
HAVE.
THANK YOU KNOW THAT THAT'S HOW
FULL I MEAN. I THINK THE
CHALLENGES ARE YOU SELECT FOR
TRAITS BUT THEN DO YOU THEN THAT
BECOMES THE NEW MONOCULTURE
CONTINUE RIGHT SO HOW DOES A HOW
DO YOU MAINTAIN THE DIVERSITY AT
ME UNCERTAINLY. AT AT OTHER
TERMS OF SIDE IT'S GREAT THAT
THEY'RE TRYING TO LOOK AT.
VARIETIES AROUND THE WORLD SO
FORTH ARE WE MEETING OUR OUR B.
ALSO WORKING TO MAINTAIN OUR
BASE THEY ADVERSITY IN THE
POPULATION. AS SO THAT YOU KNOW.
WE DON'T END UP WITH THE
ESSENTIALLY THE SAME BE.
YEAH AROUND THE WORLD RIGHT AND
WE DON'T AND THEN HOW DO WE
MAINTAIN THAT DIVERSITY JACK
DIVERSITY. THERE AS I SAID THERE
DEFINITELY EFFORTS AND THEN
THERE ARE SOME SMALLER EFFORTS
THAT ARE STARTING NOW IS REALLY
NOT NECESSARILY BREEDING BUT
SORT OF SELECTING FOR A LOCAL
POPULATIONS OF BEES THAT ARE
BETTER ABLE TO DEAL WITH LOCAL.
OUT CHALLENGES TO THEM THERE'S
THAT AFRICA WITH THE INDUSTRY
INDUSTRY IS ONE OF
HOMOGENIZATION OF THE STOCKS
FROM THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY SO.
IT'S IT'S A IT'S A REAL
CHALLENGE WHEN YOU'VE I THINK
ARTICULATED VERY CLEARLY. IT'S
YOU KNOW WERE MET WERE MIXING
ALL THE BEES FROM EVERYWHERE
RIGHT BRING THEM INTO CALIFORNIA
SO THERE.
YEAH.
THE PERFECT STORM.
OKAY THANK YOU TO BOTH OF YOU I
WILL WELCOME OUR THIRD PANEL.
OUR THIRD PANEL IS OF OUR STAKE
HOLDERS STARTING WITH RUTHANNE
ANDERSON PRESIDENT AND CEO. OF
THE CALIFORNIA ASSOCIATION OF
PEST CONTROL ADVISERS. BREAD AT
A D. A DE HONEY FARMS.
ROBERT CURTIS DIRECTOR OF
AGRICULTURAL AFFAIRS FROM THE
ALMOND ALLIANCE OF CALIFORNIA
AND JACKIE PARK BURR IS
CALIFORNIA STATE BEEKEEPERS
ASSOCIATION.
OKAY. BRACKET.
HE SAID HE.
OKAY.
THANK YOU.
SO I'M WRITIN ANDERSON I'M WITH
KAPPA.
WE REPRESENT ABOUT FOUR
THOUSAND OF THE PEST CONTROL
AGRICULTURAL PEST CONTROL
ADVISERS HERE FOR THE STATE OF
CALIFORNIA.
AND AM I KIND OF STUMBLED UPON.
THE PROJECT THAT.
RICK WAS TALKING ABOUT A LITTLE
BIT EARLIER IN TERMS OF
REGISTRATION AND COMPLIANCE IN
TERMS OF THE COMMUNICATION THAT
WE HAVE. OUT IN THE FIELD
BETWEEN THE GROWER THE PCA THE
APPLICATOR AND THE BEE KEEPER.
AND YOU KNOW WE WERE TALKING
JUST BROADLY ABOUT THE MOVEMENT
OF BEES RIGHT SO WE HAVE MAYBE A
HALF A MILLION BEES THAT ARE
HERE IN THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA
THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. AND WE
BRING IN ANOTHER MILLION AND A
HALF BEES AND THE REGISTRATION
NUMBERS CURRENTLY IN TERMS OF
REGISTRATION AT THE COUNTY LEVEL.
ARE IN THE SINGLE DIGITS IN
TERMS OF PERCENTAGE OF THOSE
FEES AND SO. WHERE OUR CONCERN
IS IS IF THE REST OF THE
STAKEHOLDERS AREN'T AWARE OF THE
LOCATION OF A BEAT?
THEN HOW CAN WE TRULY PROTECT
THAT THE.
WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT
AGRICULTURAL APPLICATIONS OUT IN
THE FIELD AND SO.
AND WORKING WITH CPR AND CDFA
AND COULD COST SAID THE
AGRICULTURE COMMISSIONERS
ASSOCIATION WE STARTED TO
DEVELOP A COMMUNICATION PORTAL.
THAT WOULD TAKE US FROM THE
PINS ON A MAP. AND THAT RICK
TALKED ABOUT A LITTLE BIT
EARLIER TO A MORE ROBUST SYSTEM
THAT WOULD INTEGRATE INTO CAL I
PERMITS. AS WELL AS IN TO.
VARIOUS STAKEHOLDER INTERFACES
THAT.
THAT ARE PCA'S USED IN ORDER TO
WRITE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT ARE
THEN COMMUNICATED TO APPLICATORS.
AND SO.
WE HAVE KINDA W. THE PROJECT TO
BE WHERE W. H. E. R. E. IN ORDER
TO START REALLY IDENTIFYING THE
LOCATIONS OF BEES ESPECIALLY
DURING KEY TIMES LIKE BLOOM. AND
IT'S BEEN MY GREAT PLEASURE AN
OPPORTUNITY TO BE ABLE TO WORK
WITH.
IT STAKE HOLDERS THAT ARE HERE
AS WELL AS OTHERS INCLUDING FARM
BUREAU.
TO BE ABLE TO START AND TO PUT
TOGETHER THE REGULATIONS THAT
ARE ALREADY IN PLACE INTO A
TECHNOLOGY PLATFORM. AND THAT WE
CAN UTILIZE NEXT YEAR AND SO I
KNOW THE COMMITTEE IS. LOOKING
AT IT LOOKS LIKE A B. TWENTY
FOUR SIXTY EIGHT IN TERMS OF.
ADDING THAT REQUIREMENT TO
BRING IN REGISTRATION AT SEVENTY
TWO HOURS AND BEING ABLE TO MOVE
TOWARDS CIVIL PENALTIES AND I
THINK THAT WE WOULD.
AS CAPTIVE BE IN SUPPORT OF
THAT I THINK THAT THAT HELPS.
REINFORCE THE COMMUNICATION
CYCLE THAT WE REALLY NEED AS
WELL AS THE REGISTRATION
COMPLIANCE THAT I THINK IS
REQUIRED. IN ORDER FOR ALL OF US
IN THE FIELD TO HAVE BETTER
COMMUNICATION SO THANK YOU FOR
THE OPPORTUNITY. AND.
I APPRECIATE IT.
THANK YOU.
OUR NEXT PANELIST.
AND CAN YOU PRONOUNCE YOUR LAST
NAME FIRST PLEASE.
YES.
YES THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME HERE
THE NAME IS BRETT EIGHTY OF
EIGHTY HONEY FARMS. OF
COMMERCIAL BEEKEEPING OPERATION.
IN IRAQ I'M ALWAYS ENCOURAGE
WHEN I COME TO MEETINGS IN THE
MEAT CHART PEOPLE IN IN OTHER
PARTS OF THE GOVERNMENT IN
RESEARCH EVEN REGULATION. BUT I
SEE A COUPLE OF FUNDAMENTAL OR
STRATEGIC FLAWS. THAT IN A HAPPY
THOUGHT THROUGH OTHER WAYS YOU
KNOW WE HAVE THE UNINTENDED
CONSEQUENCES. AND ONE OF THOSE
STRATEGIC FLAWS WAS MENTIONED
THE MP THREE PROGRAM AND THEN
AGAIN IN THE CALIFORNIA
CODIFICATION. OF THE.
NOTIFICATION OF FORTY EIGHT
HOURS AND THAT FLAW IS THE
BEEKEEPER CAN. MOVE HIS BEES OR
COVER UP. AND I'D LIKE TO GIVE A
COUPLE EXAMPLES OF WHY THIS IS A
FLAWED IDEA. THIS YEAR ALONE AT
OUR LOCATION WE HAVE SOUTH THE
KERMAN TO POLLINATE OF FAMILIES
AMON RANCH. THEY WROTE ME A
CHECK FOR ABOUT THREE HUNDRED
THOUSAND DOLLARS TO PUT THERE.
BEES ON THEIR ALMONDS
ANTICIPATING ABOUT PROBABLY A
SIX MILLION DOLLAR CROP.
ACROSS THE STREET.
I HAVE A THERE'S A STONE FRUIT
GROWER AND SINCE THE FOURTEENTH
OF FEBRUARY I'VE HAD SIX
NOTIFICATIONS TO SPRAY. TOXIC
PRODUCTS ON HIS STONE FRUIT.
IF IT TAKES ME A DAY TO MOVE OUT
TWO DAYS FOR HIM TO THE PROCESS.
DATA MOVE BACK WE LOST FOUR DAYS
SIX TIMES TWENTY FOUR DAYS OFA
POLYNESIAN WINDOW IS GONE.
THAT'S A TAKINGS EVENT WE'RE
TAKING THAT MAN'S MONEY AND NOT
PROVIDING A SERVICE. THE MAN
GROWN THE STONE FRUIT PUT IN
THOSE PRODUCTS ON ASKING THE
BEES TO BE MOVED IS TAKING THAT
FAMILIES CROP. AND SO YOU GOT A
LOOK AT THE WHOLE PICTURE
BECAUSE THIS BECOMES A TAKINGS
EVENT. AND YOU KNOW BUT YOU KNOW
HE NEEDS TO PROTECT THE STONE
FRUIT. BUT I THINK THE CORRECT
PROCESS IS NOT. A COVER THE BEES
SO THEY'RE NOT FORAGING
POLLINATING MOVE THEM SO THEY'RE
NOT FORTUNE PAULINE PUT IN THE
SAFE ZONE THEN MOVE THEM BACK.
THE ECONOMICS THAT ALONE IF
YOU'RE TALKING FIVE DOLLARS IN
FIVE DOLLARS OUT IS YOU KNOW TEN
DOLLARS ROUND TRIP. SIX TIMES A
SIXTY BUCKS THAT'S WAY MORE THAN
THE MARGIN ON OPERATING A HIATUS
FOR THE YEAR. SO ANYWAY WHERE'S
THATMONEY COMING FROM IS THAT
IT IS A EXTERNALIZING THE COST
OF GROWING STONE FRUIT ON THE
BEEKEEPER. ARMING AND HAVE TO
RAISE THE PRICE UPON NATION TO
THE ALMOND GROWERS THEY CAN
EXTERNALIZE THAT COST ON THE ARM
GROWER. WHO ARE WITHIN
EXTERNALIZED AS COST ON TO WE
HAVE A REAL SOLUTION IS
SELECTING VERY SHORT RT PRODUCTS?
AND APPLYING THEM AT THE RIGHT
TIME IF IT COSTS MORE CAPITAL
THAN THAT'S THE COST OF GROWING
STONE FRUIT BUT HAVE THEM ON.
DURING THE NIGHT WHEN THE BEES
ARE FOR EACH AND SO THEY'RE DRY
AND SAT ON THE FRUIT INFORM PARTNERSHIP PULL THE
BEES SAMPLES ALL THIRD PARTY.
USDA DID THE SAMPLES OF THE
DYSTONIA LAB AND SOME OF THE
COMMENTS WE SEEN WORK WE'VE
NEVER SEEN INSECTICIDE LEVELS
THIS HIGH BEFORE. AND ANYWAY.
YOU KNOW.
AT THE END OF IT NOTHING WAS
HAPPENING INVESTIGATION STILL
ONGOING. AND THAT'S BEEN A YEAR
AGO NOW AND SELF ANYWAY I'VE
DECIDED NOTIFICATION IS A TWO
WAY STREET.
THEY'RE BEING NEED TO UNDERSTAND
THE NOTIFICATION. MEANS THEY
NEED TO PUT THE PRODUCT ON IF
IT'S A BLOOMING PLANTER WE'D
LIKE THE IF FOR FRAUD.
REGULATIONS SAY DO NOT PILING
BEES ARE PRESENTLY HAVE TAKE THE
NEXT STEP. YOU KNOW.
MAKE SURE IT'S COMPLETELY
INACTIVE BY THE TIME THE BEES
ARE THERE BECAUSE. YOU KNOW AT
LEAST HAVE THIS FALSE ARGUMENT
THE WELL THE BEAST TRESPASSED
OVER THERE ISN'T TRESPASSING YOU
KNOW IF YOU HAVE A FLOWER IN
BLOOM. AS NO DIFFERENT THAN IF
THE NEIGHBOR'S KID FALLS IN YOUR
POOL BECAUSE YOU DON'T HAVE A
FENCE AROUND IT IT'S ATTRACTED.
AND SO YOU SAY THE BEES
TRESPASSED ON THE STONE FRUIT I
CAN DO WHAT I WANT TO IS WRONG.
IF THE EAGLE COMES BY AND GRABS
A FISH OUT OF YOUR STOCK UPON
YOU CAN'T SHOOTING FOR STEALING
THE FISH. YOU KNOW WE HAVE TO
LOOK AT THE BIG PICTURE. SO
ANYWAY I WANT TO COMMENT ON
THESE TWO FLAWS HERE IN IN THIS
IDEA OF MOVING THE BEES OR COVER
HIM. AND THEN ALSO ON
REGISTRATION AND YOU KNOW I'VE
RICHARD. THE BEES BECAUSE I WANT
TO KNOW ONCE BEING SPRAYED NEAR
TWO MIGHT BE EASTER. IN OFFICE
SO I. CAN TELL THE APPLICATO
IT'S LIKE HEY YOU'RE NOT
NOTIFYING ME. THAT TO MOVE THE
BEES I'M NOTIFYING YOU THAT PUT
THE PRODUCT ON CRACKLING SELECT
THE CORRECT PRODUCT.
AND THE CORRECT TIME SO ANYWAY I
THINK THAT'S GOOD BUT
REGISTRATION WHEN YOU GET
OUTSIDE OF CONTRACT POLLINATION.
BECOMES A PROPRIETARY ISSUE
BECAUSE FAMILIES OF SCOUTED THE
MOUNTAINS ITHER THE COASTAL OR
AN INNER CIRCLE INNER MOUNTAINS.
FOR DECADES TRYING TO FIND THOSE
SWEET SPOTS WHERE THE BEES COULD
SURVIVE ALL YEAR LONG AND YOU
KNOW WITHOUT HAVE TO FEED HIM
SUPPLEMENTS AND SUPPLEMENTS AND
SUPPLEMENTS TO KEEP THEM.
SLIDING BECAUSE CALIFORNIA'S A
BOOM AND BUST ENVIRONMENT WE
HAVE ALL KINDS OF MOTION AND
IT'S A DESERT ALL KINDS OF
MOTIONS TO DESERT SO THESE. OUT
OF THE CONTRACT PRODUCTION AREAS
YOU KNOW THE VALLEY AND THE
SALINAS VALLEY WHERE IF IT'S
HIGH INTENSIVE AGRICULTURE THOSE
LOCATIONS ARE REALLY CONSIDERED
FAMILY TRADE SECRETS ARE
PROPRIETARY. SO YOU HAVE TO
GUARD THAT DATA IF YOU GO INTO A
MANDATORY.
REGISTRATION ALL LOCATIONS I
THINK THE REGISTRATION IN THE
PRODUCTION AREAS. IS STUPID NOT
TO REGGAE REGISTER I MEAN.
ANYBODY WANT TO. YOU KNOW
PROTECT THEIR ECONOMIC INTERESTS
SHOULD RASCHER BEES WHEN YOU GET
OUT THESE OUT AREAS IN THE
MOUNTAINS AND EITHER ANY THE
MOUNTAIN RANGES HERE. WHERE IT'S
PRIMARILY RANCHING AND TIMBER
AND THOSE YOU KNOW FAMILY?
PASSED ON FROM GENERATION TO
GENERATION SWEET SPOTS FOR BEES.
I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S YOU KNOW
REALLY.
IF YOU WANT TO PUT THAT MUCH DUE
DILIGENCE IN TO PROTECT THOSE
PROPRIETARY SECRETS OR NOT I
THINK YOU SHOULD LOOK AT THE
SITUATION OF. OF WHERE THE BEES
ARE AND WHERE THE MOST RISK ARE
AND DON'T MAKE A. BLANKET POLICY
FOR THE WHOLE STATE WHEN THE
MOST INTENSE AREA AND THE WHOLE
NATIONAL BE SUPPLIES HERE.
DURING THAT THIS TWO MONTH
PERIOD AND HOW THE BEES LEAVE
HERE IS HOW THEY'LL COME BACK
NEXT YEAR AND WE WE LEFT LAST
YEAR WITH A LOT OF FUNGICIDE ON
THE BEES AND. YOU KNOW THERE'S A
LOT OF SCIENCE THAT IS STILL
UNANSWERED OF THE INTER
ACCURACIES AND SYNERGISM AND
EVERYTHING ELSE BUT I DO KNOW
THAT.
WE HAD UNPRECEDENTED AMOUNTS OF
FUNGICIDES SPRAY LAST YEAR HIT
UNPRECEDENTED AMOUNTS OF QUEEN
FAILURES THIS YEAR LATER ON IN
THE BE INFORMED PARTNERSHIP THAT
SHOWED I THINK THIRTY FIVE
PERCENT FROM LAST YEAR I THINK.
WE GET THE TWO THOUSAND
SEVENTEEN STATISTICS SELLING HIS
CONTEMPORARY CLOSE TO FIFTY
PERCENT. AND WE CROSSED AT FIFTY
PERCENT THRESHOLD ROUTE TO A
POINT WHERE WE CAN HARDLY RAD
THE BEES AS FAST AS THEY'RE
DYING. SO WE COME TO THAT POINT
WHERE WE START CAN INTO THAT YOU
KNOW DEATH SPIRAL SO IT'S.
VERY VERY IMPORTANT TO HAVE GOOD
HUSBANDRY IN CONSERVATION WHILE
WE'RE HERE I'M REALLY ENCOURAGED
BY SOME THE PROGRAMS HAVE BEEN
PRESENTED. AND I THINK YOU DON'T
WANT THE BIGGEST.
THINGS IT'S CHANGED SINCE I'VE
BEEN OUT HERE SINCE. ALL I THINK
IT WAS. EIGHTY EIGHT OR EIGHTY
NINE IS THE IDEA OF THE THE
CLEAN ORCHARD BEFORE WE USED TO
HAVE A BLANKET OF FLOWERS IN THE
ORCHARD. AND BEES WOULD COME OUT
INCREDIBLY ROBUST THEN SOMEWHERE
THERE WAS A SHIFT IS LIKE THE OR
JUST HAVE TO BE SPRAYED WITH
ROUNDUP WE CAN'T HAVE ANYTHING
AND I'M. AND I DON'T KNOW WHEN
THAT MENTALITY SHIFT WAS IN A
PART OF IT WAS MECHANICS IN
WATER CONSERVATION BUT THERE'S A
LOT OF GOOD FOR EACH THAT
GROSSES DESTROYED. AT THAT
WOULDN'T HURT THE ORCHARD. WOULD
FEED THE SUBSTRATES IN THE
MICROBES IN THE SOIL. AND HELP
THE BEES BUT YOU KNOW THERE'S
BEEN A SHIFT IN IF WE CAN
ENCOURAGE THROUGH THE
DEPARTMENTS OR THE EXTENSION.
AND THE UNIVERSITIES THE IDEA TO
GET THAT FOR EACH BACK ON THERE
THE BEES WILL LEAVE STRONGER. SO
ANYWAY I JUST WANT YOU TO
CONSIDER THESE IDEAS AND THANK
YOU FOR YOUR TIME.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
I THIRD PRESENTER.
I GUESS THAT'S ME.
I'VE GOT TO.
NEW ORDER.
MAMA YOU DID THIS COURSE I MAY
NEED YOUR ASSISTANCE IN INDIA.
OKAY.
GETTING ON.
OKAY.
AND.
WHILE NEIL IS A JUGGLING AROUND
WITH MY FLASH DRIVE I BROUGHT
THREE ITEMS WITH ME I'M COURSE
BOB CURTIS WITH THE ISLAND FOR A
CALIFORNIA. ON CONTRACT WITH THE
ALMOND ALLIANCE ONE OF COURSE IS
THE IS THE HARD COPY OF WHAT I'M
PRESENTING.
THE OTHER ONE.
YOU.
YEAH MISSING.
I'VE GOT A CHANGE FROM CLASSES
THAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU GET HOME.
OKAY.
EXCUSE ME.
BECAUSE THE OTHER ONE IS YOU'VE
HEARD.
PEOPLE COMMENT ABOUT OUR BEST
MANAGEMENT PRACTICES. PAMPHLET
IN MATERIALS AND THEN THE THIRD
THING IS.
THIS GROWING GOOD.
BOOK BUT THAT WE HAVE OUT IN
PARTICULAR AND THEN IT. ACTUALLY.
I WANT TO DO THEM. HAVE.
WHERE IS THAT?
THE TRACKPAD OKAY. LET'S DO THAT.
A MODIFIED.
WHEN I DO THAT ONE.
OKAY.
THEY WERE GOOD.
AND I COME DOWN HERE AND YOU.
PRESENTATION MANNER. WERE OFF
AND RUNNING.
OKAY.
.
THE THE THIRD BOOKLET HERE THE
LAST TWO PAGES COVER OFF ON OUR
ACTIVITIES AND STEWARDSHIP OF
BEES. LOT OF WHAT I'M SAYING IS
ALREADY BEEN SAID THIS MORNING.
JUST AS A PRIMER ON BASICS
ALMONDS NEED DIABETES MOST OF
OUR LMONDS THERE'S WHAT WE CALL
SELF INCOMPATIBLE. YOU'LL NOTICE
AT THIS TIME OF YEAR YOU DRIVE
DOWN THE ROAD YOU'LL SEE A ROW
OF.
TREES THAT ARE BLOOMING SAY I
HAD OVER BEHIND OF THE ADJACENT
ROW THAT'S BECAUSE YOU NEED TO
DIFFERENT VARIETIES SIDE AT
LEAST TWO DIFFERENT RIDING SIDE
BY SIDE. TO HAVE THE BEES CARRY
THE POLLEN FROM ONE TREE. IN ONE
ROW TO THE A TREE OVER IN THE
NEXT ROW.
I CAN SAY ALSO THAT THERE IS AN
EMERGENCE OF SELF COMPATIBLE
VARIETIES. THAN THOSE YOU CAN
YOU CAN GET POLLINATION WITHIN
THE FLOWER. BUT THE MORPHOLOGY
OF THE FLOWER THE WAY IT'S SET
UP YOU STILL NEED THAT TRANSFER
AGENT OR THE HONEYBEE. SO WE
STILL NEED HONEY BEES.
ARE AND WE'RE GONNA BE DOING
SOME WORK ON THIS ACTUALLY WITH
ELENA HOPEFULLY THIS NEXT YEAR.
OUT TO REALLY DOCUMENT QUANTIFY
HOW MANY BEACH YOU NEED FOR THE
STAIRS YOURSELF COMPATIBLE
VARIETIES BUT. IN GENERAL WE
NEED TO HIVE SPURRED.
HER THAT AND WE'VE ALREADY
TALKED ABOUT THE.
DEMANDED TWO MILLION COLONIES
AND OF COURSE OUR INDUSTRY HAS
GROWN QUITE A BIT OVER THE LAST
TEN YEARS. AND.
I ALWAYS FEEL LIKE I I APPROACH
EVERY POLLINATION SEASON WITH A
LITTLE BIT OF CAUTIOUS OPTIMISM.
UP UNTIL NOW. EVER SINCE THE
ADVENT OF CCD. TWO THOUSAND SIX
WE'VE ALWAYS HAD A SUFFICIENT
SUPPLY. OF HONEY BEES TO
POLLINATE OUR CROPS AND TO
PRODUCE A RECORD CROP AND I HAVE
TO. TIP MY HAND OFF TO THE BREAD
AND. JACKIE THE OTHER BEEKEEPERS
THEY WORK VERY VERY HARD AND
DILIGENTLY TO DO THIS FOR US.
TWO THOUSAND EIGHTEEN WE'LL SEE
WHAT THE OUTCOME IS THAT HASN'T
BEEN THE GREATEST POLLINATION.
WEATHER AND ALL COVER OFF ON A
LITTLE BIT MORE TO ON THE B.
SIDE AS WELL.
.
THE OVERALL THE POPULATION IN
THE UNITED STATES AND AGAIN I
HAVE TO TIP MY HAT TO THE BEE
KEEPERS. THEY SUSTAIN THESE
LOSSES OF.
.
DID THE PARTY SCENE ELAINE AND
SOME OTHER PEOPLE BUT THIS CHART
OUT. THEY SUSTAIN THESE LOSSES
BUT THEN THEY WORK VERY HARD TO
REBUILD. AND.
PROVIDE US WITH WITH.
COLONIES IN BEES AT THE.
IN THE. FALL AND THEN PROVIDED
TO US IN THE.
YEAH BLOOM PERIOD AND.
YOU CAN SEE THERE ARE TWO
THOUSAND SIXTEEN SEVENTEEN THE
HIVE LOSSES WERE THIRTY THREE
PERCENT.
AS ELENA POINTED OUT THAT'S THE
SECOND LOWEST LOSS RATE OVER THE
LAST SEVEN YEARS BUT FOR PETE'S
SAKES HISTORICALLY IN. BATTLE
TELL YOU THIS IN HIS FAMILY AND
JACKIE'S MULTI GENERATIONAL.
AT HISTORIC ACCEPTABLE AVERAGES
BIT ABOUT TEN TO FIFTEEN PERCENT
LOSS SO WE HAVE A WAYS TO GO.
IN. AND WE TALKED AND WE TALKED
TO.
MENTIONED AS.
BEEKEEPING AS MIGRATORY.
THERE'S A LOT OF BEES THAT.
MOVE ALL OVER THE UNITED STATES
AND EVEN THOUGH WE TALK ABOUT
FIVE HUNDRED TO SEVEN HUNDRED
COLONIES IN CALIFORNIA THOSE
BEES WILL MOVE OUT OF STATE AS
WELL FACTOR. THEM OVER MY
BEEKEEPER FRIEND'S HAVE TWO
HOUSES ONE IN THAT CALIFORNIA
AND ONE IN NORTH DAKOTA RIGHT
YES YEAH OKAY.
BUT HAVE.
AND I MENTIONED THE TWO THOUSAND
EIGHTEEN SEASON ON PARTICULAR
STRESSORS. WERE OUT IN THE UPPER
MIDWEST NOT COMMENT ON THE
IMPORTANCE OF THE I'M A MIDWEST
TO US. HURRICANES IN THE SOUTH
THE FIRES IN CALIFORNIA. AND
THEN THE VERY LOW TEMPERATURES
THAT WE'VE HAD FOR MOST OF THE
THE BLOOM SEASON. AND I PUT IN
RED HERE AND I TOPICS.
COUPLE THINGS THAT HAVE ALREADY
BEEN MENTIONED THAT IS THAT A
NUMBER OF PEOPLE HERE. THIS
MORNING TALKED ABOUT THE
CRITICAL NEED FOR EFFICIENT
BORDER STATION CLARENCE. AND
THEN WE'VE ALSO HAD COMMENTS
VERY POSITIVE AND. SUPPORTIVE
COMMENTS ABOUT THE NEED FOR
FORAGING CALIFORNIA AND FOR THAT
MATTER WHEN YOU LOOK AT THIS MAP.
THESE ARE GONE GOING ALL OVER
THE UNITED STATES WE NEEDED TO
THROUGHOUT THE UNITED STATES.
A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THE
ALMOND BOARD OBVIOUSLY.
WE TOTALLY DEPEND ON BEES AND
BEEKEEPERS AND WE HAVE A STRONG
PARTNERSHIP WITH THE BEEKEEPING
INDUSTRY. AND WE HAVE TWO KEY
OBJECTIVES AND WHAT WE DO. ONE
OF COURSE IS TO ASSURE US
PRODUCTS LIVE.
THESE FROM POLLINATION THAT'S.
PATENTLY CLEAR FROM. THE
STATISTICS THAT CHILD I'M
SHOWING YOU.
AND THEN THE OTHER AREA THAT
WE'RE VERY INTENTIONAL ABOUT IS
TO ENSURE THAT WHEN THE BEES.
ARE ELEMENTS THE ALMONDS ARE A
GOOD AND SAFE PLACE FOR THEM.
AND THIS IS ACTUALLY OF THE.
A PICTURE OF THE LAST TWO.
ONE OF THE LAST TWO PAGES ON
THAT BOOK WITH THE.
SUSTAINABILITY BOOKLET AND DIE
YOU'LL YOU'LL NOTE TO AND. JUST
REAL QUICKLY THAT.
WE DO AND I'LL SHOW YOU A
LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THIS. BEST
MANAGER AT PRACTICE PROGRAM BUT
WE HAVE A SUSTAINABILITY SELF
ASSESSMENT PROGRAM. THAT.
GROWERS ENGAGE IN AND THOSE
PEOPLE THAT HAVE FILLED OUT THE
ASSESSMENTS GIVE. INDICATE THAT
WE HAVE A PRETTY GOOD STRONG
UPTAKE IN THE PRINCIPLES. THAT
WE'VE OUTLINED.
IN THE BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICES.
AND I ALSO.
FROM THE RESEARCH STANDPOINT WE
HAVE BEEN FUNDING RESEARCH ON BE
HELL SINCE NINETEEN NINETY FIVE
AND WE HAVE FUNDED.
HUNDRED AND THIRTEEN PROJECTS I
AM GOING TO FOCUS ON THE THE
FOUR ON THE THREE CIRCLED AREAS
HERE BUT WE'VE BEEN TALKING
ABOUT THAT.
STRESSORS ON MITES.
AND ON AND ON PEACE AND.
WE HAVE FUNDED RESEARCH IN EACH
ONE OF THESE AREAS.
ROMIJN SPIN MISSION BY ELENA
ANOTHER ONE IS.
THEY YEAH.
BE INFORMED PARTNERSHIP. TECH
TEAMS THAT ARE IN EFFECT PEST
CONTROL ADVISORS. FOR THE
BEEKEEPING INDUSTRY UP UNTIL
RECENTLY THERE WAS NOT THAT
INFRASTRUCTURE AVAILABLE TO THE
PEACEKEEPERS TO DECIDE. TO
MONITOR THE HIVES AND GIVE
GUIDANCE ON.
IF YOU NEEDED JUST TO TREAT FOR
PEROT MIGHT FOR INSTANCE. AND
ISSUES LIKE THAT. OF THE THIRD
AREA THAT.
IT'S NOT CIRCLE HERE IS THE
LACK OF GENETIC DIVERSITY WE
HAVE BEEN FINDING WORK IN THAT
AREA AS WELL SUPPORTING. A MORE
COMPLETE AND EXPANSIVE GENETIC
BASE FOR THE QUEEN BREEDERS AND
THE BEEKEEPERS TO WORK WITH.
THEY OUTLAST THREE AREAS HERE OF
THE PESTICIDE EXPOSURE I DID
MENTION THE BMPS THERE'S THE
WHOLE.
A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT PRACTICES
AND PRINCIPLES INVOLVED IN. ON
THE BNP IS A LOT OF IT FOCUSES
AROUND THE TIMING AND SELECTION.
OF PESTICIDES. I'M GONNA MENTION
IN PARTICULAR THE IMPORTANCE OF
REGISTRATION WHICH AS BEEN.
.
IT OFF ON MANY TIMES.
THIS MORNING.
THERE'S WE NED DIE ANOTHER
CIRCLE THERE IS A CIRCLE NUMBER
FIVE. THE LACK OF FORTUNE
NUTRITION AND WE NEED TO FOSTER
AN INCREASE THAT. AGAIN IN
CALIFORNIA THROUGHOUT THE US.
AND THEN.
.
AND AND THEY ARE FIFTH POINT
I'VE ALREADY MENTIONED IS THE.
A SLOW MOVEMENT OR CLEARANCE OF
BEES THROUGH THE.
BORDER STATIONS HERE'S A
SNAPSHOT OF OUR BMPS. AS I SAID
I THINK WE'VE GOTTEN PRETTY GOOD
UP TAKE A. ON THE ALLMAN
INDUSTRY'S BEEN HELD UP AS A
ROLE MODEL FOR OTHER INDUSTRIES
IN TERMS OF IMPLEMENTING.
DEVELOPING THE THESE PROGRAMS
INCIDENTALLY WITH BEEKEEPERS
JACKIE WAS. ONE OF THE FOLKS
THAT HELP. RIGHT.
THIS MATERIAL WITH US AND FOR US.
AND.
WE'VE ALSO GOT VERY GOOD
SUPPORT AND COOPERATION
OBVIOUSLY FROM THE BEE KEEPERS.
THE LOT OF TEXT HERE THAT COVERS
A COMMUNICATION AND PEST CONTROL
COMMUNICATIONS ALREADY BEEN
MENTIONED IN PARTICULAR BY THE
CDFA IN. CALIFORNIA PART OF
PESTICIDE REGULATION FOLKS THIS
MORNING BUT. IN PARTICULAR I
WANT TO FOCUS IN ON THE.
.
BLUE TEXT BLUE AND RED TAXED AND
THAT IS THAT.
WE STRONGLY ENCOURAGE BEE
KEEPERS TO REGISTER THEIR HIDES.
WITH A COUNTY AG COMMISSIONERS.
AND REQUEST KNOWN. EXCUSING
NOTIFICATIONS FOR.
PESTICIDE APPLICATIONS RUTHANNE
AND A WHOLE NUMBER OF PEOPLE
THIS MORNING OF MENTIONED THIS.
A CRITICAL NEED IN THE LACK OF
COMPLIANCE SO IN RED THERE
THERE'S A CRITICAL NEED FOR
COMPLIANCE ON REGISTRATION OF
HONEY BEES AND THAT IS. QUITE
SIMPLY FOR PESTICIDE PROTECTION.
ANOTHER AIR THAT.
WE COVERED OFF ON THIS MORNING
IS.
SUPPLEMENTAL FORAGE THIS IS THE
WORK THAT WE'RE DOING IT WITH
SUPPLEMENTAL FORAGE SUPPORTING
WITH NEIL. AND ELENA ON IN
ALMONDS AND.
WE HAVE A VERY GOOD NEWS STORY
HERE.
THAT THE RESEARCH IS NEARLY
SHOWN IS THAT THE. BOARD DOESN'T
COMPETE WITH THESE.
ELAINE IS SHOWN THAT THAN
HAVING THE ADDITIONAL FORTUNE OF.
MORTARS. DIET IMPROVES THE
PERFORMANCE AND HEALTH OF THE
BEES AND WHAT'S PARTICULARLY
EXCITING IS THAT ACTUALLY
CONTRACTS ARE NOW EMERGING.
BETWEEN BEEKEEPERS AND GROWERS.
THAT GIVE A DISCOUNT. TO THE.
GROWERS FOR PLANNING FOR EACH.
AND THIS IS OUR ONE OF OUR
PARTNERS YOU'VE SEEN PROJECT
DAVIS AND MANY TIMES THIS
MORNING AND THE SEEDS FOR PEACE.
PROGRAM.
IT'S REALLY.
INCENTIVE PROGRAM FOR GROWERS
AND THESE ARE STATS FROM LAST
YEAR AND THIS YEAR. OUR ACREAGE
FOR.
FOR AGES IS GONNA HAVE OVER
SEVEN THOUSAND AND WE'RE GONNA
KEEP CHIPPING AWAY AT THIS. AS
BREAD IS SAID THAT TIME. WE WANT
TO HAVE IT VERY WIDESPREAD IN
HOUSTON ALMONDS AND IN
PARTICULAR. AS NEIL MENTIONED WE
HAVE A NEW INITIATIVE. THAT
COMBINES FORAGE AND SOIL HEALTH
AND THE HEALTH ALL IN ONE BIG
PACKAGE.
SO WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO
PURSUE THIS.
THE OTHER THING THAT I JUST
MENTIONED IS THAT.
IT'S NOT ONLY CALIFORNIA BUT
FORAGE THROUGHOUT THE US IN
PARTICULAR. THAT THE AREA AND
THE UPPER MIDWEST IS CRITICALLY
IMPORTANT FOR BEATING CRITICALLY
IMPORTANT.
FOUR ALMONDS IN THE LATE SUMMER
FALL BECAUSE THAT'S WHERE.
THE.
BEAT OUT OF. LARGE PORTION OF
OUR BODIES COME FROM THE
POLLINATE ALMONDS AND THERE ARE.
VERY IMPORTANT FORAGE RESOURCES
THERE HAVE BEEN ONE OF THE.
DETRIMENTS TO THIS IS BEEN THE.
PROGRAMS ENCOURAGING MORE
PLANNING OF COTTON AND IT'S
TAKEN OUT THE CONSERVATION
RESERVE A REGION YOU'LL SEE. WE
HAD A LOWER LOST ABOUT TWENTY
FOUR MILLION ACRES OF WHAT WOULD.
WHAT WOULD BE HERE WAS WONDERFUL
NATURAL FOR AGE?
RECENTLY WITH THE PRESIDENTIAL
INITIATIVE ON THE HEALTH. AND.
THE INTEREST OF THE NGOS AND
GOVERNMENT AGENCIES.
WE'RE CLIMBING BACK OUT OF THAT
HOLE IN PROVIDING MORE FORGE
RESOURCES FOR.
THE BEES IN THE UPPER MIDWEST.
AS FAR AS CALIFORNIA IS
CONCERNED WE'RE. VERY ENCOURAGED
BY THE PASSAGE OF ASSEMBLY BILL
TWELVE FIFTY NINE ELENA'S
ALREADY MENTIONED THAT.
ONE OF THE COMMENTS MAYBE
JACKIE ON ONE OF.
SPEAK TO THIS IS THAT.
WOULD LIKE TO HAVE A.
AND THAT WELL THE AB FIFTY NINE
WAS THE THE. DEPARTMENT OF A
CALIFORNIA PRIVATE FISHING
WILDLIFE.
DOES ALLOW BEES ON DEPARTMENT
MANAGED LANDS THERE'S MORE TO DO
HERE WE NEED DATA. MAKES STEPS.
FOR BE ACCESS TO GOVERNMENT
LANDS. EASIER AND MORE STRAIGHT
FORWARD. AND THEN OF COURSE.
.
BOB WHEN MENTION THE INITIATIVES
OF CDFA TO IDENTIFY AND SEEK OUT.
ADDITIONAL FORGE RESOURCES.
THE LAST AREA I'D LIKE TO TOUCH
ON IS THE CLEARANCE THROUGH THE
BORDER STATIONS.
WE WE WANT TO SEE THE WAY IT'S
A HOMAGE TO THE BEEKEEPERS AND
WORKING WITH CDFA IN PARTNERSHIP
WITH THEM. FOR THE LAST FEW
YEARS I THINK ONE OF THE BIG
IMPEDIMENTS TO THAT IS BAD BOB
WIN I MENTIONED. AS A LACK OF
OF RESOURCES THE PROBLEM WAS
PARTICULARLY HEIGHTEN THIS LAST
YEAR IN TWO THOUSAND.
IN EIGHTEEN AND AS ALREADY
MENTIONED THERE WERE SOME DELAYS
THAT WERE EXPERIENCED IT AT A
TWO TO THREE DAYS. AND THAT'S NO
GOOD FOR THE BEES THAT'S NO GOOD
FOR THE HEALTH AND IT'S
CERTAINLY NO GOOD FOR. THE
POLLINATION POTENTIAL. AND THE
VIABILITY OF THOSE HIVES IF TO.
HE'S IN MY MIND THAT STICK OUT
IT'S ALREADY BEEN MENTIONED IN
THE THAT RECONDITIONING CLEANING.
IS NO LONGER ADJACENT TO THE.
.
THE BORDER STATIONS SO YOU
DIDN'T HAVE THIS STATED.
INSPECTOR GO OVER AND SIGN OFF
AND SAY GET OUT OF HERE.
OBVIOUSLY.
.
THAT AND THAT'S BECAUSE A LOT OF
DELAYS. AND THE OHER ONE IS.
STRICTER LOGGING LINES.
FOR TRUCK DRIVERS THEY GET THE
CLEARANCE TO GHANA CAN'T BECAUSE
THEY THEY BOOK THEY'VE LOCKED
OUT ON THEIR HOURS. SO DOWN
BELOW IS A SHOPPING LIST OF FAT.
POTENTIAL AND SOLUTIONS AN
IMPROVEMENT FOR CONSIDERATION.
ONE OF THEM IS AN INVENTION THE
CDF INSPECTORS ON SITE. AT THE
RECONDITIONING. STATIONS TO
SUPERMAN TO PROVIDE GUIDANCE AND
GET THE SIGN OFF THERE SO THAT.
TRUCKS MOVE THROUGH QUICKLY.
ANOTHER AREA IMAGINE JACKIE'S
GONNA COMMENT ON AS ADDITIONAL
ENDED INDIVIDUALS. TO IDENTIFY
POTENTIAL INSECT PESTS AND AS A.
WHOLE.
THIS.
OF OUR EXAMPLES THERE ARE THINGS
THAT CAN BE DONE.
ADDITIONAL INDIVIDUALS TO WORK
NIGHTS IN JANUARY IN FEBRUARY
WHEN THERE'S A. VERY VERY HIGH
FLOWING TRAFFIC THROUGH THE.
BORDER STATIONS. AND.
I. EAT I THINK. JACKYL PROBABLY
WANT TO COMMENT ON THIS IS MORE
CONSISTENT AND CLEAR PROTOCOLS
AND SPECIALS FOR REJECTIONS. AND
THEN BOB WHEN IS MENTIONED THE
PRIEST.
PRE CERTIFICATION PROGRAM
SWITCHER. ARE GOOD AND
BENEFICIAL BUT MORE COULD BE
DONE. COORDINATE LIBRARY TWENTY
EIGHT SO.
BASICALLY IN SOME RAIN HERE
THAT THE THREE. CRITICAL NEEDS.
EFFICIENT HORNER STATION
CLARENCE.
OF THE NEED FOR FORAGING
CALIFORNIA AND THROUGHOUT THE US
AND THE.
AND NEED FOR COMPLIANCE ON
REGISTRATION. BEEHIVES.
THAT I'M GONNA GO BACK TO I WANT
TO STAY THERE IN CASE YOU YOU
WANT THAT ONE OR MORE LIKE ONE
MORE. OKAY JUST LEAVE THAT
THEY'RE LIKE. I'M TRYING TO PARK
THINKING I WOULD CLEAN GREATER
FROM NORTHERN CALIFORNIA AND I
HAVE TAKEN ADVANTAGE OF THIS
VERSIFICATION I'VE MADE THREE
TRIPS TO ITALY TO BRING SEMEN
BACK TO INSEMINATE MY QUEEN. TO
TRY TO IMPROVE. THE FACT THAT WE
NEED MORE TIME CINETIC DIVERSITY
IN OUR FEET.
SO I LOOK AT THE HEALTH.
HI. SO OUR PROBLEMS ARE HIGH AND
WE CHOP IT UP SOME THEN IT IS
HIS ROLE AS SOME OF ITS
MANAGEMENT SOME OF ITS PAST SOME
OF IT PESTICIDES. SOME OF IT IS
IMPORTANT TO I MEAN THAT IS WHAT
IT DID TO ME THERE REALLY IS NO
CCD IT'S THAT HOT. AND SOME OF
THE WHOLE PLACE PROBLEMS AND
HARDER IT IS SO MUCH HARDER TO
BE. RECOGNIZED THAT IT WAS OUR
FATHER'S. THERE WITH UNLIMITED
FOR YOU OUT THERE. YOU AFTER
THAT.
AND. IF YOU REALLY WANT ME TO
SCREAM LOUDER.
I REALLY DON'T HAVE A ROLE IN
THE.
.
SO AND.
THE BORDER STATIONS.
THOUGH BOB HAS A PERFECT LIST
UP THERE OF THINGS THAT WE'VE
DISCUSSED WITH THE BEEKEEPERS
EMMY ALMOND GROWERS HAVE. HERB
OR BOB FROM HIS INDUSTRY HAS MET.
WITH THE CDFA THREE TIMES IN THE
LAST YEAR TRYING TO IMPROVE THAT
SITUATION I FEEL LIKE I'VE BEEN
BEATING MY HEAD AGAINST THE WALL.
I'M REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO
THE FACT THAT THERE MAY BE A
LITTLE MORE FUNDING TO HELP WITH
IMPLEMENTING THE INSPECTIONS AT
THE STATIONS. BECAUSE YOU KNOW.
AS CDFA SAID I'M REALLY
DISAPPOINTED THAT THEY'RE NOT
HERE TO HEAR SOME OF THIS BUT AS
THEY PUT FORTH AND. THERE WAS
YOU KNOW FORTY THREE HUNDRED
LOADS WENT THROUGH.
THE BORDER STATIONS AND THREE
HUNDRED AND FORTY THREE WERE
REJECTED. SO YOU HAVE TO REALIZE
THAT THERE ARE PROBABLY THREE
THOUSAND OF THOSE TRUCKS THAT
WERE SITTING IN LINES OF MUCH
LONGER THAN THEY SHOULD HAVE
BEEN. THOSE BEES ARE HEATING UP
THOSE LINES WHERE THEY'LL COME
IN THEY'LL BE TEN TRUCKS IN LINE.
SO BEFORE THE STATISTICS FROM
CDFA EVER TOUCH ANYBODY YOU HAVE
TO REALIZE THAT THAT BE TRUCK
WAS THERE FOR TWO HOURS BEFORE
YOU GOT. ANY CONTACT WITH THE
PERSON. HE TALKED ABOUT WATER
AVAILABILITY WE WORKED VERY
STRONGLY WITH THE ON THE BOARD
TO TRY TO PROVIDE WATER AT THE
STATIONS. AND ALL WE COULD DO
WAS PROVIDE ONE TRUCK WITH WATER
OKAY NOW THEIR STAND IN LINE
THIS YEAR THE FALL WAS VERY WARM
THIS SPRING WAS VERY WARM TO
BEGIN WITH. THE BEES WERE HOT IT
WASN'T GOOD SO BE HEALTH IS
SUFFERING A LOT AT THOSE BORDER
STATIONS TRYING TO GET IN HERE.
AND IT IS A HUGE DISSERVICE TO
BOMB AN INDUSTRY AND TO THE BEE
KEEPERS THAT WE CAN'T IMPROVE
THAT WE UNDERSTAND AND RESPECT
THE NEED TO BE CAREFUL FOR WHAT
WE BRING INTO CALIFORNIA. BUT
YOU DO NEED TO INSPECT THEM I'M
I THINK IT WOULD BE AWESOME IF
THERE WAS SOME KIND OF EDUCATION
TO SOME OF THESE. PEOPLE MAKING
THESE ROLES THAT IF YOU ARE FROM
TAXES AND. YOU HAVE FIRE AND IN
YOUR AREA WITH THESE BEEKEEPERS
DO IS LAY OUT TARPS BUT BRANDING
PALLETS DOWN ENTRANCE FOR THOSE
HEIGHTS WHETHER MAKING SURE THAT
THEY'RE ALL CLEAN FOR ANTS. I
MEAN THEY GO TO A LOT OF WORK IN
IT AT EVERY SEMI TRUCKLOAD HAS
APPROXIMATELY FOUR HUNDRED EIGHT
HIVES ON IT. SO THEY ARE DOING
THIS FOR LOAD AFTER LOAD AFTER
LOAD IT'S A LOT OF WORK THEY
DON'T TAKE IT LIGHTLY. AND THEN
THEY GET TO THE BORDER STATION
AND THEY FIND ONE AUNT. AFTER
THEY'VE WAITED AN HOUR.
YOU KNOW IN LINE FOR A LONG TIME
AND THEY GET TOLD THEY HAVE TO
GO WATCH THIS LOAD. OKAY NOW THE
TRUCK DRIVERS OUT OF OURS AND
LIKE YOU SAID NOW WHAT USED TO
TAKE A COUPLE HOURS TO THREE. IS
NOW TAKING DAYS YOUR TRUCKER
RUNS OUT OUR AND THIS IS VERY
VERY PROBLEMATIC AND BEES ARE.
THERE THE LOADS ARE SUFFERING
THEY MAY NOT TOTALLY DIE BUT
WHAT WAS ON THAT TRUCK TWELVE
FRAME HIVE IS NOW A SIX FRAME
HIVE. SO WE'RE LOSING A LOT TO
THE ALLMAN INDUSTRY AND AND IT
WOULD BE VERY HELPFUL IF WE
COULD IMPROVE THAT AND LIKE I
SAID WE'VE BEEN TRYING BUT IF.
WE JUST FEEL LIKE WE'RE NOT
GETTING ANYWHERE THERE ON THAT
SO I'M.
LIKE HIS LIST THERE IS PERFECT
YOU GUYS THAT WE WE NEED YOU
KNOW BETTER TRAINING WE NEED
MORE CONSISTENT TRAINING.
ALL OF THOSE THINGS WOULD BE
REALLY HELPFUL. I'M AS FAR AS
RESEARCH GOES AGAIN I YOU KNOW
ECHO WHAT IF YOU'VE ALREADY
HEARD TODAY THAT.
NO NINETY PLUS PERCENT OF THE
COMMERCIAL COLLEAGUES IN THE
UNITED STATES ARE IN CALIFORNIA
DURING THE BLOOM. SO WHATEVER IS
PUT ON THE ALMONDS WE NEED TO
KNOW WHAT IT IS AND WHAT IT CAN
DO FOR ARBY'S. WE ARE WE'VE
LEARNED WE'VE GOT A VERY GOOD
WORKING RELATIONSHIP WITH THE
ALMOND GROWERS NOW AND AND IT'S
BECOME POLITICALLY CORRECT TO
SPRAY IN THE EVENING AND AT
NIGHT. IT IS NOT LAW AND NOT
EVERYONE FOLLOWS IT BUT IT IS
WE'RE GETTING THERE IT'S
IMPROVING A GREAT DEAL.
SOME OF THE ADS EVENTS THAT ARE
GOING IN WITH THE SPRAYS HAVE
BECOME PROBLEMATIC. BECAUSE WE
DON'T KNOW ABOUT THEM YOU DON'T
NEED THEM LABELED I'M SO
RESEARCH ON UNDEFINED DECIDES
THE PESTICIDES HERBICIDES AND
ADDS EVENTS THAT ARE BEING PUT
ON ALMONDS. WOULD BE VERY VERY
HELPFUL AND AND I KNOW THAT THAT
THAT'S WHAT WE'RE ASKING AND
WHAT WE'RE FINDING IS CSPA.
BECAUSE LIFE BE TESTING DOESN'T
GO FAR ENOUGH IT NEEDS TO BE A
COMPLETE BROOD CYCLE. BECAUSE IT
MIGHT NOT KILL THE LIGHT BEE
POLLINATING BUT THEY PUT HIM ON
THE TRUCK AND THEY TAKE THEM
BACK TO NORTH DAKOTA THEY'RE
UNLOADING THEM AND THEY'RE JUST
KICKING OUT. DEAD BEES LEFT AND
RIGHT FROM WHAT THEY'VE CONSUMED
WHILE THEY WERE IN CALIFORNIA.
THERE'S A JOKE THAT SAYS IF YOU
ASK THREE BEEKEEPERS AN OPINION
YOU'LL GET FIVE. SO ARUM BRETON
I WILL DIFFER A LITTLE BIT ON
THE REGISTRATION.
IT IS LOG CALIFORNIA AND CSPA
DOES SUPPORT REGISTERING YOUR
HIVES.
A LOT OF YOUR WORDS DON'T DO IT
BECAUSE THEY ARE COMING IN FROM
OUT OF STATE THEY'RE NOT STAYING
VERY LONG WE'RE MOVING ARBY'S
AROUND FROM AREA TO CROP AND SO
IT DOESN'T GET DONE EFFICIENTLY.
I THINK THE NORTHERN PART OF
THE STATE IS WAY BETTER THAN THE
LATTER PART HERE AS FAR AS
REGISTRATION GOES. AND MAYBE
THAT IS BECAUSE OF OUR QUEEN
BREEDING PROGRAM WHICH.
.
BOB IS MY BEST FRIEND IN MY
WORST ENEMY SOMETIMES. BECAUSE I
AM A QUEEN BREEDER AND WHEN YOU
BRING IN TWO MILLION HIVES FROM
OUT OF CALIFORNIA. THEY.
THEY HAVE PROBLEMS THEY HAVE
ISSUES THERE IS IN THE SOUTHERN
PART WE HAVE ANTS WE ALSO HAVE
HYBRID AFRICANIZED BEES SO NOW
THAT THEY'RE GETTING MOVED TO
POLLINATE AN ORCHARD INTO HIM A
COUNTY. THAT'S PROBLEMATIC FOR
THE B. BREEDERS.
AFRICANIZED DRONES ARE THE MOST
AGGRESSIVE DRUMS IN NATURE ELENA
WILL TELL YOU AND THAT THE OTHER
DAY.
WILL THAT WORK ON BEES HAVE DONE
RESEARCH PROVEN THAT. WHEN WHEN
YOU'RE IN COMPETITION WITH THE
EUROPEAN DROUGHT AND AFRICANIZED
DRUM AFRICANIZED DRONE WINS.
FELT THAT'S NOT GOOD FOR A B.
BREEDER BECAUSE NORTHERN
CALIFORNIA IS REALLY THE ONLY
PLACE THE UNITED STATES WHERE WE
CAN GET. AND HAVE EUROPEAN STOCK
THAT IS THE GENTLEST BEES I GET
CALLS ALL THE TIME FOR
BEEKEEPERS WHO'VE BEEN GETTING
QUEENS FROM THE SOUTH AND SAY
PLEASE. I NEED SOME QUEENS THAT
AREN'T MEAN I CAN'T GET OUT OF
MY TRUCK I'M LOSING MY BE ART
ALL OF THAT AFFECTS THE SUPPLY.
TO BOUGHT SO THAT IS PROBLEMATIC
TO US THERE IS THAT SMALL HIVE
BEETLE WHICH IF YOU HAVE A
REGULAR SIZE COLONY. IS A PAST
BUT IT IS DETRIMENT.
ALL OVER THE PLACE WHEN YOUR
QUEEN BREEDER BECAUSE YOU MAKE A
LIVING ON A SMALL UNIT. THAT'S
HOW YOU START YOUR QUEENS WITH
IS WITH A SMALL YET WE CALL
MATING NEWS AND YOU KNOW THEY'RE
NOT MUCH BIGGER THAN THIS PIECE
OF PAPER. SO THEY ARE YOU KNOW.
OUR FRESH PICKENS FOR A SMALL
HIVE BEETLE AND THE MIDWEST. AND
IN THE SOUTHERN EASTERN PART
HAVE A LOT OF HIGH BEATLES
THAT'S ALL COMING TO POLLINATE
MOMENTS SO THAT'S PROBLEMATIC IN
THE NORTH.
.
YEAH I'M A LITTLE BIT OF IT AND
THAT SEEMS TO BE A HAS A POLICY
THAT. IF YOU FIND AN AFRICANIZED
FORM OF B. OR IF YOU FIND IT. A
SWARM OF BEES IN AN AFRICAN EYES
KNOWN AREA THAT IT SHOULD BE
DESTROYED AND THAT SIMPLY PUBLIC
HEALTH WE CANNOT BE. BREEDING
THOSE OR OR TRYING TO HIDE THEM
WHEN OUR OUR HOBBY COMMUNITY
DOES NOT UNDERSTAND WHAT THEY
ARE AND THEY'RE GETTING THEM TO
CLOSE TO PEOPLE'S HOUSES. I'M
TRY EVERYONE WANTS TO SAVE THE
BEES AND I ALWAYS SAY IF YOU
REALLY WANT TO SAVE THE BEES
PLANT MORE FOR AIDS. BECAUSE AN
AN EDUCATED BEEKEEPER IS WORSE.
THAN. NO BEEKEEPER SO I'M THE
FLORIDA IS HUGE I YOU KNOW
ANYTHING WE CAN DO TO INCREASE
THE FORAGE AND AVAILABILITY TO
STATE LANDS AND PUBLIC LANDS.
WE HAVE PASSED NUMEROUS BILLS
BUT AGAIN AS BOB WAS TALKING
ABOUT THE LITTLE PROBLEMATIC THE
RED TAPE IS STILL TOO THICK.
WE'RE STILL HAVING A HARD TIME
ACTUALLY GETTING ON IT.
.
SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE-TALK ABOUT ALL THE TIME AT SEA
IS BA IS THAT WE ENCOURAGE THE
BEEKEEPERS TO WORK WITH THE
FARMERS. THAT PROVIDE THE FORAGE
THAT FEEDS ARE BEES IT DOES US
NO GOOD TO FIGHT WITH OTHER.
ENTITIES AND OTHER FARMERS THAT
YOU KNOW. ALWAYS WORRIED ABOUT
THE PESTICIDES IT HAS TO BE A
WORKING.
SITUATION IN ORDER TO KEEP THE
BEES HEALTHY AND TO HAVE FOOD
FOR THEM THEY NEED TO FORAGE
FROM THOSE FARMS AND THOSE CROPS
AND THOSE CROPS HAVE PASSED WE
UNDERSTAND THAT. SO WE NEED TO
COME IN LATER LEAVE EARLIER WORK
TOGETHER SO THAT THAT BECAUSE A
LOT OF THEM DON'T EVEN NEED BEES
THAT WE'RE WE'RE GETTING A MAIL
OFF OF. SO WE YOU KNOW WE HAVE
TO BE COOPERATIVE WITH THEM THAT
GOES A LONG WAY TO YOU KNOW TAKE
YOUR YOUR NEIGHBOR GROWER OUT TO
DINNER IN INSTEAD OF. YOU KNOW
CONFRONT HIM AND THE ODD OFFICE
THAT THAT DOESN'T HELP YOU.
SO.
I'M.
IF I TOUCHED EVERYTHING THAT I
WANTED TO.
.
HARD BEING THE LAST PERSON.
WE HAVE THERE IS A BILL AB I'M.
ZERO SIX TWO WHICH IS BEEN
ENERGIES TO HELP INCREASE FOR
AIDS. BEFORE AIDS ON LANDSCAPE
IN THE STATES AND WE APPRECIATE
THAT A LOT. THE NEW TRACKING
ISSUES. FOR.
YOU KNOW THAT THE ELECTRONIC
LOGGING IS IS GOING TO BE
PROBLEMATIC FOR BEES YOU GUYS
IT'S IT IS BECAUSE ONCE YOU GET
HIM ON THE TRACK AND GET A
MOVING YOU GOTTA KEEP ON MOVIN.
BECAUSE THEY COULD BE YOU KNOW
TWENTY DEGREES OUTSIDE BUT IF
YOU'RE IN THE MIDDLE THAT BE
LOAD IT'S HOT. IT'S IT'S WARM
AND KEEP YOU KNOW MOVING IT FROM
GOING TO PLACE A PLACE IS THE
BEST WE CAN DO. TO MAKE IT
HEALTHY SO I'M THANK YOU GUYS
VERY MUCH FOR ALLOWING US TO
SPEAK AND TO SAY THIS BECAUSE.
SOME OF US HAVE BEEN VERY
FRUSTRATED OVER THE POLICIES
THAT WE HAVE TO LIVE WITH SO
IT'S INTERESTING TO HEAR PEOPLE
SIT HERE AND TALK ABOUT. YOU
KNOW WE DO THIS WE DO THAT WE DO
THAT WHEN YOU KNOW IN REALITY
WHAT BOOTS ON THE GROUND REALLY
IS.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH AND I'D LIKE
TO FOLLOW UP WITH YOU AFTER THE
HEARING SO THAT WE CAN GET SOME
RECOMMENDATIONS THAT CAN BE
SHARED WITH THE STAKE HOLDERS
AND CDFA. AND THE LIKE.
I THINK WE'VE ALL LEARNED A LOT
OF NEW INFORMATION HERE TODAY
AND I TOO AM SORRY THAT CDFA
ISN'T I DON'T BELIEVE THERE
STILL PRESENT IN THE ROOM BUT.
I I WOULD VERY MUCH LIKE TO
FOLLOW UP AND MAKE SURE THAT WE
HAVE SOME OF YOUR TESTIMONY IN
WRITING SO HAT WE CAN PUT FORTH
SOME RECOMMENDATIONS. VERY MUCH
THANK YOU. THANK YOU.
YES.
FOR.
YES I'M SO THANK YOU TO OUR
THIRD PANEL THANK YOU VERY VERY
MUCH AND WE WILL OPEN IT UP NOW
FOR PUBLIC COMMENT
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DO NOT HAVE A.
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THANK YOU NEAL.
FOR YOUR HOUSE.
THIS WILL BE REALLY QUICK BUT
IT'S IMPORTANT TO.
NINE.
THE
.
THAT YEAR I THINK. OKAY.
INITIALLY YES.
AS MICHAEL.
HI EVERYBODY THANK YOU FOR
STAYING. ON THIS IS A TOPIC THAT
A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T THINK
ABOUT BUT I WANTED TO BRING TO
YOUR ATTENTION THAT. HOBBYISTS
BEEKEEPERS IN OUR TOWNS AND
CITIES ARE SOMETIMES ON THE
BORDERS OF AGRICULTURAL AREAS.
AND WE HAVE AN UNCONTROLLED
AMOUNT OF HOBBYISTS BEEKEEPERS
ARE UNEDUCATED UNTRAINED AND
THEY'RE JUST ABLE TO BRING AS
MANY BEES AS THEY WANT. THEY ARE
BRINGING IN DISEASE THERE IS
THAT ONE DISEASES WHAT'S IT
CALLED IT HAS THE ZOMBIE FLY
THERE'S A TECHNICAL TERM FOR IT
BUT IT. MIGHT ATTACHED TO THE
BEAT MAKES IT ATTRACTED TO LIGHT
AT NIGHT AND IT IS COMING INTO
HOMES AND RESIDENTIAL HOMES. AND
STINGING KIDS AND WHATNOT SO
THERE'S A LOT OF BIZARRE THINGS
GOING ON IN OUR TOWNS AND CITIES
THAT I WANTED TO BRING TO YOUR
ATTENTION. BECAUSE OF A LOT OF
THE ORDINANCES AND STUFF THAT
APPLY TO AGRICULTURE I THINK
SHOULD APPLY TO SOME OF OUR CITY
HOBBYISTS.
SOMEONE JUST GO AHEAD AND READ
THIS THIS IS A THIS IS A CAR IN
MY NEIGHBORHOOD I LIVE ACROSS
THE STREET FROM TWO GUYS THAT
HAVE BEE. BEE HIVES ON THEY
DON'T WANT TO MOVE THEM SO WE
ARE IN THE BEELINE FLIGHT PATHS
AND THIS IS WHAT PRETTY MUCH
HAPPENS EVERYDAY. YOU TRY TO
WASH OFF OF THE HOSTESSES IT'S
IT'S WAXY IT DOESN'T COME OFF
WITH THE HOLES IF YOU DO HAVE
YOUR HOSE OUT THEY ALL COME
AROUND YOU BECAUSE YOU GOT WATER.
SO WE HAVE A BIG BIG PROBLEM.
RANDOM I DO I JUST WANT TO
ADDRESS THIS BECAUSE RIGHT NOW
IN SAN FRANCISCO WE DON'T HAVE
REGULATIONS IN A TOWN OF A
MILLION WE NEVER NEEDED IT FOR A
LONG TIME BUT NOW WE HAVE THIS
PROLIFERATION. OF HOBBYISTS IS
BECOME A FAD SO.
I JUST I WANNA DRESSES SO THE
RECENT INTEREST IN HOBBIES
BEEKEEPING HAS CAUSED A
PROLIFERATION OF HONEY BEES AND
RESIDENTIAL AREAS IN CALIFORNIA
THROUGHOUT THE US. IN SOME AREAS
THIS CAN BE CONSTRUCTIVE BUT CAN
ALSO HAVE AN NEGATIVE IMPACT FOR
RESIDENTS AND BEES. IT WOULD
SEEM THAT EVEN THE AGRICULTURE
LAWYER SHOULD BE CONCERNED ABOUT
THE NEARBY RESIDENTIAL HOBBYIST
BEEKEEPER BRING IN SO MANY BEES
INTO THE AREA. CITY SUCH AS SAN
FRANCISCO HAVE A DENSE
POPULATION WITH APARTMENTS AND
ROW HOUSES. MANY RESIDENTS WHO
LIVE NEAR HOBBYIST BE HIGHS ARE
EXPERIENCING A LARGE AMOUNT OF
HONEY BEES COMING INTO THEIR
PROPERTY AND ALSO THE B.
DROPPINGS OF SEVERAL THOUSAND
BEES MAKING IT IMPOSSIBLE. TO
ENJOY OUTDOOR LIVING. THERE IS
ALSO THE SITE HAS BEEN THE SIDE
EFFECT OF THE ZOMBIE FLY DISEASE
WHICH I JUST MENTIONED MAKING
BEES ATTRACTED TO LIGHT AT NIGHT
COMING INTO HOMES THIS IS HAVING
A NEGATIVE IMPACT ON RESIDENTS.
MANY PEOPLE WHO OBTAIN HONEY BEE
HIVES FOR HOBBY ARE NOT TRULY
EDUCATED ON THE COMPLEXITY OF B.
KEEPING MANY CITIES AND TOWNS DO
NOT REQUIRE TRAINING TOWNS AND
CITIES ACROSS CALIFORNIA AND THE
US ARE EXPERIENCING AN
UNCONTROLLED AMOUNT OF HOBBYIST
HONEY BEES COMING INTO
RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOODS. MY
MEMBER OF OUR WORK GROUPS AND TO
TRY TO DEVELOP SOME SORT OF
REGULATION ORDINANCE FOR THE
DENSELY POPULATED CITY OF SAN
FRANCISCO I'M WORKING WITH
AGRICULTURAL COMMISSIONER RIGHT
NOW.
ABD ADVOCATING FOR THE
RESIDENTS. AND ON THAT WE'RE
WORKING WITH THE BEE KEEPERS TO
TO TRY TO COME TO SOME KIND OF
TERMS.
I'M ALSO A VICTIM OF LIVING
NEAR A LARGE AMOUNT OF LOBBYISTS
BE HIGHS.
HOBBIES BEEKEEPING HAS BECOME A
FAD AND MANY B. GROUPS ARE
APPROACHING CITIES TO GET THEM
TO LOOSEN THEIR POLICIES OR TO
ALLOW ON MONITOR HONEY BEES INTO
RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOODS. THEY
NEVER MENTION THE B. EXCREMENT
PROBLEM AND THE POSSIBLE IMPACT
ON NEIGHBORS OR THE NATIVE BE
HAVING AN UNCONTROLLED AMOUNT OF
HOBBYISTS HONEY BEES ON ONE
BLOCK IS NOT SAVING THE BEAT.
AND I'M GONNA TALK TO TACKY TO
HAVE OR MAYBE COME TALK TO OUR
GROUP ABOUT THIS BECAUSE THE YOU
KNOW PEOPLE ARE THINKING THEY'RE
SAVING THE B. AND IT'S JUST NOT.
I WOULD LIKE TO ASK THE
PERTINENT PEOPLE TO WORK WITH
THE COUNTIES AND CITIES TO
ADDRESS THIS ISSUE TO HELP
CREATE POLICIES THAT WILL
PROTECT. PROTECT TE CITIZENS
AND DEMAND A MORE RESPONSIBLE
WAY TO HAVE HOBBYIST BEES AND
RESIDENTIAL AREAS. PLEASE TAKE
THESE CONCERNS INTO
CONSIDERATION WHEN DISCUSSING
CURRENT STATE OF BEES IN
CALIFORNIA AND YOU CAN GET MORE
INFO AND SEE MORE. PHOTOS OF THE
BEES SWARMING IN TO MY NEIGHBORS
YARDS AND.
AT URBAN. BE IMPACT DOT COM
THAT'S URBAN B. E. IMPACT. DOT
COM.
I APPRECIATE YOUR TIME FOR
TAKING THIS INTO CONSIDERATION
THANK YOU THANK YOU VERY MUCH
BEFORE YOU CLOSE THE.
THE DISEASE THE DISEASE THAT
YOU'RE REFERRING TO IS ONE LONG
BEING AND IT'S THE ASIAN CITRUS
CELEBRATE THAT CARRIES THAT
SPREADS THAT TOBY POPULATION.
AND THERE ARE WELL IN FLORIDA
FOR EXAMPLE MORE THAN HALF OF OF
THEIR. CROPS WERE INFECTED WITH.
ONE LONG BEING AND IT NEARLY
DESTROYED THE CITRUS AND CITRUS
CROP FOR THE WHOLE STATE AND
WE'RE AT RISK CALIFORNIA AND
THERE ARE. MULTIPLE SETS OF
STRATEGIES TO TRY TO PREVENT
THAT FROM OCCURRING HERE AND.
FOR DETECTING THE ASIAN CITRUS
PHILIP WHICH CARRIES WITH DOES
THAT LIMIT IS LENA IS THAT IS
THAT THE ZOMBIE FLIES OUT THE
SAME THING SHE'S TALKING ABOUT.
DIFFERENT.
BUT THE.
WHY?
I YEAH THAT'S WHAT'S WEIRD.
HE YEAH HIGH.
WHAT'S THE PROBLEM IS THE PEOPLE
SOUND TOWNS AND CITIES AND HE
WAS ON HERE ABOUT BECAUSE WE
FEEL HELPLESS YOU WHEN I FIRST
DISCOVERED THIS I WAS LIKE OH MY
GOD WHAT IS THIS. YOU KNOW WE
FEEL HELPLESS YOU CALL THREE ONE
ONE THERE'S NO REGULATION OR YOU
KNOW YOU FEEL SO MUCH PUSH BACK
FROM THE. SAME TO BE CAMPAIGN
THAT W IN A MOST RESIDENTS DO
FEEL HELPLESS BUT WE DID HAVE
LIKE RAJ HIS FOUR KIDS. THEY
COULDN'T EVEN GET INTO THEIR
HOUSE BECAUSE AT NIGHT THE BEES
WERE SURROUNDING HIS LET HIS
PORCH LIGHT SO YOU KNOW WHAT
HE'S SUPPOSED TO DO AND THEN
WE'VE DONE WE DISCOVERED AFTER
TALKING JOHN HAPPENING PROFESSOR
JOHN HALF AN ACT THAT HE'S
DOING RESEARCH ON THIS ON THE
FLY WHICH CHANGES THEIR BEHAVIOR
BEES USUALLY DON'T COME OUT AT
NIGHT BUT AT NIGHT THEY'RE
ATTRACTED TO LIGHTS AND NOT ONLY
THAT BUT THEY'VE COME INTO.
PEOPLE'S HOUSES AND THERE WAS AN
INCIDENT WHERE THEY CAME IN AND
THERE WAS LIKE SIXTY THOUSAND
BEES IN THIS WOMAN'S KIDS
BEDROOM AND THEY STUNG HER KID.
AND YOU KNOW LIKE I SAID MOST
BEEKEEPERS WILL MOVE THEIR HIVE
WHEN THEY REALIZE IT'S CAUSING A
PROBLEM. BUT BE WITHOUT
REGULATIONS IN SAN FRANCISCO
WERE HAVING A PROBLEM.
AND AND OTHER TOWNS ARE TOO AND
LIKE I SAID I THINK IT'S A DIRTY
LITTLE SECRET THAT HOBBIES
BESIDES A KEEPINGTHEY JUST
WANNA KEEP BRINGING A MAN AND
HAVE FUN WITH THEIR HIVES. ON
THE HOBBY THEY'RE NOT IF THERE'S
NO AGRICULTURE GOING ON IT'S
IT'S A HOBBY SOURCES I THINK
IT'S A SERIOUS PROBLEM I HOPE
SOMEBODY WILL HELP. HELP US
ANOTHER TOWN THANK YOU THANK YOU.
I'LL WITHOUT DO WE HAVE ANY
OTHER INDIVIDUALS WHO WANT TO
MAKE A COMMENT UNDER PUBLIC
COMMENT.
AND WITH THAT WE WILL CONCLUDE
THE HEARING AND THANK YOU TO
EVERYONE WHO PARTICIPATED AND
THANK YOU TO OUR ATTENDEES AS
WELL