In The Hot Seat
The state of Colorado is once again in the news regarding legislation that will impact applicators as well as beekeepers. The Sunset Review Hearing for the Pesticide Applicators’ Act is scheduled to take place on Wednesday, January 21, 2015. There has been a great deal of concern by the beekeeping community, scientists and concerned citizens that the legislation does little to protect or improve the existing law.
In this special series produced by The Organic View Radio Show called “The Neonicotinoid View”, which is the only show that focuses on the impact of neonicotinoids, host, June Stoyer and special guest, Colorado beekeeper, Tom Theobald talk to the President of the Colorado State Beekeepers Association (CSBA) Beth Conrey about the Colorado Pesticide Applicators Act Sunset Renewal Bill and what this means regarding the protection of honeybees.
Listen To The Interview
Meet Beth Conrey
Beth is the president of the Colorado State Beekeeper’s Association. The Colorado Beekeepers Association is composed of Beekeepers of the State of Colorado and those interested in allied industries for the purpose of producing better beekeeping methods, better beekeepers, and a more unified system of apicultural work in Colorado.
Beth Conrey
Beth owns Bee Squared Apiaries which produces honey, beeswax candles, and all natural soap. She graduated from the University of New Mexico with a Bachelor of Business Administration in 1981, and a Master of Business Administration in 1982. Previous to beekeeping, time career in food service. She has been married to Michael for 33 years and has two sons, Patrick and Christopher.
Mankind is on the tipping point of extinction. I cannot understand why it is such a hard concept to grasp. Our bees pollinate everything. Without them, not only will we lose our source of food, so will countless other species.
As a large scale urban beekeeper, I find it outrageous how much latitude the chemical industry has on our political system. How can we set up fact finding and decision groups when we don’t allow folks from multiple areas of concern? By only allowing industry representatives to make important decisions that impact everyone, including ordinary citizens and beekeepers, we don’t have a democracy. This type of representation for this important board is an outrage. The chemical industry should not be allowed to police themselves, this leads to corruption, which we now see in Colorado.
From my own experience, our bees floundered in agricultural areas, which are food deserts and chemical dead zones. I removed all our bees from the agriculural areas of the counties and moved all colonies into the urban areas where pesticides and herbicides aren’t blanketing everything.
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