Bee buzz

There is legislation already introduced in the House of Representatives to help research the bee colony collapse events taking place.


Here is the witness list for Thursday's House Ag Committee hearing on the nation's bee crisis.

WITNESS LIST

Panel I
Associate Administrator Caird E. Rexroad, PhD, Agricultural Research Service, USDA, Washington, D.C.
Dr. Diana Cox-Foster, PhD, Professor, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania
Dr. May R. Berenbaum, Professor and Head, Department of Entomology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois
Panel II
Mr. Paul Wenger, First Vice President, California Farm Bureau Federation, Modesto, California
Mr. David Ellingson, Commercial Bee Keeper, Ortonville, MN
Mr. Gene Brandi, Legislative Chairman, California State Beekeepers Association, Los Banos, California
Mr. Jim Doan, Commercial Bee Keeper, Hamlin, New York
Mr. Richard Adee, Legislative Committee Chairman, American Honey Producers Association, Bruce, South Dakota
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The House Agriculture Committee web site http://agriculture.house.gov/ has additional information on this and other subjects.