California court rules a bumblebee is a fish under environmental law
The California State Appellate Court of the Third District has ruled a bumblebee can be classified as a fish, overturning a previous decision.
WTF California?
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Just another dumbass appellate judge making a name for himself. Maybe instead of fighting the wording they should fight the verbiage in the actual law….. 
JARHEAD
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I wonder what the daily limit on bumble bees is gonna be
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Smawgunner2
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Now are you surprised? If I wanted to marry a shoe, I’ve no doubt I could get it done in the state of California.
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Just another dumbass appellate judge making a name for himself. Maybe instead of fighting the wording they should fight the verbiage in the actual law…..
Just another example of big agriculture having tremendous sway in state courts. The article doesn't mention "why" this came about. The court case is Almond Alliance of California v. Fish and Game Commission. The almond alliance members rely on bees to pollinate their trees. These farms are spending tons of money to have honey bees shipped in by the semi-truck load. It's hard to claim honey bees are endangered with so many captive hives, so for years they've pressured the state to classify bumblebees as endangered. The state law mentions invertebrates in the aquatic species list. Visa vie the bumble bee must be an aquatic species.
. The whole reason for doing this is so they can go after everyone and anyone using pesticides anywhere within a giant radius of their almond orchards. They'll claim those people or farms using pesticides are killing endangered bumblebees. As a bonus maybe they can even bankrupt those farms and buy the land for more orchards. Even better is those farms stop planting due to the inability to control pests that's more water for the almond farms. Win win win against every farm that doesn't require pollinators.
$200+ per hive for pollination services during almond pollination. Its BIG money. However its also got its own set of issues because 75+% of all the commercial hives in the USA are in California in one valley for about 6 weeks. So there's a huge potential for the spread of disease or other issues.Just another example of big agriculture having tremendous sway in state courts. The article doesn't mention "why" this came about. The court case is Almond Alliance of California v. Fish and Game Commission. The almond alliance members rely on bees to pollinate their trees. These farms are spending tons of money to have honey bees shipped in by the semi-truck load. It's hard to claim honey bees are endangered with so many captive hives, so for years they've pressured the state to classify bumblebees as endangered. The state law mentions invertebrates in the aquatic species list. Visa vie the bumble bee must be an aquatic species.
Watch Rotten season 1, episode 1 on netflix for issues with honey and honeybees.
Listen to or Read to "The Beekeeper's Lament" for a perspective from a commercial migratory (moves his hives to follow the honey flows across the US) beekeeper.