The
Illinois Ag Dept. illegally seized
privately owned bees from renowned naturalist, Terrence Ingram, without
providing him with a search warrant and before the court hearing on the matter,
reports Prairie Advocate News.
Behind
the obvious violations of his Constitutional rights is Monsanto. Ingram was
researching Roundup’s effects on bees, which he’s raised for 58 years. “They ruined 15 years of my research,” he
told Prairie Advocate, by stealing most of his stock.
A
certified letter from the Ag Dept.’s Apiary Inspection Supervisor, Steven D.
Chard, stated:
“ “During a routine
inspection of your honeybee colonies by … Inspectors Susan Kivikko and Eleanor Balson on October 23,
2011, the bacterial disease ‘American Foulbrood’ was detected in a number of colonies
located behind your house…. Presence of the disease in some of your colonies
was confirmed via test results from the USDA Bee Research Laboratory in
Beltsville, Maryland that analyzed samples collected from your apiary….”
Ingram
can prove his bees did not have foulbrood, and planned to do so at a hearing
set in April, but the state seized his bees at the end of March. They have not
returned them and no one at the Ag Dept. seems to know where his bees are.
The
bees could have been destroyed, or they could have been turned over to Monsanto
to ascertain why some of his bees are resistant to Roundup. Without the bees as
evidence, Ingram simply cannot defend against the phony charges of foulbrood.
Worse,
all his queens died after Kivikko and Balson “inspected” his property, outside
of his presence and without a warrant.
Of
note, Illinois beekeepers are going underground after Ingram’s experience and
refuse to register their hives, in case the state tries to steal their private
property on phony claims.
Source:
Healthmagazine365.com