By Troy Fore, Editor/Publisher
“Frank was a real Southern gentleman.” That statement from Laurence Cutts summed up what I was told by several people who knew Frank Robinson
“He was always interested in bees,” Sarah Robinson said as she related to me some of the highlights of her husband’s career: After he got his Master’s at Auburn [...]

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Frank Robinson, 89, died Aug. 18, 2010, at his home in Tallahassee, Fla. He was a retired University of Florida honey bee researcher and had served 1978-1988 as Secretary-Treasurer of American Beekeeping Federation.

Four North American honey marketing companies and importers – Golden Heritage Foods, LLC, Burleson’s Inc., Odem International, and Dutch Gold Honey – today launched the Honest Honey Initiative and pledged to help protect the quality and reputation of the U.S. honey supply, as well as the sustainability of U.S. beekeepers and honey businesses. The initiative seeks to call attention to illegal sales of honey in circumvention of U.S. trade laws, a practice that the organizers estimate cost the United States up to $200 million in uncollected duties in 2008 and 2009 combined and threatens a vital segment of U.S. agriculture.