From:    Dave Costa <dave@wesealgrout.com>
Sent:    Wednesday, May 14, 2025 7:09 PM
To:    Silver, Claudette;Jenkins, Erin;Richmond, Neil;Poirier, Michelle;Commissioner Simpson;Lucas, 
Patty;Wesley, James;Friend, Kelly;Frazier, Courtney;Brown, Amy;Singh, Rashmi;Davalos, 
Ricardo;citizenservices@myfloridalegal.com;governorron.desantis@eog.myflorida.com;_RTS;Bridget 
Saunders;Gill Sanabria, Jose;Ogletree, Timothy;jmanning@marionso.com
Cc:    Everton, Jerry;Whitley, Deborah;AgLaw
Subject:    Re: Florida Pest Control 325-199-2129
Attachments:    IMG_1371.jpeg

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Why did I have to be told what's going on by a Sheriff coming to my door? You sure do like 
to waste taxpayer resources. 

The information Deputy Manning has is conflicting with the information FDACS has given to 
us. He is under the impression that the case is NOT closed and any further test results 
WILL be included in the case. 
Is the case open or closed? 
Are the future test results going to be included in the case or not? When do you plan on 
testing, since yesterday was no call, no show for testing? 
Are the case findings going to mention that the illegal application wiped out Costa Honey 
Farm?

Why is FDACS still refusing to answer any of my questions? 

Thank you Sgt Ogletree for doing FDACS's job and being more help than the entire pesticide 
division of FDACS.

The bees are still on the fence. Today is day 7. See attached picture. 

Thank you,
Dave Costa

On Tue, May 13, 2025 at 8:12?PM Dave Costa <dave@wesealgrout.com> wrote:
Either change this to be accurate or do what it says. You have denied me every one of 
these. 
 
 
 

Thank you, 
Dave Costa 
All Surface Rejuvenations Plus 
352-502-0707 
WeSealGrout.com 
1576 Bella Cruz Drive, #329 
The Villages, FL 32159 
855-732-5476 24hr Free Recorded Message

On Tue, May 13, 2025 at 7:43?PM Dave Costa <dave@wesealgrout.com> wrote:
Jose emailed me 2hrs after our 1:30 appointment to let me know they weren t coming to 
take samples. We had to reschedule our customers and rush home to keep our 
appointment that FDACS had no intention of keeping? Why should I expect any different, 
right? 

The disrespect and lack of help you give the victim of an admitted and proven egregious 
misuse/ illegal application of a pesticide that killed hives is sickening.

That s all I have heard from fdacs. Why have zero questions been answered? Literally 
zero questions have been answered. Is that ok?

My neighbor watered her yard this morning where the swarm was sprayed, for 1.5hrs. I 
just took a video of heavy bee activity over her yard. It didn t appear as organized as a 
swarm, but it may be the fipronil frying their brains. Did excessively watering the yard 
reactivate the poison that attracts bees? That would be sweet irony. It s hard to laugh at 
how her spraying to get rid of bees has actually caused a tremendous amount of more 
activity, because the hives are poisoned. The soil was already saturated from the rain we 
had recently. 

The bees are still gathering on the fence in the same spot. It s been a week now, but 
nothing to be concerned about, right? 

Be sure to subscribe to and follow Costa Honey Farm s YouTube page, because we will 
be sharing the bodycam footage we just received today. 

I won t stop until I get the answers I was told I would get. Please stop wasting everyone s 
time.  
 

Thank you, 
Dave Costa

On Tue, May 13, 2025 at 2:21?PM Dave Costa <dave@wesealgrout.com> wrote:
No call/ no show after we had to rearrange our schedules and rush home to meet the 
inspectors? You can t be serious. Are you just gaslighting me at this point? Are you trying 
to get me to use the f word so you can then say I m unreasonable? Not gonna happen, 
so just do your jobs so you don t have to hear from me again. I m sick of the games. 

Are you really treating the victim of an admitted and proven egregious misuse/ illegal 
application of a pesticide that killed my hives like this? 

What do I need to do to get fdacs to do their job and stop hindering investigations? 

I won t stop until there is a complete and accurate investigation and we find out where 
the diuron and Imidacloprid came from, every hive is tested, and soil samples of the 
Neighbors foundation (to verify the unbelievable changes the tech was reminded to 
make to his affidavit).  
 

Thank you, 
Dave Costa

On Tue, May 13, 2025 at 10:31?AM Dave Costa <dave@wesealgrout.com> wrote:
My neighbor is watering her lawn for a long time where the bee kill was, even though 
we ve had a lot of rain. She s slowly moving it closer to my side. Strange coincidence on 
a a day scheduled for inspection. 

Plus another picture of the bees still on the fence.  
 

Thank you, 
Dave Costa

On Tue, May 13, 2025 at 9:12?AM Dave Costa <dave@wesealgrout.com> wrote:
FYI- the USDA, Ross Simmons, only does testing of samples sent to them. They have 
no secure chain of custody. I even offered to fly one of their employees and pay all 
expenses up to $10,000 to gather samples and ensure a secure chain of custody. He s 
looking into it, but is doubtful. 

This is why I need fdacs to do a thorough investigation. I m confused as to why I should 
have to fight so hard for a thorough investigation as to what destroyed my apiary, even 
though you found fiproni in my hive and a neonic and herbicide in the soil sample you 
said would be clean? 

Please do not blindly hand out numbers to people you are not sure can help. It s a 
huge waste of time. Every number fdacs has given me has been a dead end or looped 
directly back to someone already involved. It s a cycle of insanity.  
 

Thank you, 
Dave Costa

On Tue, May 13, 2025 at 3:50?AM Dave Costa <dave@wesealgrout.com> wrote:
Things that keep me up at night while everyone is sleeping like I should be. If you re 
upset for me waking you, I don t care, because I can t sleep. You all work for the 
victims of the egregious misuse/illegal application of pesticides, but are refusing to 
protect the victims. You all have not protected the victims. 

According to the attached picture, what is the probability that fipronil overspray from 
5mph winds could enter my screened lanai that I spend a lot of time on? Who is 
responsible for ensuring my safety from the egregious misuse/ illegal application of 
pesticides if it s not FDACS? 

Why has nobody, besides Erin acknowledged my several emails where many very 
important questions have still not been answered?

If FDACS cannot answer my questions, I m demanding they hire a competent 3rd 
party to do their job. Why the hell has the Sheriff not been involved in an admitted 
livestock kill?!??

Is it FDACS s policy to avoid email communication, because they are public records? 
FDACS s pesticide department is dirty, in my opinion, based on them fighting 
extremely hard against performing a legitimate investigation. How much public 
information is available of FDACS employees blatantly ignoring me? Is that SOP? Is 
that ok? Why are so many top level employees ignoring my cries for help with a case 
of an admitted egregious misuse/ illegal application of pesticides? 

Why would they send the inspector who helped the tech (who admitted an egregious 
misuse and illegal application of a pesticide) to change their affidavit to match the 
label, an almost 600% change with no proof? I don t trust this inspector, because I 
filed a complaint against her for dereliction of duty. If the definition of insanity is 
doing the same thing and expecting different results, what do you call this? I am 
demanding a different inspector, because Michelle has been proven to not be 
trustworthy. 

Why are they ignoring the bees on the fence for 4 days?  
 
Who holds FDACS accountable? I want a thorough investigation into why FDACS 
pesticide department goes directly against their mission statement.  
 

Thank you, 
Dave Costa

On Mon, May 12, 2025 at 12:02?PM Dave Costa <dave@wesealgrout.com> wrote:
Still no response from anyone. 

How is that ok after you found lethal amounts of Fipronil on the bees inside my hive, 
plus diuron and Imidacloprid found in a soil sample? Plus knowing the tech who 
can t identify pests sprayed soffits. This is insane. 

The bees are still on the fence. See picture attached 
 

Thank you, 
Dave Costa

On Sun, May 11, 2025 at 1:00?PM Dave Costa <dave@wesealgrout.com> wrote:
It appears as if Imidacloprid and Diuron cause algae blooms. Maybe just another 
coincidence. I ve not added any algae powder to my pond this year. My pond water 
is obviously clear, but the algae is going crazy. I spent hours on vacuuming the 
gravel and the waterfall last weekend and it looked nothing like this. I dropped the 
water level to the shelves and refilled 2x. Please see attachments. These chemicals 
were found in the soil sample I had to argue with the pesticide department for 
hours to get. Would you believe they completely ignore this finding? How can they 
say  The Department was unable to determine the source of the Diuron and 
Imidaclorid  when they are refusing to do any further testing and not look into it 
whatsoever? Even when a picture taken by the pesticide inspector of the Techs bee 
suit has a bottle of the pesticide, Imidacloprid as the active ingredient. The bottle is 
so readily available that it s touching the bee suit. How can they say the 
investigation is complete when it s clearly just beginning? 

What was sprayed and where was it sprayed in their 3rd trip that they called  initial 
treatment ?

I also included a picture of the bees that have been on the fence for over 3 days. It s 
obviously baited, which is another illegal application of a pesticide. What do you 
call it when someone tries to wash away an illegal application of a pesticide on the 
other side of the fence with a pressure washer?

What the hell is going on in my yard and apiary???? This is beyond ridiculous!!!!! I 
want more thorough testing now!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! You have a tech admitting to spraying 
my neighbor s soffit with a strong mix of Fiprinol on a day with 5mph E winds and 
found fipronil on bees INSIDE my hive. It s impossible to not have the spray to the 
soffits not get directly on my hives, because the hives are about 10-12  due east 
from where the eves/ soffits are. (Don t blame me, my hives have been there over 
5yrs and the neighbor s house is less than a year old, the builder knew, and I tried to 
buy that property to put my bees on.) Why the hell have you not done the tests I 
have been demanding after having all of these facts???? Why is everyone ignoring 
the fact that my neighbor said she would spray the bees every time they were in her 
yard? How can vandalism be ignored? 

Ignoring me won t make me stop. The only way I will stop is when I receive answers 
to the questions I was told I would get. I filed complaints against Wilton Simpson, 
FDACS, and several pesticide inspectors (just because I haven t had time to do all 
of them yet and I m working my way up) with the OIG, because the only way I can 
describe this case is a ?? show, because they are ??ing on my constitutional and 
beekeeper rights, while ignoring the devastating effects to the environment. What is 
the purpose of FDACS in general and their pesticide department, specifically? Who 
has the power to force them to do their job per SOP or fire them immediately?

Sorry to involve everyone, but I have no idea who can help me besides Erin, who has 
done everything she is responsible for and more. Why is everyone not helpful and 
knowledgeable like her? I include her so she can understand why the commercial 
bee population is down 70% this year, over 1.6 million hives lost. I m not sure what 
does more damage to the environment, a 15yr veteran pesticide applicator who 
cannot identify pests and sprays soffits with fipronil or FDACS  pesticide 
department botching investigations. 
 

Thank you, 
Dave Costa
Costa Honey Farm

On Sat, May 10, 2025 at 4:52?PM Dave Costa <dave@wesealgrout.com> wrote:
After FDACS found FL Pest unlawfully applied a pesticide that wiped out Costa 
Honey Farm, would you believe that Erin was the only one who reached out to me? 
She offered to remove the hives, herself. Why is she the only one who seems to 
want to do their job correctly? Why is she the only one answering any of my 
questions? 
I had to decline her offer right now, because we discussed doing another 
inspection, because there is no rotting or evidence of ants, wax moths, hive 
beetles, and other common hive infestors in the dead hives. She said the hives 
start rotting after about 4 days. One of my hives has been queenless for 2 months. 
This is not natural.

Please do not forget that when my neighbor found out we had piles of dead bees, 
she said she would spray any bees on her property., so the possibility of 
vandalization should be investigated.

Also, there has been zero investigation into the diuron and imidacloprid in the soil 
where it should not be. Michelle's bee suit picture shows a product with a bottle of 
the pesticide with imidacloprid as it's active ingredient right next to the bee suit. 
Why is that ignored?

Also, we found out the tech said he used a 3.55% mix in his 1st affidavit, summary 
of service shows 2oz (no dilution noted), then changed it to a 0.06% mix after 
Michelle called him to confirm the mix percentages. Why was he allowed to 
change his affidavit to match the label 3 weeks after application and FDACS not be 
required to test to be sure he is not lying to cover up an egregious misuse of a 
pesticide that wiped out Costa Honey Farm? Is that the job of the inspector or the 
enforcement? This is worse than Dan coaching my neighbor to use the word 
anaphylaxis. 

Attached is a picture of the bees on the fence, taken today. They have been there 
for over 2 days. No queen. Some drop off and die and more are attracted. There's 
definitely some type of attractant on there, so I want the bees on the fence, the 
dead bees under these bees, and the fence swabbed on top of my other requests. 
This is the area where my neighbor had someone pressure wash for a long time. 
This is most likely an illegal application of a different pesticide.

The receipt for 3/27 service is missing.

Henry Smith's affidavit is missing.

The affidavit of the person receiving the call to kill a honey bee swarm on a 
hammock is missing.

Why does the service history report say Western Exterminator Company instead of 
Fl Pest Control?

In Brutton's affidavit, she claimed that they only sprayed the soffit on the front of 
the house, but the tech reported spraying the front and sides on 3/27 and was 
planning to return to finish the rear. 

Dan's affidavit for Brutton is missing

Dan's bee samples are missing. 

The report includes a 3rd trip by the tech, that Michelle was well aware of, because 
she was interviewing Vernon when he told her he was at the property as they were 
speaking. Where is the information for this 3rd trip as well as the 2nd trip? A 0.06 
mix is only allowed 2x/year, so the dilutions are extremely important. How can the 
3rd trip, be the initial treatment? 

Thank you,
Dave Costa
Costa Honey Farm

On Fri, May 9, 2025 at 12:53?AM Dave Costa <dave@wesealgrout.com> wrote:
I am not sorry for sending a very late email, because I should be sleeping 
peacefully. Instead, I have to do fdacs  job. 
How did you miss the maxforce bottle in picture of the back of Webber s truck? 
Its active ingredient is the exact neonic found in the soil on my side of the fence. 
Plus, he proved the ultimate incompetence and admitted he cannot identify 
pests, and his memory (of what he just did) improved a week later, a miracle. Is 
someone who cannot accurately identify pests allowed to use highly regulated 
poisons? 
Did you guys even read the affidavits and labels? There are so many blatant and 
extremely elementary inaccuracies. 
With the eastern winds and the tech changing his story from 50oz/ gallon to 0.8oz 
per gallon, I want every hive tested immediately  meaning today. If it doesn t show 
levels higher than the .8oz per gallon, I ll pay for all testing plus $5000 for me 
being difficult, stupid, and unreasonable. Why does Mrs Brutton s invoice only 
show 2oz/ gallon?
Why is the fact that he applied Taurus sc to the eves/soffitt 2 times, 3/27 and 4/9 
ignored??? The eves and soffits are just under the roofline, so, with any wind at 
all, the spray would most definitely directly hit my hives that are about 15  away. 
Did the pesticide inspectors know this and not demand every hive was tested? 
Why would there be no sense of urgency for such an egregious misuse of a 
pesticide that was admitted by the tech??? Who investigates that? These 
poisoned hives are on the side of my home on a 1/3 acre, not in a field, far away 
from living quarters. 
Extremely simple math would show he would have had to use more product to do 
a top and bottom perimeter spray, to cover double the area. 
Eddie picked up the remaining dead bees with his bare hands after Webber 
sprayed that side of the house the day before. Is FL Pest Control putting state 
employees at risk? If not, what do you call it?
4/17, When I yelled at the tech for killing my bees (only after he turned his back on 
me when I told him there is a registered commercial apiary on the other side of 
the fence and he killed my bees), the tech was there was to apply the 1st 
quarterly perimeter treatment. What was the other foundation and soffit 
perimeter treatment on 3/27 and 4/9 called? They called the sheriff on me for this 
and a guy called me a cracker. Is this a racial crime? In what clown world is this 
allowed to happen ? 
He did not report how much he doused the swarm with the 2 times he admittedly 
doused them and the pesticide inspectors are ok with that, even though it s 
federally mandated. 
Did Mrs Brutton mislead fl pest, since she thought they were my honey bees and 
knocked on my door to have me remove them when I was unavailable?
Who told him it was a hornets nest? Hornet is not labeled anyways. 
According to the Stinging insects pages, why was a beekeeper not called to 
relocate the swarm? Why was the area not roped off? If he thought they were 
wasps, why did they not use an aerosol insecticide? Why was the nest not 
removed? 
Why is there no mention of the illegal application destroying my apiary? 

Why is there no mention of a lethal level of Fipronil being inside a hive?

Why are you blatantly ignoring leaving contaminated bees for 2 weeks in the 
illegal application? 

How many times did William Vernon instruct someone to use Taurus sc illegally? 
Who investigates that? If illegal application is protocol, what s the penalty for 
ignorantly murdering ecosystems and is he allowed to be employed? 

Why was the concentration level blatantly ignored even though the tech changed 
his story from 100oz of Taurus sc into 2 gallons of water to .8 oz into a gallon and 
a slow kill acted as a knock down? Why does the affidavit show 100oz for 2 gal 
and the pesticide use shows 50oz for 1 gallon? Did he use one gallon or 2? How 
did his memory get better a week later? 
And you had the (smoking gun) sprayed bees destroyed by the lab instead of 
having them tested. 
This guy was trusted instead of testing the bees. The guy the couldn t determine 
the exact kind of insect? He really couldn t tell the difference between hornets, 
wasps and honeybees?? He also doesn t know the difference between a swing 
and a hammock. And you take his statement as truth and fact? 

Why was the wind report ignored? It shows winds E-NE and E-SE at a speed of 
4.49-5.24, which would mean he s most definitely overspraying into my 
commercial apiary and directly onto my hives. This is highly illegal. 

The reason diuron and imidaclorprid was not able to be determined where it 
came from is because you didn t even want to look. I had to force you to test the 
soil. I want you to be accurate, so please rewrite it to add that there was zero 
testing to find out if there s more on the other side of the fence and the inspectors 
refused to call the previous pest control company to confirm. 

I refused to sign Dan s notice of inspection because it was inaccurate and he was 
extremely argumentative to the point I asked if he was on the payroll of rentokil. 
Why is there no mention of me having to call the sheriff to make Dan do his job? 
He had no ID tag and he had to search for a business card. 

Mrs Brutton knew about an apiary next door just days after she moved on, 
because I told her. 

Why are there no consequences for Mr Weber when he admitted he was not 
directed to use it to kill a swarm, but only to perform treatment. How was it found 
that Vernon instructed an employee to kill a honeybee swarm? How can someone 
applying pesticides not be able to identify pests? 

Why does the screenshot of fl pest show bumblebees with an actual count of 500 
if he can t identify bees? How many times did his story change????

Why would you assume he paid attention to the 7am-8am live webinar, when he 
obviously and admittedly can t identify pests? 

DuraFlex zc is in a picture in the truck, but 2 active ingredients are not tested. It 
has sucralose and is an attractant. I have bees acting strange on the fence, like 
they are attracted to something. They have been there for more than 24hrs. I 
requested to have the fence swabbed (per the investigation), but that was 
refused, even though I offered to pay for all testing that the government refused to 
pay for. This product should only be used in bait stations and never found on a 
fence. Its target pest is ants. Could them trying to wash away evidence, pushed it 
to my side of the fence? What does it take to do a thorough and accurate 
investigation? 

What are the results of the several complaints on Dan Sumner? 
 
 

Thank you, 
Dave Costa

On Thu, May 8, 2025 at 5:14?PM Silver, Claudette <Claudette.Silver@fdacs.gov> 
wrote:
Dear Mr. Costa,
We have completed the review of your case and are attaching the action to Mr. 
Vernon for your information. We understand that you have questions about what 
to do with your hives and have reached out the Division of Plant Industry, Apiary 
Inspection team. They will be reaching out to you to discuss next steps for your 
hives. 
I have also attached a  Pesticide Reporting Qualifier Definitions  that may assist 
you in interpreting the laboratory results. I would also be happy to assist you with 
any further questions you have regarding the laboratory results and am available 
by phone at (850) 617-7828 or by e-mail.
Thank you,
Claudette Silver
Environmental Manager
Division of Agricultural and Environmental Services
Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services
(850) 617-7828
Claudette.Silver@FDACS.gov
www.FDACS.gov
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