>
> >Here on BEE-L, we have regular readings from our latest scientific
> 'gospels', but it
> pays to compare what these 'gospels' say to what we see out our own window
> every so often.
>
> >It is also worth noting that the beekeepers on the ground and out in the
> fields can't
> always concur with what respected scientists of our time claim as truth.
>
> I concur with Pete, the implications of the above are nonsense.  Refuting
suppositions, opinions, and extrapolations with actual observations and
measured data is not kneejerk response--rather, it is simply being rational
and logical.

My favorite quote about science (I've lost the citation) is:  "There are
reasons that things are the way they are.  Scientists look to understand
those reasons."

The point of scientific reasoning is not to support a position, but rather
to reach an understanding of the phenomena that we observe.

-- 
Randy Oliver
Grass Valley, CA
www.ScientificBeekeeping.com

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