Hi Kent & All,

>  If the beekeeping industry is not willing to pay higher prices for
selected
> stocks and/or is not willing to support stocks produced by instututional
> stock improvement programs , THEN THE ONLY ALTERNATIVE FOR THE FUTURE IS
THE
> CONTINUED USE OF DANGEROUS AND EXPENSIVE CHEMICALS"
>

This not the only alternative. Higher prices are probably inevitable, one
thing is for sure the prices will probably not go down.

These institutions can only do so much on their own, beekeepers must also do
their part. Lots of great genetics are lost as queens are replaced
artificially by beekeepers tossing them as they re-queen.

In modern beekeeping only parts of the bees are being worked with when we
need a whole bee.

 . ..   Keith Malone, Chugiak, Alaska USA, http://www.cer.org/,
c(((([ , Apiarian, http://takeoff.to/alaskahoney/,
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/akbeekeepers/ ,
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Norlandbeekeepers/ ,
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ApiarianBreedersGuild/

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