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Robin Dartington <[log in to unmask]>
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Informed Discussion of Beekeeping Issues and Bee Biology <[log in to unmask]>
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Wed, 7 May 2014 08:55:44 +0100
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>> On 5 May 2014, at 19:40, James Fischer <[log in to unmask]> wrote: >.......Wilhelm II, Hitler, Steiner, and how that annoying
>> Ring ends up right back where it started (at the bottom of the Rhine) after
>> you sit through the entire saga of Wagner's Ring cycle from Das Rheingold to
>> Gotterdammerung. <
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> Is it right to disclaim the Ring Cycle? Isn't it a perceptive metaphor for beekeeping? Beekeepers are seeking magical powers to save the world  - how we can pollinate billions of small flowers over millions of acres if the natural order is disrupted by evil dwarfs (a clear reference to Bayer) and after involving the gods (Langstroth to start with) and heroes (obviously Government bee inspectors) but so far we have ended  up where we started - with an unsolved  mystery as modern commercial beekeeping methods are unsustainable.   :)
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> Robin

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