On Sun, 19 Feb 2006 12:23:56 -0500, Herve Abeille <[log in to unmask]> 
wrote:

>I am sorry but I simply cannot let this pass. To say that one man's honey 
is
>better, is to say that another's is worse.

Perhaps I'm misunderstanding your point, but it sounds like you're saying 
that almost all honey is the same, that there's no qualitative difference 
between the honey or between the practices of most beekeepers, that nothing 
we do as beekeepers -- so long as there isn't legislation passed against 
the practice (in our jurisdiction) -- makes any qualitative difference.  If 
that is what you're saying, I don't know what to say in response except 
that I completely disagree.

I definitely don't want to discriminate against local producers in favor of 
honey of far-away or unknown origins that uses the "right" buzzwords, but 
I'm certainly not going to deny that there are values and costs and 
benefits and risks to all the things we do as beekeepers.  

Incidentally, there's a major brand of honey in "health food" stores that 
advertises itself as "pesticide free."  Come to find out, in this 
particular case, the beekeepers that produce this honey are not restricted 
by that claim from using any pesticides at all.  Anybody else find that 
deceptive?

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