Bill T wrote: I continually am amazed that organically grown horses and cows can be
treated with non-organic practices if they come down with problems. Might it
be the investment represented by that horse or cow? Why then voice concern
when a commercial beekeeping operation with an even greater investment does
the same?
I'm with you on this, Bill. Your post sounds a lot like my way of doing things here in Southeast Missouri.
But to answer your question, the generational regeneration of honeybees is so much quicker than horses or cows. I can lose 99% of my bee operation, split from the survivors and be up to my production levels in a couple of years.
Can't do that with horses or cows. And though I've not used hard chemicals in my operation, if it came down to using them or losing 99% of my operation, I'd likely opt, as a last ditch effort of desperation, to bringing in the chems.
Grant
Jackson, MO
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