**This message was originally in conference IN-BEEKEEPIN on WILD BEE'S
BBS.
 
Public Opinion about Beekeepers, Bee's, and Beekeeping
 
We all have knowledge and some say they have more then others but in
todays political world what counts is not what you know or think you do
but what others think about you. The public perception of beekeeping is
based more on what they read in today's newspaper then ever before and
not in my memory has more been written about what we do as beekeepers.
 
Press releases from under funded tax supported beekeeping regulatory and
research institutions looking for public support are soon turned into
the Gospel by reporters looking for a story with a hundred different
slants.
 
The problem is not the lack of information but separating the opinion
from the fact. In order to do that one must have a diverse supply of
facts and opinion. There has always been depository of what is written
in the press, the problem has been that they were costly, and more
historical in nature. Things are changing....Try this address and mark
it as I guarantee that you will be going back:
 
http://www.newsworks.com/
 
This is more then maybe one of the best NEWS pages on the net its the
SEARCH engine dummy that you just won't believe until you try it.
 
You will get hundreds of hits on beekeeping topics from killer bees to
the benefits of bee stings, including first person information on even
becoming immune to bee stings. The local stories from 100 on-line US
newspapers about local beekeepers many times would never make it to your
own news stand. AND its not the same old stuff you keep hitting on with
the normal search engine such as Yahoo, its fresh, even today's news.
 
Even a simple search using "beekeepers" returned 292 newspaper articles
with the top 100 sorted by relevance on pages of 10.
 
Information on many of the questions asked in the beekeeping news group
and the BEE-List can be found or expanded on using this NEWSWORKS search
engine.
 
ttul, the OLd Drone
 
 
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(w)Opinions are not necessarily facts. Use at own risk.
 
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