Randy wrote: 

On 13 Nov 2013, at 16:15, randy oliver <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> replacing it with something that is a minor variant of a concept
>> unjustly rejected by beekeepers several times over the past decades<

It is encouraging that Randy acknowledges that minor variants of concepts have been UNjustly rejected in past decades,

Ideas belong to their times. Ideas  can be rejected because ahead of their time. Their time can come, in beekeeping as in other fields. 

The current human race evolved 250, 000 years ago. There was then no need for the level of intelligence needed for space travel.  Luckily the genes survived. 

Robin 
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