That's what I figured.  When I was on the research committee of the ABA and
had a research fund, we got requests for money and almost all the projects
were for vanity projects for the researchers.  Few if any were practical
and of clear benefit to the beekeepers who had contributed the funds.
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On Sat, Nov 5, 2022 at 3:30 PM James Fischer <[log in to unmask]>
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> How can a practical beekeeper use all this knowledge?
>
> He can't, to be blunt.  This is very basic work, and there is a long path
> between "prototype" and "product", and an even longer one between "basic
> science" and "applications".
>
> Every year, I'd get similar questions when I would have to go make a
> presentation to the board of directors, and ask them to once again pay and
> equip the 5,000 brightest people I could find for a few more years.
>
> I'd be asked about "practical applications" or "products".
>
> I'd explain that "research and development" is what we are doing when we
> DON'T know the outcome.
>
> If we knew what the results would be, we'd pass them over to the
> applications engineering gang.
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