> I really don't understand the underlying attitudes towards martha stewart having bees in her back yard.the show apparrently has a very large viewer base.by mrs. stewart making it known she has bees probably has done far more to promote beekeeping and to educate the general populous as to the need for honey bees in our daily lives than most of us will ever accomplish in a lifetime.whether she is a so called bee-haver (
> which is not really a very nice thing to label someone and was coined by one of the list members in order to elevate himself above others ) or a beekeeper (a person who keeps bees) is not very important in the overall scheme of things.the objective was to promote bees and beekeeping by a t.v. personality ,for which we should all be thankful.pollinators are vital to the survival of a great many life forms,both plant and
> animal, on this planet and there are a great number of people who haven't a clue as to the interdependance of various forms of  life involved in producing the  food on their dinner tables.my point in general is can't we put egos aside and work toward our common goals?martha stewart viewers may just be inclined to support beekeepers efforts in washington and be a little more willing to suppport spending tax dollars to fund
> research projects and marketing efforts.beeing considered,as one list member noted,small potatoes in washington d.c. we surely can use and APPRECIATE all the help we can get from those sympathetic to our common goals.

                                                                                                        Thank you Martha!!!
                                                                                                          Curtis Spacek,
                                                                                                3rd generation Texas beekeeper