Yoon Sik Kim wrote:
> Would you care to provide documents (peer-reviewed and printed) on this—-
> to wit that the tradition of migratory beekeeping in this country and else 
> where has a longer history than stationery beekeeping in human history?
>   

Yoon,

You answered your question. Migratory beekeeping in the US goes back to 
the date bees were introduced to the Americas.

I think what you want is - when did commercial pollination services 
start in the US. Bees have been moved by people since people figured out 
how to confine them to a vessel of their choosing, be it a log, pot, 
skep or whatever. So migratory beekeeping in history goes back to before 
there was history.

Bill Truesdell
Bath, Maine

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