On Mon, 10 Sep 2007 07:36:02 -0400, Peter L. Borst <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

>I don't even bother to wonder what US beekeeping would be without such
>pioneers such as A. I. Root, C. P. Dadant, G. M. Doolittle, Brother Adam and
>Eva Crane, to name a very few.
>
>These people all championed large scale modern beekeeping.


Yes I agree they made great contributions. 

Its sad that its now all about money, pollination and massive unsustainable monocrops. 

While a small number people represented by almond growers and migratory beeks benefit 
monetarily from this bizarre situation, the rest of American beekeepers are subject to the 
outcomes with no voice or no idea of what is happening.  Who annointed these few people to 
make decisions affecting many of us? 

Aside from the almonds there is no good reason to import bees. Its all about the short term 
balance sheet.

I grow apples in the Midwest. I am self suffiicient, I don't expect others to be indrectly affected by 
my needs. If there is not enoiugh bees to cover future almond needs too bad, so sad for them eh?  

Its not how much money you make its how you make it that lives on. 

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