Followup on my previous post about doing a software program on HoneyBees.
 
Thanks to some great photos from P-O Gustafsson's web site, I have made the
transition from "thinking" about it to "doing it". The program is named
"BeeWorks" and has the following main topics (with sub-topics):
 
-BeeWorks
 
 " An Educational Program About HoneyBees, Their Role In Nature,
  And Their Value To All Of Us Human Beings."
 
-Introduction
 
-Nature's Job For Honeybees
 
-Who Does What Inside A BeeHive
 
-HoneyBees And The BeeKeeper
 
-Why Be Nice To HoneyBees?
 
-BeeKeeping Is For Anybody Anywhere!
  Man, Woman and/or Child
 
The program will be released as "Freeware".
 
I have received some much appreciated encouragement by private e-mail.
 
I could use a source for a good SVGA photo (in most any graphics format
jpg,pcx,gif, etc.) that preferably shows a Worker, Drone and Queen in their
appropriate size relationship to each other. I do not have a scanner, but I
can screen capture, crop, etc. any photo in a computer format. Any help on
this from any of you out there?
 
I would also very much appreciate any short little vignettes, preferably with
a "touch of humor", concerning anything about HoneyBees. Something from your
own experience written in your own words (like you would tell a
friend/relative). It sure would make the program more interesting and help to
move it thru cyberspace.. You can remain anonymous or be credited as the
author - your choice! Here's your shot at "cyberspace immortality!"-be you a
hobbyist like myself or a "big bee guy". You had to start someplace early on.
I know it is the busy time of the BeeKeeper's year-but if you can recall a
good story - jot something down when you have a free moment!
 
This nicely illustrated software program is a freebie from me (i.e., no
profit) to our good friends - the HoneyBees. Reading some of the messages
about the lack of feral bees seems to make it a very appropriate and timely
contribution. Be a part of that contribution!
 
The object is to try and persuade the general public to have a kinder eye for
the HoneyBee. It is a modest attempt to try and move the public away from the
same sort of reaction they have for Sharks!
 
Just maybe, this program will be instrumental in persuading some John or Jane
Q. in their backyard to step to the side and let the Bee pass rather than
reach for the nearest can of lethal chemical spray!
 
It may also catch the curiousity of someone who has a BeeKeeper hidden inside
of them and doesn't know it yet.
 
Thanks for your consideration.
 
Al Needham
"Hobbyist"
Scituate, MA, USA