In a message dated 1/19/00 12:14:15 PM EST, [log in to unmask] writes:

<< >     Honey bees are getting a bad rap today in the conservation movement
and
 > among gardeners for being an invasive species that outcompetes native
 > pollinators.

 Ironically, it appears that such accusations originate mostly from white
members
 of homo sapiens which is also a highly invasive group of a highly invasive
 species that outcompetes native groups and cultures and destroys habitat as
well
 as other species... >>

   Yup, we must insist on ethical consistancy here, right, Allen.  Also...if
they want to deport honeybees, they must also deport all the imported food
crops that honeybees pollinate.

Dave Green
http://pollinator.com