BEE-L Archives

Informed Discussion of Beekeeping Issues and Bee Biology

BEE-L@COMMUNITY.LSOFT.COM

Options: Use Monospaced Font
Show Text Part by Default
Show All Mail Headers

Message: [<< First] [< Prev] [Next >] [Last >>]
Topic: [<< First] [< Prev] [Next >] [Last >>]
Author: [<< First] [< Prev] [Next >] [Last >>]

Print Reply
Subject:
From:
Bob Harrison <[log in to unmask]>
Reply To:
Informed Discussion of Beekeeping Issues and Bee Biology <[log in to unmask]>
Date:
Tue, 21 Nov 2006 08:56:32 -0500
Content-Type:
text/plain
Parts/Attachments:
text/plain (64 lines)
Hello Keith & All,
I would not want to live in California. Nice place to visit especially if 
getting paid.

If you look at my long list of articles on almond pollination you will see 
pictures of me driving the truck, forklift, my bees. "Been there done that"

You said in reference to my article last spring "who are these beekeepers 
upset with brokers?". I listed about half but kept silent on those which 
asked to remain unlisted. 

So in the next article I listed most of the brokers and beekeepers. Gave 
contact information on two.

Then along comes Randy O. & Keith J. almond article and guess what. Not one 
person is named. None of the sources are named. What gives?

I am not saying the article was off base ( well maybe on the Australian 
package bees but realize when beekeepers get the same pollination fee as 
you do for a hive you have spent a bunch of money on and time it upsets you)
In fact the article said almost the same information mine did ten months 
earlier. 

Fact:
The package bees I wrote about in my first Australian package bee story were
placed at $35 a hive higher than any of the other 5000 hives.

In 1998 Roger Morse made his predictions of what beekeeping would look like 
in the  future. I have always been an admirer of his. My background is a 
beekeeper like Randy O. & Keith J. but I honestly believe that Roger Morse  
possibly the most prolific author of the modern generation is right on in 
his predictions.

I plan on ( and have been working on) my predictions for the future of 
commercial beekeeping and will be in the form of an article. its only been 
eight years since Roger made his predictions but I see many of his 
predictions happening.

I think if the list takes my article back out 20 years from now they will 
see I was not far off. Predicting the future is hard but I run in the 
circles of the "movers & shakers" of the bee business and they are always 
speaking of their future plans over the next 5 years, 10 years and 20 years.

I recommend the book "Bad Beekeeping" to all commercial beekeepers. Ron 
Miksha ( and his long time beekeeping family) are excellent beekeepers. The 
book is a record of growing a commercial outfit.

I highly recommend to Randy & Keith. Can be purchased at Betterbee for 30% 
off in December sale.

The title for the above book was not a good choice. "bad" as refered to is 
used like the word was used when Ron & I were growing up in Florida.

In other words really beautiful or fast cars were refered to as "bad cars" 
or if a car had a souped up engine it was called a "bad engine".

The book describes to constant change of commercial beekeeping and what 
always happens to those commercial beekeepers which do not adapt quickly.

Sincerely,
bob Harrison

-- Visit www.honeybeeworld.com/bee-l for rules, FAQ and  other info ---

ATOM RSS1 RSS2