> Insects, like people, are more susceptible to disease when large numbers are crammed into one area.

Hi, Brian, have you viewed:

http://youtube.com/watch?v=1oCWAVymUFk&feature=related

The question is not whether many deleterious health issues of our bees are connected to a larger scale model for farming but what mechanism can gain acceptance and be put in place to evolve or 'push away' from the reliance on such a precedent or whether that course ultimately is abandoned altogether in favor of creating a bee that departs from the need to play within the bounds of a healthy environment when it comes to managing agribusiness. Given that the first option, evolving more
'bee friendly' food production modalities requires increased management of farm systems and engagement by a large array of people driven systems (government) and coordination between the two; and the second, the marketing of a 'resistant this'or 'resistant that' bee,I don't hold a lot of hope for the first option, but I am going to fight for it every chance I get.
 
Best wishes, Kathy

 

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