One of my patients gave me a National Geographic with a great article on
migratory beekeeping.  Check out the May 1993 issue,  pages 73 - 93.
 
I am curious to know if the family depicted in this article - the Andersons
and their Cal-Min Honey Farm is still doing migratory beekeeping these days
or have they been affected by agri-business changes.  Is migratory
beekeeping on a rise or decline these days?
 
"If small, family-run honey businesses fail, pollination would be left to
the country's few big beekeepers - those who run as many as 50,000 hives.
They could demand higher prices for their bees, pushing up the price of
food."
 
It is interesting to think that my hobby of beekeeping has such awesome
potential for mankind.
 
BTW who is the largest beekeeping organization in the US?
 
 
 
 
 
 
Paul Cronshaw, D.C.
Hobby Beekeeper
Santa Barbara, CA  USA