Of  course, this final paragraph falls on deaf  ears



Because if we were to follow that concept,  honey would be more scarce than
caviar.  It is the way of the world now,  that in order to feed the world as
it desires,  density of all crops,  Meat, honey and melons (etc)  need to be
managed for optimum yields. It does mean we need to manage pest differently.
But the old method of everybody having a pig a cow a garden  and a beehive
are so inefficient  its not even worthy of a discussion.  From fuel moving
from location to location,  to the land use/productivity.  Larger scale is
here to stay.

I am pretty sure Langstroths detractors said the same thing when he had his
large apiary.  Maybe not,  not so many people back then trying to tell each
other what to do and how to do it.   It would be possible to ask the same
thing in reverse of a person with one or two hives.  How do you manage to
save a hive then?  You have no ther strong hives to get brood or food from?
How do you know if it's a good hive or a week flow with a tiny sample??

How do you rebuild when you loose 2 out of 2?  Simple statistics tells you
it will happen more times than not (law of averages applied here)  You call
the guy with 100 hives in his yard. His odds of loosing all were much less.

Both methods have merits, and drawbacks.  

Charles

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