James Fischer writes: “The claim that anyone is "bucking nature" is a very 
weak accusation when the root cause of the bulk of our problems
has been the moving-target nature of nature itself”

   There is a point beyond which what we demand from nature is more than it 
is able to give.  If we are always viewing nature as the problem, and we 
think of a problem as something that must be eliminated, we will never 
consciously find that point of optimal balance between what we need from 
nature and what is practical or even possible to get from it over the long 
haul.  That point will be found for us though, and we will have to live 
with it.  If you want to highlight the ridiculous extremes, go right ahead, 
but I don’t see how that gets us anywhere.
   Let’s just take a simple example.  If stress is a significant factor in 
making those things in nature that are moving targets cause beekeeping 
catastrophes, then maybe we will have to take a second look at how much 
stress we can get away with subjecting them to.  You don’t have to go back 
to the primal state for that.  But that in its self could result in a big 
change in the way the beekeeping industry looks.

Steve Noble  

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