Folks:


“Beekeeping is sometimes more of an art than a science. What works for one
does not work for all.”

Kurt:

I assume the word “art” here means in the sense of artisan, a technician
worth his salt.  Someone whose feet are firmly grounded in common sense as
you profess, one could have avoided using such abstract blurry word
as “art” when in fact you meant “techniques” or “skills,” for the
word “art” is just too broad to be applied in beekeeping.  Thrown in like
that, the “art” sounds like another voodoo jargon.  People often use that
term to mean creating something ex nihilo [out of nothing], a classical
definition, just as we don’t go to Wal-Mart to buy “art.”  Rather, we go
there to buy mass-produced factory fart.  A while back another member
hectored in with a “correct answer” only to be admonished by hawkish Jim.
We need clarity in our postings.  As soon as someone says beekeeping is an
art, he/she is taking the skills and techniques out of science and worse,
out of common sense.  That hit and miss efficacy of FGMO makes perfect
sense since it was the artists, not savvy beekeepers, who applied the
snake oil in an “artsy” way.  Sure, it would have worked in all cases if
the artists had used the correct moonshine.

Yoon

Go in fear when someone insists that he/she be called Dr. this or Dr. that
as in a Chevy Chase’s movie.  I reject such inferiority complex.

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