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Subject:	Re: regulations to protect bumble bees
From:	Mike S <[log in to unmask]>
Reply To:	Informed Discussion of Beekeeping Issues and Bee Biology <[log in to unmask]>
Date:	Sun, 21 Feb 2010 11:13:46 -0800
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--- On Sun, 2/21/10, David Tharle & Barb Thyr <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>>> Why were honey bees introduced if there were enough native pollinators?I wonder if pollination had anything to do with the introduction of the honeybee.  

>>If understood at all, at that point in history, it may have been seen as a side benefit. I'm "speculating" that honeybee importation to the varying "colonies" around the world had more to do with man's sweet tooth.

Primarily a source of sweets and a source of good wax for candles.  If I understand correctly, most candles of the era were made from tallow which burned with a lot of soot produced and was not long lasting.  Bees wax was the best candle material of the period.

Mike in LA

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