>  Bob is right in that Dr. Shilling's talk was worth remembering.  He said
> since the turn of the century the American Farm has become 17X more
> productive in spite of a 80% loss of farmers.  Beekeeping however saw its
> big productivity changes in the late 19th century and hasn't see real
> productivity change since.  His point was to forget "specialty" honey as
> the future, there are coming true specialties such as Turkish honey which
> people will see as truly special.  Dr. Shilling put our future in coming
> up with new ways to produce more honey cheaper than anyone else in spite
> of our high labor costs, just as the American Farmer has done.