Hi Dee, Keith & All, Dee Lusby wrote; > Yes, man sure has done a lot to get things out of balance, > we are now trying to put back into before it's too late by > creation of preserves and safe environments. > Reading my copy of Rachel Carson's "Silent Spring" she calls these things that have got the environment out of balance as Elixirs of Death. It is nice that we are creating safe environments but the damage is done, even these safe environments have residues of pesticides and chemicals just as the ice pack of the North and South Poles have. As Albert Schweitzer has said, "Man can hardly even recognize the devils of his own creation." Like I have said before pesticides have no place being placed in a bee hive where insects live. I was told that it was a "Myth" that these pesticides that are being used to control varroa dumb the bees and shorten their lives, I still say that pesticides in the hives make the bees sick and out of balance. Keith Benson wrote; > Of course to adopt this simplistic position one must fail > to see that the disease causing organisms are part of > nature will always seek to maximize their reproductive > rates. I see a simplistic position like Dee describes as a way for bees to maximize their reproductive rates if left to do it, but of course mankind has to help them, in my opinion, by putting the bees back on to a cell size that is closer to their natural cell size. Keith Benson wrote; > ('cause that is what living things do) . . . and you know > where that leads. Yes, prosperous honey bee colonies and parasites and diseases only as prolific as the bees will allow, this is balance. . .. c(((([ Keith (of no Elixirs of Death in the hives) Malone Chugiak, Alaska USA Caucasian Bee Keeper http://takeoff.to/alaskahoney :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: -- Visit www.honeybeeworld.com/BEE-L for rules, FAQ and other info --- ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::