On Mar 2, 2012, at 3:21 PM, Jorg Kewisch wrote: > > I bring this up for 2 reasons: > 1) I love to throw some raw meat into the lion's cage and watch them > fight ;) > 2) There is nothing simple about the climate change and reading > this or that newspaper article does not give an answer. What you > have to do is apply the scientific methods with an open mind, > scrutinize the facts and be ready to change our mind at any time. > The same applies to beekeeping and that is what Randy and Peter try > to tell us over and over. > > Jorg Just as we always do (human trait?), we will wait until the last minute or until we hit bottom before we do anything. Beekeeping many years ago was so easy. No bugs feeding on them. No pesticides. No foreign competition. The seasons were more predictable. All the hives were made of wood or wax. Whether or not we have global warming, we will find out because we are not going to give up on fossil fuels. When we talk about something not going to happen until the end of this century, then most of us forget about it. When we think about driving 1.5 million hives to the almonds, how much gasoline does that take. With gas at $4 a gallon in the US and more in other countries, This is not just another little expense. We can't live on a planet that gets hotter than 120 degrees all the time or stays at less than 40 below zero F. I heard that south Florida has already given up growing some crops because it is too hot. Quit Billy OK *********************************************** The BEE-L mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned LISTSERV(R) list management software. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html Guidelines for posting to BEE-L can be found at: http://honeybeeworld.com/bee-l/guidelines.htm