>( We talk of vast monocultures. A cpl things to remember. Without farming > much of the country is and was a vast set of monocultures. Grass in the > prairies, to certain types of forest. Its also interesting to note that in > the last decades the acreage under tillage has dropped a bit. And variety > and of plants cultivated in different ares is changing.) I have to disagree here... unless "grass" is considered one species and "tree" another prairie and even relatively uniform forest are still a far cry from monoculture... I'm fairly certain that many of the beekeepers in the Dakota prairies could point out a few different species for us. Jeremy West Michigan *********************************************** 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