I am enjoying bees for 10 years in Latvia. I am studying climat-bees-beekeeper system, and the first step is to undersdand what does it means - beekeeping. There are several descriptions where the main thing is a result of beekeeping (bee colonies, honey, ...), without mentioning the cause of these results - climate, deseases, selection, genetics, bee forage, feeding, traveling, hives and beekeeping culture. My version speaks: Beekeeping is a struggle for intensive development of a healthy bee colony having sufficient forage and for effective application of bee activities at local climate. Other opinions? Almars Berzonis