In message <[log in to unmask]>, Trevor Weatherhead <[log in to unmask]> writes >I am surprised the New Zealanders have not come forward to claim Sir Edmund >Hilary as one of their own. Yes he was the first man to climb Mount Everest >and again I have seen newspaper cuttings plus articles in our bee magazines on >a visit by Sir Edmund to Australia and promoting the fact he ate honey and >kept bees. I think we really ought to remember that Hilary was ONE of the first to climb Everest - together with his Sherpa companion Tensing Norkhay. -- Alyn W. Ashworth Lancashire & North-West Bee-Keepers' Association. UK. (but I don't speak on their bee-half) http://www.demon.co.uk/emphasys