Hello Adrian & All,
Adrian said:
4)  Millions have been spent this past half century on studies of the waggle
dance maneuver without, it seems to me, any real benefit to
beekeepers.  Lately, by contrast, relatively meager funds have been
allocated toward the most pressing problems that beekeepers face.

I agree completely. For years our researchers  wanted to study bee research
which would have little impact on solving the problems of  beekeeping.

Even the study of africanized bees  became a *document the movement* (
stretched out over 30 years) type of project rather than a *solve the
problem* type of project (proposed by many commercial beekeepers)
.
Millions have been spent on documentation of the movement of  africanized
bees from Brazil to the U.S..

Commercial beekeepers told the USDA for years the way to stop AHB from ever
moving past Panama but the solution would be an end to an interesting (and
money pending ) research project.

I find it interesting (if not funny) that AHb did not spread like the
researchers predicted (American Bee Journal)or even in the time frame
predicted.

In all fairness to my friends at the USDA my own prediction of AHB spreading
into Florida early on was wrong. I still am not sure why AHB stopped their
eastward movement. Many hypothesis exist. Take your pick!
The only difference is my hypothesis came without taking needed money away
from other bee research!

Bob

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