>
> "Beekeeping is sometimes more of an art than a science. What works for one
> does not work for all."
>
> Kurt:
>

And Yoon said:

> I assume the word "art" here means in the sense of artisan, a technician
> worth his salt.  Someone whose feet are firmly grounded in common sense as
> you profess, one could have avoided using such abstract blurry word
> as "art" when in fact you meant "techniques" or "skills," for the
> word "art" is just too broad to be applied in beekeeping....


Gee whiz, I understood what he meant.

It was pointed out in an earlier thread that one cannot use simplistic
formulae to know when/when not to treat for varroa, given the massive
variables involved in beekeeping.  Enter "experience", "judgement", "common
sense", "horse sense", et al (aka "Art").  The world is teeming with things,
behaviors, skills, methods, etc, that are difficult to quantify, and the
human brain happens to be the very best tool on the planet to parse such
data, though I think the process is often so transparent we don't realize
the true depth of such analyses.

Have you ever asked a gifted, self-taught musician how they do what they do?
The answer is invariably something like, "Gee, I dunno...", while they look
down at their hands in wonder.

Art.


My humble apologies for the quasi-philosophical ramblings..

 Todd.

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