On May 4, 2005, at 11:13 AM, Allen Barrett wrote:

>   What should we be doing to
> insure the future of honey?  Are we so far gone that there's no
> longer any
> hope for future keepers like myself??
>

Hi Allen,

There are many people who now shy away from store bought food.
Whether they are concerned about the distance the food has travelled
to get to their table, the chemicals that have been added, or what,
they are turning in increasing numbers to locally produced food from
the farms/beehives of little old(me) or young(you) guys, with dirty
hands, like us.  Your neighbours will buy your honey, tell their
friends, and before you know it strangers are knocking on your door.
They may be taking home your honey, but they come because of you and
your simple labours.  More and more people want food with a history
that they know and trust.  Large producers have a bigger problem than
we small guys have.  We can sell by the jar or pail directly to the
consumer, while they have to move large volumes.

Bob Darrell
Caledon, Ontario
Canada
44N80W

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