Brian Fredericksen wrote: > "Sustainable development is defined as balancing the > fulfillment of human needs with the protection of the > natural environment so that these needs can be met > not only in the present, but in the indefinite future" > where is the glory in commercial beekeeping or conventional > agriculture you are so fond of Bill? I don't understand what's "unsustainable" about conventional agricultural practices. Example: along the margins of the GMO corn and soybean monocultures in the upper Midwest USA I find native bee and butterfly pollinators are still abundant: http://i85.photobucket.com/albums/k75/4af/pods.jpg http://i85.photobucket.com/albums/k75/4af/trumi.jpg http://i85.photobucket.com/albums/k75/4af/trumh.jpg http://i85.photobucket.com/albums/k75/4af/trumf.jpg http://i85.photobucket.com/albums/k75/4af/trume.jpg http://i85.photobucket.com/albums/k75/4af/trumk.jpg http://i85.photobucket.com/albums/k75/4af/trumc.jpg http://i85.photobucket.com/albums/k75/4af/trumd.jpg Paul Cherubini El Dorado, Calif. ****************************************************** * Full guidelines for BEE-L posting are at: * * http://www.honeybeeworld.com/bee-l/guidelines.htm * ******************************************************
