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I have a question that is not related to bees, but rather to beekeepers. I
am curious if any research has been done on who becomes a beekeeper. What
is the personality profile of a person who chooses to keep bees?
When vocational interest inventories are developed, they survey a particular
profession developing a profile of the person who is successful and happy in
that profession.
I would like to know if this has been done for the happy beekeeper.
Some are fascinated by golf; some by cars or politics. Some people are
drawn to a stinging,
social insect, the honey bee. Why?
Are we as a group more extroverted, eccentric, neurotic, or intelligent than
the population norm? What describes us? If beekeeping as a profession is
to succeed, we
need not only to save the bees, but to identify those who should be lured
into being involved. Who would be good
contributors to Bee-L ten years from now (assuming Aaron is still up for
this)? Any leads (or opinions) are welcome.
Larry Krengel
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