> But NOWHERE in his book does he ever mention any beekeeper being paid for
pollinating crops.

Some years ago I sold bees to an old beekeeper in California, who
remembered the first time that he asked to be paid for pollinating almonds
-- 25 cents per hive.
When I started in the early '80s, I was getting about $10 per hive.  I
remember the year when I got $18, and thought that I'd died and gone to
heaven!
Varroa and then Nosema ceranae made almond pollination far more profitable.

Randy Oliver
Grass Valley, CA
530 277 4450
ScientificBeekeeping.com

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