Keith Benson writes:
Harmony with nature is not a guarantee against disease.
After all - all of those disease inducing organisms are
part of nature.

Reply:
Yes they are, but not on a rampage and out of proportion to
what they actually should be!

Keith Benson further wrote:
If all it took was "balance" then wild populations of all
organisms would not have much by way of disease.

Reply:
yes, exactly.

Keith then wrote:
Ask any qualified wildlife health professional - it aint'
so.

Reply:
Yes, man sure has done a lot to get things out of balance,
we are now trying to put back into before it's too late by
creation of preserves and safe environments.


Benson continues:
Of course to adopt this simplistic position one must fail
to see that the disease causing organisms are part of
nature will always seek to maximize their reproductive
rates
('cause that is what living things do) . . . and you know
where that leads.

Reply:
Yes, failing to see this is bad.

Look at our bees because of this.

In the natural environment foul is 1-2 %, with man's
version of honeybees look what we got instead. . . .much
more, plus out of control pests, predators, and diseases
not even associated with the natural, for they are only
found in man's artificially created environment of which
for over a century bigger is better has been the way to
go!!! Better for who?

Sincerely,

Dee A. Lusby
Commercial Beekeeper
http:groups.yahoo.com/group/organicbeekeepers


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