>Aloha to all bee-liners and happy new year
>                Before this group gets split up into sophisticated sub (snoot)
>groups could I seek info from the group about the correct spelling of our
>beloved. Is it HONEYBEE or is it HONEY BEE. I see it both ways and I'm sure
>some old drones or GOV.paid professionals will be able to set me straight
>on this matter. Regarding this list I vote to leave it alone save and
>except if we could find a way to make the members get a little more
>pro-actice.I mean really the sweet little dialogue about re-queening and
>swarm retrevial,etc are interesting and sometimes informative and yet still
>leaves a lot to be desired as far as really trying to solve the real issues
>facing beekeepers today.Several good questions have been raised and if the
>question is at all thorney everyone shys away because we do not have the
>answers and we all feel that it is hopeless to push for research help.We
>should not give up we should get organized. Each of us has only one voice
>that can only be heard so well and if the beekeepers of the U.S. could some
>how get organized and working a plan we could have a major impact on the
>future of U.S. beekeeping.This group of 4,5,or 600 could be the driving
>force.No one else seems to want to lead the charge and often there is a
>conflict of interest (National Organizations) or a fear of retaliation
>(Publications)
>        At any rate the brave beekeepers get no real help. I  for one am
greatly
>concerned about saving the U.S. beekeepers and food production and prices
>like in the past. We beekeepers have been abandoned by researchers for
>special interest groups. Here in America EVERYTHING is for sale and can be
>bought for a price after all this is America and MONEY talks in this
>mercenary U.S. of A.
>
>                Well Aloha to all and Spring has sprung here in Hawaii
>and the bees are building in some areas.
>come visit              Walter
>
>
>
>Walter Patton-Hawaiian Honey House and
>Hale Lamalani B & B (House of Heavenly Light)
>A Hawaii Beekeeper's Bed & Breakfast
>27-703A Kaieie Rd.,Papaikou,HI. 96781
>Ph./Fax 808-964-5401 or [log in to unmask]
>http:\www.alohamall.com/hamakua/hihoney/htm.
>"TheBeehive,The Fountain of Youth and Health"
>
What a tempting invitation this time of the year.  Here in Eastern Canada,
such a visit would appear to be a hopeless dream.   Nice to think about though.
 
Eunice W>