> >And, for that matter no one foresaw how rich it would make other
> > beekeepers in New Zealand and Australia -- or Hawaii.
>
> I don't know of any beekeepers in Australia that have become financially
> rich through sending queen bees to Canada.  The only richs are the
> friendships generated by our trade with the people we supply in Canada.

Hehehe.  I wondered who would bite on that.  It's true, we have made many
friends that we never thought we would meet, and beekeepers fly to and fro
regularly now.

'Rich' is a relative word.  It always applies to the other guy, not me.  Anyhow,
I don't see a lot of hardship when I look at the queen and bee shippers in the
Southern hemisphere or Hawaii and no one is turning down business that I know
about.

allen