Weed: A weed is any plant you do not want in your field/garden. There 
are great books about edible plants, most of which are or were "weeds".

Native: From away. In Maine you can be born here but will still be "from 
away" if your parents moved here, even if that was 80 years ago.

Both are terms that the speaker sets the definition.

The only semi-valid argument the NP crowd might have is against the the 
migratory beekeeper when they bring in bees for pollination which 
'displace" NP. Which also fits their animus against commercial, 
migratory beekeepers and Walmart. Only problem with that argument is the 
bees would not have to be brought in if the NPs did the job.

Walmart:: an invasive weed  which sprouts up only where honeybees are 
found. A obvious symbiotic relationship, since Walmart was not around 
when there were only NP.

Bill Truesdell
Bath, Maine

******************************************************
* Full guidelines for BEE-L posting are at:          *
* http://www.honeybeeworld.com/bee-l/guidelines.htm  *
******************************************************