Brian Fredericksen wrote: >i can't help but wonder what US beekeeping would look like with no almonds or commercial feedlot beekeeping. I don't even bother to wonder what US beekeeping would be without such pioneers such as A. I. Root, C. P. Dadant, G. M. Doolittle, Brother Adam and Eva Crane, to name a very few. These people all championed large scale modern beekeeping. Pete ****************************************************** * Full guidelines for BEE-L posting are at: * * http://www.honeybeeworld.com/bee-l/guidelines.htm * ******************************************************