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

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