Not strictly about bees, but pertinent In his classic book Mirage of Health, Rene Dubos (1959) contends that the ultimate conquest of disease is illusory and that what constitutes health is fundamentally humans adapting to their environments. Because environments continually change, an inevitable amount of maladaptation results, often manifested as disease. Since health consists of adaptation to changing environments, the existence of something approaching a perfect state of health is a mirage. plb *********************************************** The BEE-L mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned LISTSERV(R) list management software. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html Access BEE-L directly at: http://community.lsoft.com/scripts/wa-LSOFTDONATIONS.exe?A0=BEE-L