>A word on Conservation. Historically, beekeepers have been > conservationists / naturalists. Good point, and I would not want to give the impression that I do not conserve where it makes sense to me or that I don't approve of conservation or preservation of species and attempting to minimize adverse (to us) human impact on ecosystems where possible and practical, and where those efforts have an obvious payoff. My issue was with the claim that an attempt to repurify current bee populations back to a supposed ideal historical strain and create exclusion zones is "conservation". To me, it is not. Nature does not seem to be a conservationist, though, judging by what we can observe over time. *********************************************** 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 Guidelines for posting to BEE-L can be found at: http://honeybeeworld.com/bee-l/guidelines.htm