>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.

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