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To: Harmless Teddy Bear
No, but that is not what you said.

Nothing about trucking the bees around

It's precisely what I said:

The industry is focused on honey production (for the hive owners), and following after the crop cycles of almonds, fruits, and so on.

and

This has been going on for over 2000 years

Nonsense. Can you show me that domestic managed hives outnumbered feral hives at any time in history, prior to 1930 or so? My point is that poor breeding and commuter-pollinating are man-made phenomena, and resultant strains on the species should not be a surprise.

33 posted on 06/29/2014 9:15:36 PM PDT by IncPen (None of this would be happening if John Boehner were alive...)
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To: IncPen
No. Not nonsense.

The Romans were beekeeping in 70 BC.

You can deny, ignore or whatever else floats your boat but history is history. Humans have been bee keeping for well over 2000 years. I am not sure where you got the idea that all or most of the honey prior to 1930 was wild but you are dead wrong.

Honey has been a human cultivated product for a very long time. In fact they have found a site that dates from 900 BC in the Jordan valley with had 30 artificial hives intact and the room for another 70 or so.

The Chinese of around that same period were writing books on bee keeping.

37 posted on 06/30/2014 5:27:12 AM PDT by Harmless Teddy Bear (Proud Infidel, Gun Nut, Religious Fanatic and Freedom Fiend)
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