> I hear that's a risky business to be in these days. Saw an ABC
> item a couple of months ago about pesticides, mites and wild
> bees making a big dent in commercial bee numbers. The guys
> who rent bees to farmers and orchardists are really struggling.
> Hives are dying off in huge numbers

Back to sustainability...the hives that AREN'T dying off are the
organically farmed ones.

Organic has a bad names as something "pink tofu" eaters do
to waste money and be somehow healthier.  The bottom line is
that organic is healthier for the planet, too- it means no massive
organo-phosphate runoff into the water supply, no questionable
pesticides being sprayed into the food chain, no petrochemicals
being used up for fertilizers, and smaller production operations
run by people who care (sometimes- YMMV) and who earn a
living wage (again, YMMV).

Organic is also sustainable.

Mike H.
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