Something to bee thoughtful about

[dianeduane]

We take them for granted. We shouldn't.

During my visit to Tapp’s apiary just outside Chapel Hill, I asked him, "I'm wondering, does fifteen billion dollars worth of food a year depend on a bunch of retired hobbyists?"

I fully expected him to tell me I was exaggerating. Tapp turned his head, looked me in the eye and with a straight face said, "Well, yeah."

 

Comments

[gfish.livejournal.com]

Huh. I've been very interested in the way we're blurring the distinction between professional and hobbyist. (Mostly out of self interest, since there isn't currently a career path for professional dilettantes.) This has primarily because of computers and networking: open source development, bloggers as reporters, etc. Maybe I'll have to start thinking of beekeepers as an auxilliary force.