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

[dewline.livejournal.com]

There's a fair bit of ongoing concern about apiaries here in Ontario for various reasons, many of them ecological in nature. This would be the first I'd seen mention of the ages of the participants, though.