by Steve Newport <steven@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
Jul 26, 2008 at 11:54 AM
What I was trying to say ( a little climsily) was more about it
im****tance and place in the wider economy and social scene. If you
look at (for example) the Apiservices website
http://www.apiservices.com/_menus_us/index.htm?menu.htm&0
and take a look at the number and content of the French pages there's
far more there than you would ever see (outside association pages) in
the UK. Then theres the wide range of products they sell - not
something you see reflected in UK beekeeping.
I know they have the climate and that is obviously a striking factor -
but it is different.
On Fri, 25 Jul 2008 17:06:16 -0500, Charlie Kroeger
<ckrogrr@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>> Lets face it British and French attitudes to beekeeping are
>> poles appart.
>
>> Thanks
>> Steve
>
>I would be interested in knowing the difference. What are a few items you
>refer to?
>
>Steve Tabor used to work for some agency in France breeding bees. Maybe
he
>had to leave the country after testing out those African Bee Queens the
>Brazillian Entomologist sent him for testing at the USDA lab in Louisiana
>Where Steve worked back in the 1950's. Yes Virgina, Africanized bees were
>here a long time before the official arrival. This was some time before
that
>clumsy worker in Brazil let those bad girls out.
>
>I suppose Steve was a Francophile when he decided to take the job. If he
is
>still there by now he must be a Francophone. He used to have a feature in
>one of the bee journals I remember reading one of these where he talked
>about a canal boat that went through the property he was on and there
were
>beehives on the boat. Bees on canal boats in France..That might be a nice
>holiday: wine, bees. cheese.
>
>au revoir
