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phorbin wrote:

In article wildbilly-B9A4F7.22235423022008@c-61-68-245-
199.per.connect.net.au, says...
In article ,
phorbin wrote:

In article wildbilly-DF7F20.17515223022008@c-61-68-245-
199.per.connect.net.au, says...
In article ,
Ann wrote:

Billy expounded:

I am curious, though, in producing organic honey, how do you get a
bee
to go just to organic flowers?

You can manage your bees organically, but you really can't claim to
provide organic honey. Unless you're in the middle of 8,000 square
acres.

What then does organic bee keeping mean, if the product isn't organic?

It starts with not forcing the bees to grow unnaturally large. The rest
amounts to philosophy of maintenance and the substances used for
maintenance.
What is unnaturally large and what is the philosophy? Why do you respond
to a question that you do not answer?


Is 8,000 acres a legal definition or hyperbole?


It's not hyperbole. Bees will travel substantial distances.
What, you nitwit, is substantial? Do you mean 10,534.75 feet? I asked a
specific question. Do you have a specific answer? Next time get your
caca together before you respond, or don't respond if you don't know
what the freak you're talking about. We are supposed to be adults here.
I'm not your babysitter.

My memory was prompting 4 miles or more for long-range foraging (as the
bee flies) depending on the investment-return to the hive. It was late
in my day and I was fading quickly.
I asked for specific information, not the way you felt about it or
excuses. What was the question anyway? Do you remember or don't you read
so good?
Is 8,000 acres a legal definition (for the production of organic honey)
or hyperbole?

Relevant numbers are published on the net within easy reach. Imperial
metric converters are all over the place.
Did I ask about metric conversion? Do you have any idea what 10,534.75
feet represents? Try 3.22 km. Still nothing?

So FWIW
http://www.lasi.group.shef.ac.uk/pdf/brfuncecol2000.pdf
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forage_(honeybee)
Question numero-two-o: What then does organic bee keeping mean, if the
product isn't organic? Helloooo.

... and if you don't like my answers, or you don't like my on-line
persona your killfile is a button away. And to not put too fine a point
on it, so's mine.
Oh, you felt I was disappointed with your your response? You are
absolutely clairvoyant.

Lastly, that was a persona?

We are as you say, "supposed to be adults here." Adults are polite.
Adults, Pollyanna, know when to talk and when to keep their mouths shut.
Engage mind before letting the clutch out on your mouth. You didn't
bring humor to the table. You didn't bring information to the table. You
didn't address the questions that were asked.



Oh, I know you tried, now be quiet and try to look presentable.

--

Billy

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