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Just a thought, but for subjective opinions where might we be if Brother Adam hadn't existed?
I'm curious about this topic, and am left wondering why is Brother Adam - alone - being put under the microscope ? There are a good dozen or more legendary names in the history of Beekeeping which, if they'd not done what they had, we'd not be doing the things we currently do.
As to trying to imagine what beekeeping would be like, had any of them not existed, is something of a dubious exercise ... for they DID exist, and they DID do what they did.
I'm left wondering if there might not be some kind of hidden agenda in the asking of this question, and that it might not simply be "just a thought" after all ?
LJ
We cannot know or imagine what the world would be without something, about what we do not know anything.
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I'm curious about this topic, and am left wondering why is Brother Adam - alone - being put under the microscope ? There are a good dozen or more legendary names in the history of Beekeeping which, if they'd not done what they had, we'd not be doing the things we currently do.
As to trying to imagine what beekeeping would be like, had any of them not existed, is something of a dubious exercise ... for they DID exist, and they DID do what they did.
I'm left wondering if there might not be some kind of hidden agenda in the asking of this question, and that it might not simply be "just a thought" after all ?
LJ
Br. Adam's initial tenet was the perfect honey bee didn't exist and had to be bred by man.
Just a thought, but for subjective opinions where might we be if Brother Adam hadn't existed?
Natural selection is likely to select for a very different bee to that required by the beekeeper.
Natural selection is likely to select for a very different bee to that required by the beekeeper.
A well-expressed statement, but of a sentiment not shared by everyone.
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I have not read any sentence about Adams writings. Buckfast is very rare in our country.
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BA certainly raised the profile of bee improvement in the UK and his thinking and methodology and his dedication were incredible.
Yeghes da