I almost responded to Mike's admonition to chill with :

"Yassa Boss", 

but I decided not to do so out of consideration for the lightsiders  here
who are so programmed that they apparently think we are all 'equal'.  If
that is so, then I must have the basketball playing skills of an American
with Zulu heritage. 

-----Original Message-----
From: Ode Coyote [mailto:[email protected]] 
Sent: Wednesday, February 22, 2006 5:33 AM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: CS>RE: ***Possible Spam*** Re: CS>honeybees

  Why would that bee racist?
I know white folks who used to pollinate corn. ["Tasseling"]
It used to be a big job to do after the tree planting and forest release 
seasons, but now...
  Mexicans work cheaper and plant the trees, man the brush saws and 
pollinate the corn.
Ode

At 11:59 AM 2/21/2006 -0600, you wrote:

>That's rather racist, James.
>
>----- Original Message ----- From: "Jim Holmes" <[email protected]>
>To: <[email protected]>
>Sent: Tuesday, February 21, 2006 11:43 AM
>Subject: CS>RE: ***Possible Spam*** Re: CS>honeybees
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>>That's why the Mexicans are here; give them little soft brushes and they
can
>>walk through the fields pollinating.
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>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: V [mailto:[email protected]]
>>Sent: Monday, February 20, 2006 7:16 PM
>>To: deborah byron
>>Subject: ***Possible Spam*** Re: CS>honeybees
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>>Yeah our whole food system depends on the bees . if they die we all
starve.
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>>Take care,
>>V
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>>>Problems with tracheal mites as well as other diseases can certainly be
>>>seen as symptoms of a weakened constitution, the same sort of holistic
>>>perspective we apply to human illnesses. In fact some observers of
>>>commercial beekeeping practices predicted as early as the 1920s the
demise
>>>of honeybees that has occurred in the last 15 years. All bees, including
>>>wild ones, have most definitely been affected by big Ag. with it's
>>>pesticides and the overall degradation of their environment. Its  likely
>>>that the phenomenon of swarming has gradually affected wild bee genetics
>>>as well.  By the time mites showed up, the bees were already struggling
>>>and thus less able to develop defenses.  Of course, conventional
>>>beekeeping as taught at the agricultural extension services virtually
>>>refuses to recognize environmental sources of harm, much less that any of
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>>>the methods they promote might be detrimental.
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>>
>>>DByron
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