From: RSBrenchley@aol.com
Date: Fri, 6 Jul 2001 09:52:50 EDT
To: BiologicalBeekeeping@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: Clipping queens

Dee writes:
> Careful what you write Clay as "The above is how God made them, but also
> man was given the right to manage them also.".

Most Biblical scholars (I'm sure I could find references if anyone's
interested) would probably say that the reference is to stewardship rather
than domination; ie it's not arbitrary authority to do what you like. Coming
at this as a theologian rather than as a beekeeper, I'd have to say that if
Psalm 104, which celebrates God's control of all creation, gives us some sort
of basis, then our authority must derive from God's, which is shown again in
Genesis; it is God who gives it to us. So let's use it with care, and look
after God's creation instead of abusing it!

with my beekeeping hat back on, I'm not sure about clipping queens; can
anyone prove that mated queens never take flights?

Regards,

Robert Brenchley