At my Apiary this is one of our fundamental guiding principals we steward our bees with. It is becoming increasingly harder and harder to operate under this traditional paradigm with all of the toxic chemicals that honeybees are continually bombarded with on a daily basis. Sadly we keep exposing them to more and more as tome passes with each year. Even knowing the perils and pitfalls of doing so profits seem to be more important than longterm tangible assets...