I've read a couple books on Bee Keeping in the last couple weeks and started to read some of the online information. I was fascinated by learning about how bees are kept and even more interested in the different opinions/facts being stated about the problems with bee keeping such as the debates over using medications and feeding syrup to the Hives. It was also interesting to see that many new bee keepers are encouraged to buy what are essentially bee stock that has been inbred from a small number of professional breeders rather than breeding their own queens or trying to catch and breed local feral bees which have more genetic diversity and are naturally immune to many diseases and acclimated to the local environment.

A plea for bees: http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/dennis_vanengelsdorp_a_plea_for_bees.html