If our world could be reduced to a village of 1000 people
what would it look like?
There would be
579 Asians
150 Africans
120 Europeans
81 North Americans
61 from South America
6 from Oceana
314 Christians
236 Muslims
143 Hindus
71 Buddhists
71 Confucians and Taoists
7 Shintoists
2 Jews
150 would be of a minor religion or atheist
6% receive half of the village income
16% of adults are illiterate
40% exist on less than $2 per day
40% are malnourished
And who provides honey for this village?
Just one beekeeper
Thank you to my friend and colleague, David Papke, who found the original in some old files dating to pre-1990. The statistics have been up-dated using 2011 data
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I have spent some 75 years living and working in England,Rhodesia/Zimbabwe, South Africa and the USA, with many opportunities to learn from beekeepers in a v variety of African and European countries in between . An educator by profession, with a focus on history and group dynamics, the honey bees chose me in 2002, despite which, like many beekeepers, I lost my first two hives over winter. In 2009 I was asked by the editor of the PSBA to write a column for the monthly newsletter, which she labelled "Jeremy's Corner"; 14 years later is still continues. A rather eclectic style of content and vision developed, and these posts are based mostly on those essays. Meanwhile I was fortunate to be honored as York County's Beekeeper of there Year in 2013, and similarly for Pennsylvania in 2018.
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