Monday, April 22

How do we make money from all of this pollen?



In response to last week’s question, “How do we make money from all of this pollen?", my birthday bud Jon counseled, "Just decide it's nothing to sneeze at."    To this, my friend Richard proposed, "Have the EPA charge a fine every time someone sneezes!  They’ll make a mint just from Georgia alone!" 

My dad's beach buddy Bob concluded, "Everything must be pollinated to grow and reproduce,, so scoop it up, can it and sell it to planned parenthood."

While my friend Kelly lamented, "If I knew that, you’d be working for me by now!", my cousin Wes suggested, "be a farmer, florist, pharmacist, drug company or allergist."  My mountain biking friend Ted concurred, "Just ask the pharmaceutical companies!"

Then my neighbor Al shared his personal pollen experience, "Actually, when I was in the beekeeping business that was one of the big discussions. Should we put pollen traps on our hives and sell the pollen. There is a very good market for pollen in health food stores.  It's rather labor intensive and you run the risk of pulling too much pollen, the primary protein source for honey bees, from your hives. On top of that you have to put up with all of those left wing, flower hugging, Green Peace, "Flower Lovers", who keep protesting and sabotaging your pollen traps, and marching around your hives with "Save the Pollen" signs!!

Please share your thoughts about "things that make you go 'Hmmm' “:

                How do you describe "indescribable"?

Life should NOT be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in an attractive and well preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways, chocolate in one hand, wine in the other, body thoroughly used up, totally worn out and screaming "WOO HOO what a ride!"

Hal

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