Milam Naturalists

Ledbetter Park

Cameron, Texas

Thursday 10 February 2011

Change: The Only Constant

Clint Walker III

Walker Honey Farm

Rogers, Texas

G. C. Walker, Jr.

1920-2008

Beekeeper

1937-2007

G.C. to Clint upon Selling His

Beekeeping Business to Him:

“Don’t make any changes!”

Transitions for Walker Honey Farm

1930 Gause, Milam, TX; Honey and Queens

1935 Lexington, Lee, TX; Honey/QNS/Bulk Bees

1941 LRGV; Add Pollination

1945 Colorado; Clover Honey Production

1950 North Texas; Clover Honey Production

1960 TX High Plains; Cucumber Pollination

1963 Back “Home” to Central Texas

1994 Close LRGV

1998 Add CA Almond Pollination

2001 Add Packing/Retail

2011 Dancing Bee Winery

Pollination Then and Now

1940s Texas LRGV

Small Vegetable Seed Crops

1960s Texas High Plains

Cucumbers for Pickles

1990s California Central Valley

Almonds

2000s Texas

Melons

Pollination Now—

California Almonds

Pollination

TX Melons

Honey Production Then

Honey Production Now

Queen Rearing Then

1930: G. C. “Clint” Walker, Sr. buys

150 Hives of Bees in Milam County .

Sells his entire honey crop in #5

friction top cans from the back of his

1928 Model A Ford.

1931: Graham Apiaries of Cameron,

TX buys all 150 queens for $.50

each. We’re Rich!

Queen Rearing Now

Honey Packing Now

Honey Sales Then

Honey Sales Now

Retail

Then

Retail Now

Change: The Only Constant

“Don’t think of it as “change” Dad!

It’s merely a rejection of the belief that yesterday’s

answers will fit tomorrow’s questions.”

Changes in the Landscape

Softer Ag Chemicals

Phase Out of Organophosphates and Carbamates

Replace by Systemics.

Re-define “TOXICITY”

The Old Standard: LD50

The New Standard:

Sub-Lethal Effects

Chronic Impacts

Populations Dynamics

Pellston Process

Re-shape the Science of Chemical Registration

Changes in the Landscape

Forces of Change: People Power

CCD

Sustainability

Political Power Progressive Politics

Risk Assessment: Pellston Process

Re-shape the Science of Chemical Registration

Risk Management: Re-shape the Politics of Chemical Registration

It is not the strongest of the species that

survive, nor the most intelligent, but the one

most responsive to change.

Those who expect moments of change to be

comfortable and free of conflict have not

learned their history. ~Joan Wallach Scott

It is not necessary to change. Survival is not

mandatory. ~W. Edwards Deming

--Thanks Milam Naturalists . . . for all you do!

Clint Walker III