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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
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