Static Methods for Communicating Between JSF Managed Beans

Question

I am currently working on a JSF application, and am trying to get two managed beans to communicate with each other. I am trying to achieve this using the Java "static" keyword, which allows me to access a class's variables without having to instantiate the class. For example:

public class Bean1
{
    private static Integer myVariable;
    public static Integer getMyVariable()
    {
        return myVariable;
    }
    public static void setMyVariable(Integer newVariable)
    {
        myVariable = newVariable;
    }
}


public class Bean2
{
    public String myMethod()
    {
        System.out.println("Bean1 myVariable: " + 
            Bean1.getMyVariable());
    }
}

This works for me, as long as both Bean1 and Bean2 are initialized. Is there a safer, more JSF-friendly way to do something of this nature?