Herve writes:
 Clipping wings is not organic?! 

Reply:
You know reading this Herve, and thinking deeply now for
several hours, why would it be organic to clip wings and
lose natural supercedure that would go hand in hand with
organic? But also, I can actually see II on a limited scale
for improving stocklines, for organic breeders. But for
both I would be relating to outbreeding programs only, for
better acclimitized bees to match the local,native flora.

Which brings me to another question with II: Why cannot it
be used with outbreeding/mating for better genetics and not
to just hold closed populations or like? Or is it and I
just do not know about it......

Respectfully submitted,

Dee A. Lusby
Small Cell Commercial Beekeeper
Moyza, Arizona
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/organicbeekeepers/

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