Dear Michael,
 
Thank so much for this posting, I was feeling a little put out by the
message about newbees.  Bee-L has been a lifeline to me for beekeeping.
I'm glad to know some of you are there for us.
 
I read recently on Bee-L that folks can change there subscription to get
just the more technical stuff from Bee-L, perhaps those that don't want to
hear about all our "newbee" questions and problems could try that way of
getting the Best of Bee-L.  Of course this is your deal (not you personally
Michael) and if you all really prefer that we go else wear I will sadly :-(
go.
 
> I'm occasionally a little frustrated by seeing a question come up that I,
> or some other list contributor answered in detail only a month or two
> before, but that's ok with me.  I'm just happy to have all these new
> beekeepers getting involved.
>
> I'll put up with a lot of redundency just to make sure these people have
a
> place to go for help.  One subject that hasn't come up much in recent
> months is the steady decline in the number of beekeepers in recent years.
> It was a big topic a while back, and quite honestly, it's a topic I'd
> prefer to leave behind in favor of "newbee" questions.  If you complained
> about the decline of beekeeping then, I hope you aren't complaining about
> this opportunity to do something about it!
>
> Maybe someone with a programmer's bent and time on their hands will come
up
> with a better way to retreive archived info, but until then, we need to
> hang in there and not slam the door on new beekeepers.  After 16 years
I'm
> still full of questions, some of which aren't all that sophisticated, and
I
> bet you are too.
>
> Michael Reddell
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