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<there are two kinds of beekeepers, older ones who are resistant to
change, etc. and newer ones who are not...> acc/ to Computer Software
Solutions....
****I couldn't disagree more!*****
Tenez la foi!
Jack the Bman from
Ellicott City Maryland USA
 
 
On Sat, 7 Feb 1998, Computer Software Solutions Ltd wrote:
 
> Hi All
>
> This posting is NOT solely about Resistant Varroa Mites, so please read it,
> even if you have had almost too many postings on this subject.
>
> It seems to me, that with the emergence of resistant mites, that DR
> Rodriguez case for using non chemical treatments has been largely vindicated
> and possibly fully proved. It also seems to me, that there are two kinds of
> beekeepers. One is the older variety in terms of years spent with bees. I am
> of the opinion that these beekeepers are not too open to new ideas. The
> other variety, like myself, is the newer beekeeper, who is more open to new
> ideas, since every idea to us is a new idea. Like all activities carried out
> in this technological age, beekeeping is better for a technological approach
> which is environmentally benign. I have plans to put Dr Rodriguez system
> into operation as soon as I can.
>
> It is now largely held, that chemical means of treating problems have had
> some unwanted side effects. My understanding of what the Doctor is
> advocating, is a mechanical treatment for the varroa and other mites,
> whereby you just kill them as it were mechanically, and the killing leaves
> no trace in the hive and hence in the environment. It is rather like the
> difference between swatting flies and treating them with DDT, and we all
> know what the DDT did. Rachel Carson's chilling book, Silent Spring, which
> though thankfully did not happen with the force which she postulated, did
> happen to some extent.
>
> Dr Rodriguez, I am but a recent comer to beekeeping and I would like to
> contribute a small sum to defray some of your expenses. An offer of this
> sort has already been made by other contributors. I would again ask the
> contributors to BEE-L (as did the other contributors), to support Dr
> Rodriguez in the work he is doing both for bees and the environment, and
> hence for us all.
>
> Could the good Doctor indicate to us where funds should be sent, and I am
> sure that we will not be found wanting. After all, think of the amount of
> valuable information (some of which possibly led to better beekeeping and
> hence more profit), which we have received from BEE-L free of charge, much
> of which has been contributed by Dr Rodriguez. I also think of how many
> books I would have to buy to obtain the information that I have received
> from BEE-L. It would come to a tidy sum. And I cannot get from a book, the
> personalised answers to specific questions, which I have received from BEE-L.
>
> Thanks to one and all for the time spent in reading this posting.
>
> Sincerely
> Tom Barrett
> 49 South Park
> Foxrock
> Dublin 18
> Ireland
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