Hi Murray

> Yikes, what a horrible thought!

That is too much to contemplate for a civilised discussion :-)

> Did you see it on the tv? 

Not at first hand, but I suspect there are/will be some video links 
lurking on the Irish List.

> Pretty resounding eh? Now remains to be seen what happens

That is the bit that bothers me... High ideals and tight purse strings.

But to return to our beekeeping remit, you raise 2 or 3 thousand queens 
a year, what percentage are raised by deliberate queen rearing methods 
as opposed to those generated as a result of colony manipulations like 
splitting ?

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