>Many of (my) friends say to me: >"Bob you are wasting your breath on the BEE-L list as those guys are out of >touch with the real world of commercial beekeeping. " >*If * I did not come on and give the "other side of the coin" then many >BEE-L members might believe there is only one side of the discussion. That's true, Bob. We need to hear from a number of viewpoints and you make your points clearly and in detail. Thanks. That makes me ask, though, who does read BEE-L? As someone recently pointed out, only a few people seem to post lately, but some 800 copies of each BEE-L message is sent out into the cloud. In addition, we have no idea how many read BEE-L at http://www.BEE-L.org or receive forwarded copies of at least the more outrageous or provocative of the BEE-L posts. I know it is more than a few, and that the research community is aware of any hot topic on BEE-L and what is being said by whom. Sometimes we get "Attaboys". So, lurkers, please uncloak! Please hit "Reply" and comment! Write anything you like, but I ask only one more thing. Don't quote this message in your reply. Thanks. *********************************************** The BEE-L mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned LISTSERV(R) list management software. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html Guidelines for posting to BEE-L can be found at: http://honeybeeworld.com/bee-l/guidelines.htm