Content-Transfer-Encoding: |
quoted-printable |
Sender: |
|
Subject: |
|
From: |
|
Date: |
Sat, 24 Nov 2001 17:54:08 -0600 |
Content-Type: |
text/plain; charset="us-ascii" |
MIME-Version: |
1.0 |
Reply-To: |
|
Parts/Attachments: |
|
|
-----Original Message-----
From: Bob & Liz [SMTP:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: Saturday, November 24, 2001 5:37 PM
To: 'Informed Discussion of Beekeeping Issues and Bee Biology'
Subject: RE: Some anonymous remarks
-----Original Message-----
From: Dick Allen [SMTP:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: Saturday, November 24, 2001 12:31 AM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Some anonymous remarks
Hello All,
Anonymous wrote;
It makes no sense for a scientist to respond to such "non-proven pseudo-facts". This is best shown by the recent discussion of overwinterung on different honey-sugar types. There are numerous scientific papers on it at least in my country; and the discussion out there is as if such information is non-existent. So the "informed discussion group" in reality is a discussion of mostly "non-informed bee keepers" and worse of those who do not know that they are "non-informed".
On the subject of overwintering there has been more written than any beekeeping subject ever written. As a collector of old beekeeping books and mags I know the above is true. The truth (from a old beekeeper) is a strong hive with young bees , young queen and plenty of honey/syrup and pollen, disease and mite free is going to see spring regardless of all the things argued about in the discussion our scientist is talking about. I did not enter the discussion of over wintering as it was the same old items discussed.
I consider BEE-L to be the number one list for beekeeping in the world. There certainly are many informed beekeepers on BEE-L. and a few scientists. Because we are in essence writing a book together many of us will not let what we know as totally inaccurate information stand on Bee-L. . I saw no information presented in the overwintering posts which I had not seen presented through the years. I would invite our anonymous scientists to help out and point out wrong information posted. Even though I started keeping bees as a teenager I still have got many things to learn in beekeeping. We also have got many new beekeepers on the list and they need to learn from us. Regardless of what those selling beekeeping supplies will tell you beekeeping is not an easy craft to learn. There are many ways to keep bees successfully and it is almost impossible to get beekeepers to agree on any one method.
Sincerely,
Bob Harrison
Odessa, Missouri
|
|
|