If you seek a good hive inspector/apiarist program as
a model, one could not go wrong by simply Xeroxing
whatever Maryland does.
I have never kept bees in Maryland, and I only spent
a few minutes with a Maryland bee inspector, but I
was very impressed...
It was at EAS 2000, held in Maryland that year.
An apiary seminar was about to start, and I and
another fellow arrived slightly early for the seminar.
The other fellow was standing alone, nervously
polishing a hive tool with a paper towel... gosh,
maybe he was new, shy, and did not know
anyone there...
So, try to make conversation, in my best Lutheran
church-supper manner....
"Wow, that's a nice shiny hive tool..."
But I was instantly interrupted by a fully-automatic,
put-a-new-part-in-your-hair, rapid-fire, 60-caliber,
with tracer rounds, stream of words from this fellow,
who suddenly took on the persona of a drill sergeant,
right down closing the distance between our noses
to exactly 2 inches:
"If YOUR hive tool is not every BIT as clean
and SHINY as mine, then you are spreading
DISEASE between your hives..."
He went on like that for a while, speaking in all caps,
and using exclamation points as his only choice
of punctuation.
When he at last stopped for breath, I took a step back,
and said:
"Sorry, I was just trying to complement you
on your very stylish and practical Chrome-Plated
hive tool - I've never seen a chromed one before,
and thought it was a very good idea."
Now THAT's an inspector!
jim
farmageddon (Where "chrome is where the heart is",
and "there's no place like chrome",
and "I'll be chrome for Christmas".)
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