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Hi, Grant,
you wrote:
>Yeah, I know first-hand some guys that absolutely do not treat their hives.
Well, now you can say you know of a gal who posts to 'Bee L' who does not treat
her hives.
>I think they do this out of basic "laziness," or maybe their bees are more like feral pets in the backyard and a lower priority than I think the bees deserve.
Wow, this a presumptuous and somewhat insulting sweeeping statement.
>They like to think ...
Speaking for myself, thinking is not a matter of what I like or don't like
but what works and what doesn't which with bees usually begins with 'it depends'.
>They tell me they often split their hives (mostly walk-away splits allowing the bees to raise their own queen)
I too ask my colonies to raise their own queens, and splits are a two step process.
During Spring build up, I drop a frame of foundation between two or three frames of sealed brood and the following weekend those frame sets are pulled for nucs.
>But these beekeepers seldom harvest any appreciable amounts of honey,
If you have a study correlating the two; non treatment and diminished honey
production, I would like to see it.
>Their "success" at keeping bees alive without treatments is somewhat of a mystery.
Not to me. Success at anything usually involves a good deal of work.
Kathy Kellison
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