Hi John, fascinating breakdown of these very important issues. Thank you for your detailed response and for your willingness to educate a 'novice' bee companion. It's funny because I had wanted to have bees for years and years and just felt that I didn't have the skills necessary to 'keep' bees, now I feel that keeping bees is an advocacy that with the growing interest in bees and keeping them that you see, will result in more protections for them,more tolerance and understanding for them in our municipal and urban areas. People like you can continue to educate those of us to raise the bar of skill and knowledge and it's much appreciated. 

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