> It may be a case of only seeing what you want to see but I am not sure of
> all these statements that say treatment free bee keeping is so rare.
> Survey numbers say that 60 percent or so of bee keepers don't treat.
>
Missing the other shoe- it is not that someone does not treat but that they
do not treat and the bees survive. That is TF. Otherwise the statement is
nonsensical.
My guess is you are using the Bee Informed survey which also notes that
many if not most of those who do not treat are hobby beekeepers and have
the highest bee morality.
Bill Truesdell
Bath, Maine
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