Hi all
I don't know how many of you saw my article in the Dec ABJ but I would welcome comments, pro & con. The gist of it: the new wave of hand's off beekeeping is a great leap backwards. For example, one hundred years ago:

> Probably one-third of all the bees in the United States are in hives without movable combs, and to assist the owners of such colonies to get them in proper hives this bulletin is prepared. Various methods are given, some one of which will be possible to any beekeeper, so that there is no reason for delay in making the bees productive. Unless the bees are properly managed after transfer there is little advantage in movable-frame hives. This requires a study of beekeeping as well as promptness and care.  — Sechrist, Edward Lloyd. Transferring bees to modern hives. 1918.

PLB

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