> Treatment free = neglect.

I took this approach with a neighbor of mine who was starting out with bees, and she didn't speak to me again for five years. Whenever I bumped into her, I apologized. I guess she finally believed me. 

Outside of American foulbrood, of course, which is illegal to harbor, now I feel like it's none of my business what other people do. If they ask for advice, that's different, I'll tell them straight. 

But to launch into some moral rant is to forget that we are talking about self-organizing insects, not a sacred cow. I wonder how many beekeepers have the same reverence for hornets.

PLB

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