> I have seen people talk about "following"
> sci.agriculture.beekeeping.  Is this a list?  Try as I might, I have
> not been able to find out how to subscribe to it if it is.  I hope
> some one will have mercy on a new-BEE (pardon the pun) and tell me
> how to subscribe to it if it is a list, and if not, WHAT IT IS!
 
Well, I'll reply to the list, seeing as there seem to be many new
members.
 
sci.agriculture.beekeeping is a USENET group which can be found by
using a newsreader -- either 'tin', 'rn', 'trn'  or some such if you
have a shell account, or 'Free Agent' or 'Newsexpress' if you use a
windows system. 'Netscape' can also be used to read news.
 
Unlike a mailing list (like this one), the propagation of articles on
USENET is very dependant on where you are located and the bandwidth
into your ISP.
 
I have two different places where I  read news.  One often has *many*
more articles in sci.agriculture.beekeeping than the other.  (An
'article' is a posting like this by one of the public reading it).
 
News also 'expires' fairly quickly.  If you have not read it, it is
gone  -- erased on your ISP to make room for more.  A mailing list
(like BEE-L) on the other hand, sends mail that just sits in your
mailbox until you read it.  Barring system failure, you should get
all articles that are posted.
 
You can also find sci.agriculture.beekeeping by using a web brouser
and using the Dejanews serch engine which will retrieve many old news
articles that you may not have read.
 
Old logs of sci.agriculture.beekeeping are archived by Adam on
Sunsite.  I believe there are pointers on the beekeeping home page
and maybe even my own (below).  I have been neglecting my pages and
they are quite out of date, but should still be a good starting
point.
 
Hope this helps.
 
 
 
Regards
 
Allen
 
W. Allen Dick, Beekeeper                                         VE6CFK
RR#1, Swalwell, Alberta  Canada T0M 1Y0
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