At 06:19 PM 5/21/97 -0400, you wrote:
>>>To that 11 year old young man, you said that he should use a queen
>>>excluder.  I was told by the store where I spent $600 for my two
>>>unassembled hives, that a queen excluder will stop the other bees
>>from
>>>doing much up there.  The lady at the shop said it really is a bee
>>>excluder.
>
>I hope there's a typo here.  I think $300 for one unassembled hive is a bit
>much.  If you're paying more than $75 for an unassembled hive, send me a
>direct mail and I'll give you the 800 numbers for suppliers who will not
>rip you off.
>
>Wouldn't it be great if we could somehow form a relationship with a bee
>house to give members of the list a special discount?  Like since there are
>over 500 members on the list, wouldn't it be great to get that many
>customers if you were in that business?  Wouldn't it be great to be a
>member of the list and enjoy some savings.  I'm sure that we represent a
>sizable purchase of bee equipment each year.  Wouldn't it be great to flex
>our economic muscles and take advantage of that?
>
>I'm not sure that I haven't violated some facet of netiquete(sp?) here.  I
>certainly don't want to offend anyone.  I know that the subject of money on
>the net causes some people to get real defensive.  I just see this as a
>win/win situation if we could pull it off.  Also, I don't have any interest
>in any bee supply businesses.  I just like saving a buck like most folks
>
>Ted Wout
>Red Oak, TX.
>
WELL LETS DO IT!!!