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>>I, with great reluctance, have attempted to "stay aloof" to this subject, but
>>just
>>can't anymore.
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>Amen. Great post, George.
>What amazes me in threads like these is, as I said, anecdotal evidence
>trumps science. "It works for me" becomes a universal truth.
>   Gets a bit frustrating.
>  Amen. Great post, George.
  Bill Truesdell


Whatever. My bees winter well on what I think to be Goldenrod. Do I have
any dysentery in my bees...a little. Do I lose any bees from it...a few.

So I should take all the honey and feed back syrup...50000 pounds of it??
To save a few colonies?? I hardly think so.
And I better dose them with menthol and Fumidil..'cause science says so?? I
think not.

I guess I'll stick with my proven methods, and take my 40 ton average crop
to the bank. Folks living near the Mason-Dixon line shouldn't tell me how
to winter bees on the Canada border. It just isn't the same game. Remember,
my "anecdotal evidence" comes from 30 + years of experience wintering bees
in the north.

I guess there's more than one way to skin a cat.

Mike