pete wrote:

>  Large scale beekeepers are mostly people who started out
> small and succeeded for one reason or another. That's nothing to scoff
> at.


I agree.  I've spoken to plenty of the big guys, and they didn't get big by
being particularly stupid.
Adee's losses, although huge in numbers, weren't that large percentage
wise.  Lots of guys lost that kind of percentage.

The Adee's weren't doing anything all that different this year than last.
So the question is, why did things go differently?  Be assured that they are
looking into it, and perhaps we can all learn something from their sad
experience.

Randy Oliver

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