Thanks Bob, Adony et al for the responses.  I can feel much more confident 
in my decision to dust and the info provided is invaluable.  It certainly 
has rewarded my patience with BeeL and confirmed it as an informed source.

It does make me wonder though that with the proliferation of bee books out 
there, why no one has stepped up and written a book along the lines of  "A 
Dummies Guide to Commercial Beekeeping".  Or maybe I have just not come 
across it?

Claude 

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