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steven buczkowski <[log in to unmask]>
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Informed Discussion of Beekeeping Issues and Bee Biology <[log in to unmask]>
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Tue, 10 May 2016 21:38:28 -0400
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On Tue, 10 May 2016 16:32:42 -0400
Tanya Phillips <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> We are having the same issue with the word QUEEN EXTRUDER vs. what I
> say as queen excluder.  Is one way more proper than the other perhaps
> depending on what part of the US you live in?  Maybe I am making a
> big deal out of nothing and I am the only one who is bothered by
> this.  If the book is created for beginners, then none of you experts
> will be reading it anyway, right??? :) OMG.
> 

Well, unless they are describing making queens by squeezing PlayDough
or plastic through a nozzle (extrusion), 'queen extruder' makes
absolutely no sense. It's not a difference of opinion on language,
it's categorically wrong.

steven

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