My problem is the same as Adrian Wenner's, maybe worse.  I run statewide
research and educational programs and subscribe to three "professional"
lists.
 
Toggling among lists takes time.  I average 50-150 mail messages per day
from my statewide duties.  As such, I belong to the lumper class, one more list
and I will start dropping some.  I probably would not monitor a basic
beekeeping recreational list, yet I hate to not have beekeeper input.  I
don't see any reason why a beekeeper wouldn't have some interest in more
technical issues - after all, many earn their living this way.  As a
former rancher, I would not have passed up the opportunity to talk
directly to the researchers.  To date I haven't noticed anything so
technical that a beekeeper couldn't handle it with ease.  (Unless I am so
used to the jargon that I have lost touch with reality).
 
Basically, it may be the lazy approach, but one list makes more sense to
me than several.
 
Thanks
 
Jerry Bromenshenk
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On Tue, 8 Feb 1994, Adam Finkelstein wrote:
 
>    Why is the forming of a Usenet group for beekeeping regarded as
> splitting or lessening Bee-l? One may subscribe to Bee-l and also receive
> Usenet. One may write to Bee-l, and post articles on Usenet.
> More area for discussion seems to be a positive thing.
>  Adam
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