>Get real!
Is that necessary?

>When you are harvesting a part of their stores as is done in commercial
   >beekeeping (to pay the bills) you at times need to feed!

Bob,
        This exactly what we weren't discussing. Since you are harvesting more than surplus you have to feed and yes those bees are producing just fine. What keith and I were talking about was feeding bees unable to produce enough for themselves let alone a harvest. I am sure you would cull that line right there.

Although we may not agree on diet, I am willing to not discuss that and therfore diet wasn't really oar  of the discussion. The topic was about propping up a line of bees that wouldn’t make it on there own. Surely you can understand the impact of constant artificial inclusion of failing genes in the pool.

Scot Mc Pherson
McPherson Family Honey Farms
Davenport, IA
Bradenton, FL

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