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James Fischer <[log in to unmask]>
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Thu, 24 Jul 2003 11:42:52 -0400
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From left to right, I have on my shelf:

1) "Honey Bee Pests Predators, and Diseases"

Published by AI Root, a book that gets depressingly thicker
and heavier with every edition, and may soon rival the
30-pound two volume "Compact Oxford English Dictionary"
in bulk, mass, and microscopic typeface.

2) "The Wisdom of the Hive"

Authored by Tom Seeley, published by Harvard Univ. Press.

Neither book is cheap, and neither has even a single word
about "basic beekeeping", but the first is a very good
reference for understanding the pests and diseases, and the
second is an excepctional reference for understanding
the oft-ignored issue of "bee behavior".

The other books on the shelf?  Attempts to force-fit rules of
thumb, personal opinions, and general statements into situations
involving insects who are much less predicable than those who
write books about bees.

Writing about beekeeping is much like dancing about chemistry.

                jim

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