I have long wondered what draws a person to be a beekeeper.  Are we unique 
in some ways?  Are there identifiable groups within the beekeeping 
community?  I have asked this of Bee-L before.  Now Wendy Schweigert of 
Bradley University and I are beginning a project to look for answers to 
these questions.  We would appreciate any from the Bee-L list and their 
associates taking a few minutes to help us with this quest.  Subjects from 
novice to well-seasoned, from the US and other countries, are needed.  Here 
is the press release that will be showing up in BC and ABJ next month.  The 
survey is available at SurveyMonkey now.  Thanks for your help.

Larry Krengel

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I, along with Wendy Schweigert and a team of her students from Bradley, will 
be conducting research about beekeepers and their characteristics.  The 
results of this research will be used to identify characteristics of those 
who chose to become beekeepers, to compare various subgroups of beekeepers 
with each other, and to compare other groups with beekeepers.

If you are 18 years or older and keep bees you are invited to be a part of 
this research by completing short anonymous survey about beekeepers.  We are 
interested in new beekeeper as well as those who are experienced.  Hobbyist, 
sideliners and commercial beekeepers are all invited to participate.  The 
survey can be found at [URL for survey on surveymonkey.com].  The survey 
will be available online until February 14, 2010.

If you have any questions about this research please feel free to contact 
Dr. Wendy Schweigert at [log in to unmask]

To access the survey click on the following link, or cut and paste it into 
your browser.  https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/9NSWHZ5



Larry Krengel

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