Guideline for BEE-L Submissions

 1.  Do not include excessive quotes of previous submissions.
     If  you  must quote previous postings, include only what
     is necessary to make your point.   Submissions that  in-
     clude  the  entirety  of previous posts will be rejected
     without comment or notice.

 2.  Submit your posts as TEXT ONLY!   There  are  many  sub-
     scribers  whose  mailers  will not interpret text markup
     languages and to them submissions which  include  markup
     characters  (such  as  HTML) appear as gibberish.   Sub-
     missions to BEE-L must be in the lowest common denomina-
     tor for all subscribers, which  is  TEXT  ONLY!    Posts
     submitted  to BEE-L in markup languages will be rejected
     without notice.

 3.  Binary file attachments are not allowed on BEE-L.  Simi-
     lar to markup languages, many subscribers  have  mailers
     not able to decipher binary file attachments (such as MS
     Word  attachments).  Submissions with binary attachments
     are never approved by the list  moderators,  most  times
     without  notice.  Suggestions for binary attachments in-
     clude deciphering them at your end  to  include  in  the
     text of your submission or making them available at your
     site   and  advertising  their  availability  on  BEE-L.
     Please verify your URLs.  If detected, submissions  with
     invalid or nonexistant URLs will not be approved, possi-
     bly without notice.

 4.  Do  not  send personal responses to the entire list.  If
     Bea Keepr posts something to the list that inspires  you
     to  write  to Bea, DO NOT send your personal response to
     BEE-L, send it to Bea!  Only send to the list that which
     you want read by everyone.  Submissions to the list that
     appear to be personal responses are rarely  approved  by
     the list moderators, often without notice.

 5.  Trolling (name calling, baiting, incivility) is not tol-
     erated.  Heated discussions are allowed, after all we're
     beekeepers and may not always agree.  But as Rodney King
     put  it,  "Can't we all just get along?"  This is a grey
     area up to the discretion of the moderators, but offend-
     ing submissions will be rejected without notice.

 6.  Do not send LISTSERV service requests to the list.   Re-
     quests of LISTSERV for list services must be sent to:
                    [log in to unmask]
     LISTSERV  service  requests  sent to BEE-L are never ap-
     proved by the list moderators, no notice  is  given  and
     the requested service is not provided.


 7.  Submissions  to  BEE-L  must be related to the "Informed
     Discussion of Beekeeping Issues and Bee Biology".   SPAM
     is  NEVER  approved!    Furthermore, submissions must be
     "Informed"!  BEE-L is not intended to  be  a  substitute
     for  beginning  texts on keeping bees.  If your question
     is a basic beekeeping question,  it  has  probably  been
     asked  and answered on BEE-L before, perhaps many times.
     Answers to frequently asked questions may  be  found  by
     searching the BEE-L archives.  Submissions of frequently
     asked  questions may be approved or not, with or without
     notice.  Approved frequently asked questions  are  often
     met  with  cries  of  "Search the Archives!".   Cries of
     "Search the Archives!" are sometimes approved  to  drive
     home the point, but rarely.

 8.  Submissions  to BEE-L should not contain misinformation.
     Although slow to admit it, the moderators do not know it
     all.  However, blatant misinformation is rejected  with-
     out notice.  Realizing there is a fine line between new,
     thought  provoking  ideas and misinformation the modera-
     tors strive for leniency in their judgment and prefer to
     err on the side of thought provoking ideas.  Reader  be-
     ware that if you read it here it ain't necessarily so!

 9.  BEE-L  is  not a marketplace.   Product reviews are wel-
     come.  Product announcements are  tolerated.    Repeated
     announcements and marketing are less welcome proportion-
     ately  to  their  frequency.   Advertisements may be re-
     jected without notice.

 10. Lastly, long signature files are discouraged.  A  guide-
     line  of  five  lines is suggested.   Life histories and
     driving directions to your doorstep or place of business
     are strongly discouraged and are often rejected  without
     notice.

 The  BEE-L  moderators  and subscribers thank you in advance
 for adhering to these guidelines.   We hope  you  find  your
 BEE-L experience informative, engaging, educational and most
 importantly, fun!