Dee Lusby wrote:

> Sorry Bob, but I cannot resist saying this: For the time it
> would take you, you are now too old to accomplish the task.
> Better to sell your bees down, retire,and leave it to the
> younger generation now coming on.

It was this statement that got me back posting about small cell. I hope
it was made in jest (otherwise it is offensive. I did react zealously
and apologize to any I, likewise, offended. I always offend Kieth :)).

What it does say, taken literally, is that small cell beekeeping is time
consuming, lengthy, difficult, costly and laborious, not for large
beekeeping operations but only small ones.

Sort of a self defeating statement if taken literally. I did not note
any smilies :)

Probably others, new to the list, would see it that way. So given a
choice between the effort involved with small cell (even if it works!),
compared to a couple of squirts of oxalic acid every November while
waiting for SMR to work its way into the mainstream, most would decide
to wait.

Bill Truesdell
Bath, Maine

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