Re: Roundup My experience agrees with Cam's. I worked at the Dyce Bee Lab for seven years and ran about 200 colonies. We always kept the weeds down using a combination of weekly mowing and roundup. I had very long electric fence lines because we spread the hives out pretty widely to minimize drifting. I had to roundup the fence lines, and also up close around the hives. The rest I mowed. I know other beekeepers who roundup extensively as well. It's not an insecticide PLB *********************************************** The BEE-L mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned LISTSERV(R) list management software. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html Guidelines for posting to BEE-L can be found at: http://honeybeeworld.com/bee-l/guidelines.htm