Jane Bekman: > While I disagree that the bee list does not meet the needs of a hobby > beekeeper (I find the various beekeeping newsletters from around the > country to be fascinating), I think it would be great to also have a > beekeeping newsgroup. My suggestion for a newsgroup is not meant to slight the researchers. It is meant to introduce people to beekeeping and be an easiliy findable source of information for folks. It took me a month to find bee-l and I'm a 4 year net-veteran. It would be harder for a newbie. I can guarrantee 3 votes from here and I could probably scare up a few more. I'd like it to be a "real" group as oppsed to an alt. group for the simple reason that sites don't carry any/all alt. groups. I also think that researchers should be into whatever group gets going and that the newsletters should be there too. they are a good source of info, even for the newbie keepers like myself. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Dave D. Cawley | University Of Scranton | [log in to unmask] | ddc1@SCRANTON | ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~