Jim Shoemaker writes >From a commercial beekeeper's point I would agree that it is somewhat of a >struggle, however, as a sideline or hobbist I consider it more of an >opportunity to view and appreciate one thrilling activity of nature. How I understand the main objections is against the term struggle, I can change it with care, but it seems to moderate for me. If you (as beekeeper hobbyist) have inter est on bee race, quality of bee queens; have treatment for bee colonies, make a life ea sier for colony by adding new vax scales, removing old combs, perform feeding, rearra nge broad nest, move colonies closer to nectar plants, choose hive to match climate , you follow my definition (consciously or no). Are you a beekeeper if not? >I contacted you by land line several weeks ago and indicated an interest >in obtaining a copy of your "bee population model." I suppose there are some misunderstandings or you change me for other person. Occasionally I have such a model, but it is never published and is not known for wider society. It is old model (1985), very primitive and I use it to show the influen ce of queen quality on colony development for the 1st year beekeeping students. It is inconvenient for me to show this model to specialists. I suppose this model i s not interesting also for beekeeping historicals. Almars Berzonis.