Comment:
>Who are "the researchers"? This is the way rumors start, get repeated, and
>become "truth".

>Thanks jerry! I knew you were the researcher but felt if you wanted others
>to know you would have posted on BEE-L.  Jerry B. sent me an email awhile
>back about his hypothesis of the recent problems being caused by two
>pathogens working together. I might add other researchers hold the same
>view and many commercial beeks.

>To cite beesource as a "source" is a joke. There is more garbage there than
>anywhere else I can think of.

Maybe beesource is a joke to you Peter but a former moderator from BEE-L
started beesource and now the list has over 4000 members compared to the
1000 on BEe-L. I rarely post and read but if I do only  on the commercial
beekeepers section. Barry started the commercial beekeepers section so we
could discuss our issues without having to deal with beekeepers * without*
similar interests always putting their 2 cents worth in.

I have found the commercial beeks on the commercial list very knowledgeable
and willing to share information. At times I feel like the lone ranger on
bee-l as so few active commercial beekeepers on the list these days.

>The mere mention of it detracts from the credibility of your information.

Maybe in your opinion .

Opinions vary and many on BEE-L are also members of other lists. Maybe you
should expand your horizons and explore the beekeeping options the net
provides?

If you go back in your library searches far enough Peter you will find books 
and maps which say the world is flat. As time went on we learned the 
research was wrong. Same with a portion of old beekeeping research. The 
internet is based in the here and now. Even articles in bee magazines are 
*dated* ( usually several months behind what is going on in the industry. )

The cell phone is the grapevine of commercial beekeepers today. Second the 
internet and email and third is bee meetings and gatherings in commercial 
beekeeping areas.

Fourth is bee magazines and last ( sadly) is my favorite my vast beekeeping 
library and collection of American Bee journals and Bee Cultures which date 
to the 1920's. Every single issue of both for the last forty years.

Few commercial beekeepers are avid readers. I read constantly. I read ABj & 
BC cover to cover but when busy I might let lay and read several months 
copies in a single day. When on the road many times I will take several 
years of old ABJ & BC to read.

bob

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