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Date: | Sat, 7 Sep 2013 15:01:57 +0000 |
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Randy, I completely agreed with your post up until you said this:
"I've personally addressed the problem by not using synthetic miticides and
avoiding agricultural pesticides as much as possible, but mostly by selling
off a third to half of all my brood combs as nucs every season. This gives
me fresh combs each year, and nice, relatively new combs to sell in my
nucs. A win-win situation. I recover the cost of comb replacement in
setting the cost of my nucs."
Lately, I've become a big fan of packages for new beekeepers instead of nucs. You may sell off "relatively new" combs in your nucs, Randy, but I've seen those that don't. I would be embarrassed to sell to hobbyists some of the combs I've seen being sold in nucs to newbees. I think it is irresponsible, as brand-new beekeepers often/usually don't even realize what they are getting or what they should do with it. The only solution I see is to promote the purchase of packages instead.
Christina
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