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The expected "failure" rate in the exploding population of new
beekeepers is also influenced by parameters that have affected
"success" in other earlier populations of people keeping bees. Some
people get it, others do not. Clearly knowledge, education, schooling,
information all help with success, but they do not guarantee it. Those
that stick with bees through the good and the hard times, have certain
characteristics that are set probably even before taking on beekeeping,
that contribute to what could be called a "bee sense". It involves
being a good observer, comfort with bees flying around and the
inevitable stings, a fascination with the inner works of colonies, and
with the seasonal cycles of growth and decline, and the ability to
balance innovation with giving older techniques a chance. Good
beekeepers would rather work in colonies than almost anything else. So
if one takes on beekeeping for some intellectual feel good cause,
regardless of how strong the motivation, other parameters come into
play despite all of the good intentions.
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