>
>
> >That's a specious argument. The car would have been no use to her, if she
> didn't know how to drive it,

My point was that she had zero idea as to how it worked or how to take care
of it, yet it still provided the "utility" that she sought --
transportation.
Similarly, as far as the "utility" of a hive, prior to varroa, in at least
some areas you could put bees in a hive, and then perform zero management
other than to pull some honey each year. Colonies just took care of
themselves year after year.

-- 
Randy Oliver
Grass Valley, CA
www.ScientificBeekeeping.com

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