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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.
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