In a message dated 96-07-24 09:43:04 EDT, you write:
 
<<   I attend a field day of the Iowa Fruit and Vegetable Growers
 Association last Saturday.  They brought in a speaker who tends hives
 locally.  His talk was rather bleak and discouraging.   >>
 
Randy:
 
You can find naysayers and negative people discoursing on any subject. It is
sort of like "Is the glass half empty or half full?"
 
If you want to do it..just do it!  Stay tuned in to BEE-L, it is a veritable
"Wealth of Information",  with a great variety of opinions and suggestions.
Just weigh the info and decide for yourself!
 
Al Neredham
Hobbyist
Scituate,MA
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