Hi Folks,

In the past week or so, submissions quoting the entirety of previously
posted material has become commonplace.  EVERY RESPONSE to the query about
bee space has quoted the entirely of the original question.  Please remember
the guidelines for submissions when submitting material to BEE-L.

It's been a while since the guideline for submission have been posted, so
I've included them below.  Please take a moment to review the guidelines.

Sincerely,
Aaron Morris

Guidelines for BEE-L Submissions

                    1.  Do not include excessive quotes of previous
submissions.     If  you  must
                    quote previous postings, include only what is necessary
to make your
                    point.   Submissions that   include  the  entirety  of
previous posts will be
                    rejected without comment or notice.

                    2.  Submit your posts as TEXT ONLY!   There  are  many
sub    scribers
                    whose  mailers  will not interpret text markup languages
and to them
                    submissions which include   markup characters  (such  as
HTML) appear
                    as gibberish.    Submissions to BEE-L must be in the
lowest common
                    denominator for all subscribers, which  is  TEXT  ONLY!
Posts
                    submitted  to BEE-L in markup languages will be rejected
without notice.

                    3.  Binary file attachments are not allowed on BEE-L.
Similar to markup
                    languages, many subscribers  have   mailers not able to
decipher binary file
                    attachments (such as MS Word  attachments).  Submissions
with binary
                    attachments are never approved by the list  moderators,
most   times
                    without  notice.  Suggestions for binary attachments
include deciphering
                    them at your end  to  include   in  the text of your
submission or making them
                    available at your site   and  advertising  their
availability  on  BEE-L. Please
                    verify your URLs.  If detected, submissions   with
invalid or nonexistant
                    URLs will not be approved, possibly without notice.

                    4.  Do  not  send personal responses to the entire list.
If Bea Keepr posts
                    something to the list that inspires  you to  write  to
Bea, DO NOT send your
                    personal response to BEE-L, send it to Bea!  Only send
to the list that
                    which you want read by everyone.  Submissions to the
list that appear to be
                    personal responses are rarely  approved   by the list
moderators, often
                    without notice.

                    5.  Trolling (name calling, baiting, incivility) is not
tol erated.  Heated
                    discussions are allowed, after all we're beekeepers and
may not always
                    agree.  But as Rodney King put  it,  "Can't we all just
get along?"   This is a
                    grey area up to the discretion of the moderators, but
offending submissions
                    will be rejected without notice.

                    6.  Do not send LISTSERV service requests to the list.
Requests of
                    LISTSERV for list services must be sent to:
                    [log in to unmask]   LISTSERV  service
requests  sent to
                    BEE-L are never approved by the list moderators, no
notice  is  given   and
                    the requested service is not provided.

                    7.  Submissions  to  BEE-L  must be related to the
"Informed Discussion of
                    Beekeeping Issues and Bee Biology".    SPAM is  NEVER
approved!
                    Furthermore, submissions must be "Informed"!  BEE-L is
not intended to
                    be  a  substitute for  beginning  texts on keeping bees.
If your question is a
                    basic beekeeping question,  it  has  probably   been
asked  and answered
                    on BEE-L before, perhaps many times.  Answers to
frequently asked
                    questions may  be  found   by searching the BEE-L
archives.  Submissions
                    of frequently asked  questions may be approved or not,
with or without
                    notice.  Approved frequently asked questions  are  often
met  with  cries  of
                    "Search the Archives!".   Cries of "Search the
Archives!" are sometimes
                    approved  to   drive home the point, but rarely.

                    8.  Submissions  to BEE-L should not contain
misinformation.    Although
                    slow to admit it, the moderators do not know it all.
However, blatant
                    misinformation is rejected   with out notice.  Realizing
there is a fine line
                    between new, thought  provoking  ideas and
misinformation the moderators
                    strive for leniency in their judgment and prefer to err
on the side of thought
                    provoking ideas.  Reader   beware that if you read it
here it ain't necessarily
                    so!

                    9.  BEE-L  is  not a marketplace.   Product reviews are
welcome.  Product
                    announcements are  tolerated.   Repeated announcements
and marketing are
                    less welcome proportionately  to  their  frequency.
Advertisements may be
                    rejected without notice.

                    10. Lastly, long signature files are discouraged.  A
guide line  of five  lines
                    maximum is suggested.    Life histories and driving
directions to your
                    doorstep or place of business are strongly discouraged
and are often
                    rejected  without notice.

                    The  BEE-L  moderators  and subscribers thank you in
advance for
                    adhering to these guidelines.   We hope  you  find  your
BEE-L experience
                    informative, engaging, educational and most importantly,
fun!