>
> Really?  Seems I have been conversing with an imposter who goes by
> the handle "wcubed" and signs "Walt W".  I'm too gullible, I guess.
>    

I've had several debates with Walt, on line and other. I agree with the 
basic beekeeping facts that he presents in his manuscript, but only 
facts we already know. I can't agree with how he uses those facts to 
explain his idea of swarm biology and control. I say debate, but it 
never is. He never answers questions. He only rallies the troops. The 
fact that adding empty supers above a broodnest being back filled, 
results in the nectar being removed from the broodnest and no swarm 
indicates to me that the whole premise of the bees back filling the 
broodnest with the intention of swarming falls apart. They weren't 
thinking back fill the broodnest so we can swarm, they had no place to 
put the nectar but the broodnest. And if that  isn't wright then the 
whole theory of back filling...repro-cut off dates...checkerboarding is 
questionable.

I won't bother asking him to answer my questions anymore. It doesn't 
really matter. I just feel sorry for the beekeeper in Elmira who was 
supposed to reverse his bees in the middle of March...so he could fit 
within the parameters of the repro-cut off date theory.

Middle of March is two weeks away. -10F tonight. Better warm up quick. 
Beekeeping and frostbite is local.
Mike

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