>> ...or just downright ignorance of how to read instructions and follow 
>> labels.

For those wondering about the ability and willingness of the average 
beekeeper to read and follow simple instructions, merely examining the 
postings on BEE-L may be an indicator.

I assume, BEE-L posts come from some of the best and the brightest -- and 
probably more literate -- members of our craft.

That notwithstanding -- and in spite of an obvious notice at the bottom of 
every message to consult and follow the guidelines -- many posts are 
submitted with the entire text of previous messages, extended tag lines, 
remains of junk headers and signature lines, and, tellingly, from time to 
time, several copies of the admonition to consult the guidelines.

When I see this, I have ask myself this: if the best and brightest cannot 
find and follow the first commandment of BEE-L, then what can we expect when 
beekeepers are expected to understand and comply with tiny 
technical-sounding text on the back of a pretty label on a wrapping that may 
have been long discarded? 

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