Aaron Morris wrote (in small part):

>I meant no offense to either (or ANY)
>publication and I was careful not to cast aspersions on the author, didn't
>even give his initials (C.arl W.enner) and only meant to voice my intense
>aversion to the concept of "evicting - depopulation - slaughtering your
>bees").

    Time to insert a little humor.  One of my beekeeping uncles was
actually named Carl Wenner --- now dead for a very long time.  He
kept bees in northern Minnesota, where killing all bees in the fall
was the practice at that time.  Remember, no one had resources at
that time (Great Depression) to overwinter colonies.  Besides, he had
a brother in California who shipped him packages and queens each
spring.

    We live in a different world now.

                                                        Adrian

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Adrian M. Wenner                (805) 963-8508 (home office phone)
967 Garcia Road                 [log in to unmask]
Santa Barbara, CA  93103        www.beesource.com/pov/wenner/index.htm

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