Jim Shoemaker writes
 
>From a commercial beekeeper's point I would agree that it is somewhat of a
 
>struggle, however, as a sideline or hobbist I consider it more of an
 
>opportunity to view and appreciate one thrilling activity of nature.
 
How I understand the main objections is against the term struggle, I can change
it with
 
care, but it seems to moderate for me. If you (as beekeeper hobbyist) have inter
est on
 
bee race, quality of bee queens; have treatment for bee colonies, make a life ea
sier
 
for colony by adding new vax scales, removing old combs, perform feeding, rearra
nge
 
broad nest, move colonies closer to nectar plants, choose hive to  match climate
, you
 
follow my definition (consciously or no). Are you a beekeeper if not?
 
 
 
>I contacted you by land line several weeks ago and indicated an interest
 
>in obtaining a copy of your "bee population model."
 
I suppose there are some misunderstandings or you change me for other person.
 
Occasionally I have such a model, but it is never published and is not known for
 wider
 
society. It is old model (1985), very primitive and I use it to show the influen
ce of
 
queen quality on colony development for the 1st year beekeeping students. It
 
is inconvenient for me to show this model to specialists. I suppose this model i
s not
 
interesting also for beekeeping historicals.
 
 
 
Almars Berzonis.