To those on BEE-L:
I am sorry for the cross post, but since I felt obligated to replying to to
on the Organicslist for others can be aware of the happening, I am also
posting it here for your awareness also.
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Subject: [BioBee] So long, farewell
Date: Saturday 27 November 2004 11:35 pm
From: Barry Birkey <barry@b...>
To: [log in to unmask]
BioBee was originally started in Dec. of 2000 in response to a growing
interest in small cell discussion. At that time, Dee Lusby was very active
on the list and all angles of her methodology and theory were discussed and
debated. Now having four years of discussion and experience behind us, it
appears there is nothing much new to discuss. Dee has since moved on and
created her own list that is more narrow in tolerance in regards to
beekeeping practices.
Reply:
The only thing I have done is stood on ZERO HIVE TREATMENTS AND ARTIFICIAL
FOOD AS NO GOOD FOR LONG TERM SUPPORT OF OUR HONEYBEES. YOU WEAN BEES OFF OF
DOPES AND ARTIFICIAL FOODS ARE FOR SHORT HAUL ONLY. NOT YEAR AFTER YEAR,
AFTER
STEALING ALL OF THE YEARS FOOD THE BEES HAVE MADE. THEY DESERVE THIER FAIR
SHARE OF THE REWARDS, AND DOPES IN A HIVE ARE KILLING OUR INDUSTRY.
IF THIS IS NARROW MINDED, THEN SO BE IT!
Also when BioBee started..............it was started with the understanding
that it would be a clean list with not helping beekeepers to use dopes, and
then essential oils and others things were allowed.
The only thing I/we have done is take our bees backon a smaller natural
cell
size they were upped from with enlargement of combs starting over 100 years
ago, and at the same time said no cheating on chemicals, drugs, essential
oils, FGMO, and acids, fungicids, etc or what be it for internal hive
control.
If I am narrow then so be it.
There is nothing wrong with rotating in smaller combs and working the
misdrawn to the sides/perifery of the broodnest and then up and out.
We need food in this country and for our world and bees to do it with, and
somehow it has to be clean, and on that I WILL
STAND........................................
Barry continues: I feel we have come to a place where there is a lot of
rehashing of old discussions and these now tend to get splintered up by
cross posting to various bee lists. It's clear that the BioBee email list
has run its course and is now time to say goodbye. I will be closing the
list down within a week. I am putting my time and effort into expanding the
BeeSource website and Bulletin Board where you will still be able to discuss
biological beekeeping in a forum there.
Reply:
I am sorry to hear of BioBee moving on, I wished they could have changed to
just talk clean beekeeping and beekeeping in general on how to manage
colonies.Also how to use the products of the colony and not waste them for
the good
of all, for from the propolis much of our medicine started. From honey and
from pollen much too for health. From learning about hive construction, much
in
math relative to navigation and transportation and home building, was given
to man.
Sincerely,
Dee A. Lusby
Small Cell Commercial Beekeeper
Tucson, Arizona
_http://groups.yahoo.com/group/OrganicBeekeepers/_
(http://groups.yahoo.com/group/OrganicBeekeepers/)
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