Over the last 40+ beekeeping years i have entered into to many debates with my fellow beekeepers. In the early years i lost most the debates with the "old timers". With each decade i did better. When i started to debate beekeeping questions with researchers i had to learn the above. To write beekeeping articles i had to learn those three rules. Opinion: Gives me the most freedom. Beekeepers say i keep bees different than any person they ever met. I say "there are many ways to keep bees and all work to different degrees". We can agree to disagree. experience: Its amazing to me when in a room full of beekeepers how quiet it gets when a beekeepers actual experiences are talked about. OK! I get quiet also as those are the things not usually in the books. I have learned more beekeeping secrets by listening than talking. quote: I like to use quotes but allways try to quote the book and even the page number plus author if possible. I have wrote many beekeeping articles over the years and haven't had a quote problem yet. I like to quote from "The Hive and the Honey bee". If i only had one beekeeping book i would want the hive and the honey bee. With over 30 authors i feel the book is safe to quote from and most beekeepers can look up the information for themselves if they think you are incorrect. Its the ideal book to resolve many beekeeping disputes. Ask every beekeeper in a room the same question and see how many different answers you get but they all work to the same end. Happy beekeeping! Bob Harrison U.S.A.