> I have 4 hives on individual scales that are plotted on a chart one > reading a minute, just to see if messing with the hives would put off > foraging. I smoked 2 while not smoking the other 2 the amount of nectar > collected dropped by about 30% on the smoked hives for that day. If you > are not concerned about the amount of honey yes you can inspect your > hives as many time as you want. - Charlie Harper What I tell new beekeepers is not to open a hive without purpose and that their own learning is a reasonable purpose. This is not to say that opening hives is without consequence. New Beekeepers seem to be more focused on personal education than honey production. That's ok with me. *********************************************** The BEE-L mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned LISTSERV(R) list management software. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html