From: RSBrenchley@aol.com
Date: Wed, 16 May 2001 14:31:37 EDT
To: BiologicalBeekeeping@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: Getting there

> The 2 colonies I shook down onto a mix of mine and Dees wax are a mess.
> Although some attempt has been made to draw cells on both foundations it has
> mostly been abandoned and wild comb built between the sheets. Both of them,
> but I have a few good combs there. So very different. My sidebars are Hoffman,
> 37mm centres.

I've had wild comb between my frames too - also on Hoffman spacing.

> Oh yeah, and some of the respected beeks here are muttering about
> registration of beekeepers, and compulsory training and inspections...funded
> by local associations...hmmmm. More power to the bureau...

The pretext seems to be that they don't know the incidence of foulbrood
in the country, as they can't check all hives - don't even know where they
are or how many. I'm not sure whether this was triggered by Foot and Mouth,
or whether it was being discussed earlier. Either way I don't propose to
worry; I don't like regulation, we've got far too much of it, but it's
probably the only way to get the Government to put more money into
beekeeping, and by God we need it.

Regards,

Robert Brenchley