You guys seem to assume that there is some big
disagreement 'tween Mikey and I. There isn't.
Mike posts an average of 15 things a day, 365
days a year here on BeeSource, and an average
of another 4 a day (again, 365 days a year) over
on the "BeeMaster" forums. I can't be bothered
to go look at the various other online groups,
but there's much more out there. Michael is... a
very prolific poster to online groups. At
a mere 5 mins per post, thats 1.5 hours per day,
every day. One is forced to wonder how he finds
the time to keep bees. smile.gif
I post slightly over 1 post per day on average
while waiting for coffee makers, airplanes,
subways, females applying makeup and such, so
even if 100% of my posts (a complete exaggeration)
disagreed with Mike or resulted in Mike becoming
disagreeable, this means that Mike and I agree
(or don't bother to voice disagreement) 94% of the
time. If even half of my posts conflicted with
Mike's (another very high estimate), this would
imply 97% agreement. That's not bad at all for two
randomly-selected beekeepers, now is it?
Some may get the impression that I am too hard
on poor Mike at times. I actually use considerable
restraint. Here's a snippet (http://listserv.albany.edu:8080/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0702d&L=bee-l&T=0&P=4490) from the hidebound
and massively over-moderated "Bee-L" list, which
works very hard to cover itself with the apperance
of ivy and tradition:
Hapless Victim: Maybe you could check the definition of "troll" next time...
Evil Me: I did, and you really should provide them with a better photo!
Golly, how'd that slip by the moderators?
Maybe 'cause they thought it was a funny line.
So sorry guys, I'm not gonna "fight" with anyone
to entertain you, as it wouldn't be a fair fight
if I did, and there really isn't all that much to
"debate".
Dick, I've moved base camp to NYC now, so I can
pop up to CT any old time.
And if you're worried about radioactive fallout
or something if I did speak to the BYBA, here's a very
toned down presentation I did as a part of the
"Distinguished Lecture Series" for the State Park
system in Virginia about<a href="http://www.bee-quick.com/presentations/pollination/" target="_blank"> pollinators and environmental
stewardship</a>. (It is in Flash, and it advances
the side when the voice over is done for each slide.)