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<blockquote data-quote="Alastair" data-source="post: 7564" data-attributes="member: 13"><p>I think Mischiefs question is based on a misunderstanding.</p><p></p><p>First off, we farm animals and are in control of them. If the farmers bull wants to get among the cows in the next paddock does that mean he should just let it?</p><p>Or if your dog wants to take the head off the cat next door should you just let it?</p><p></p><p>I would say no to both, cos bottom line, we use animals to our own advantage and with our superior intelligence, control them, which is usually to their advantage as well as our own.</p><p></p><p>So bees. If they want to swarm, they will swarm. If a beekeeper wants to prevent that, the skill is not in forceably stopping them against their will, but in changing the environment so that now they don't want to swarm. Cos if they want to swarm, they will.</p><p></p><p>As to the other question, why do we treat them for varroa mites? It's cos we do not enjoy seeing the little munchkins suffer.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Alastair, post: 7564, member: 13"] I think Mischiefs question is based on a misunderstanding. First off, we farm animals and are in control of them. If the farmers bull wants to get among the cows in the next paddock does that mean he should just let it? Or if your dog wants to take the head off the cat next door should you just let it? I would say no to both, cos bottom line, we use animals to our own advantage and with our superior intelligence, control them, which is usually to their advantage as well as our own. So bees. If they want to swarm, they will swarm. If a beekeeper wants to prevent that, the skill is not in forceably stopping them against their will, but in changing the environment so that now they don't want to swarm. Cos if they want to swarm, they will. As to the other question, why do we treat them for varroa mites? It's cos we do not enjoy seeing the little munchkins suffer. [/QUOTE]
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