Originally Posted by
fatshark
Michael makes the point in his talk that he's not the first or even the twenty-first to stress the benefits of overwintering nucs … he even quotes skeppists doing something similar about 150 years ago.
For sure, and I'm as big a fan of the way he presents his message as anyone but my point about Hooper is that while his book has been one of the most widely read by British beekeepers for the best part of 40 years his message (which is like a blueprint for the Palmer plan) still hasn't sank in. I wonder how many of the people who claim to have read his book actually felt a need to read past the swarm control chapter....
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With regards to the Bibba days, I don't know the details of how they're presented but can only assume that something is better than nothing, that said, I reckon that there's not going to be a wave of change running through British beekeeping anytime soon. A few new local groups may be set up but you can well bet that they'll be dependent on one or two members and the others will just be along for the ride because they like the idea so long as someone else is driving the project.
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