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    We hit 1,500 posts in the last few hours. Not as many as some other longer-established fora, but a welcome achievement in any case. And every one a cracker! Thanks everyone.

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    and you've got most of them you show off

    I read this every day and it's great to see Scottish beekeeping questions being asked and then answered by Scottish beekeepers

    Just dont forget us Southern Softies, we might have something worth saying too.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Nellie View Post
    Just dont forget us Southern Softies, we might have something worth saying too.
    I doubt it.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Nellie View Post
    Southern Softies,
    If you are the southern softie then I must be the western wuss.
    Anyway, all you have to do is eat and enjoy a deep fried Mars Bar to get honorary membership.

    As Gavin says, this forum is quieter than some of the others but no harm in that.
    I don't have the time to wade through every post on the others which have massive threads based on getting stung or interminable rants about the evil empire of the bbka.
    No proper ranting here so far but it's bound to happen sooner or later.
    Who will be the man (or woman) to step up to the plate and unleash a truly pointless diatribe in true howling at the moon style.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Jon View Post
    Who will be the man (or woman) to step up to the plate and unleash a truly pointless diatribe in true howling at the moon style.
    I'm looking forward to it!

    G.

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    Well, Gavin, you are not off the hook yet in our discussion on GMO vs. organic farming. I just haven't had any spare time recently to put my points and thrash yours.

    In the meantime, treat yourself to this futuristic story about vicious honey-bots on Radio4, in the aftermath of CCD etc.: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00t1wcn (7 days left to listen).

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    Does that mean that you'll be doing it in howling at the moon style?!!

    No, I thought not. It will all be very civilised I'm sure. I don't mind being outnumbered.

    Oh, and I might think that the Soil Association were simply exploiting beekeeping concerns over their 'ban the neonicotinoid' campaign last year, but I am more or less with them on queen mutilation

    SA Organic Standards for Producers

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    PS Section 15.2.8

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    We need a futile gesture at this stage. It will raise the whole tone of the war. ...
    Peter Cook.

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    Have you been reading the Times again Jon?!

    http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/com...cle6719142.ece

    Beats the Daily Mail anyway. Not quite sure why I said that.

    P'raps my SBA activities at the moment fall into the Pilot Perkins category (sorry, that was a bit obscure), but I've been looking forward to a damn good beekeepers debate (with reasonable people, like Doris and the rest of you) on GM for years.

    That should do something for the post count, when it comes.

    G.

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    Quote Originally Posted by gavin View Post
    Have you been reading the Times again Jon?

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    Not recently. Your link wasn't working. Something about Peter Cook perchance?
    I am a Guardian and an Observer man.
    I read everything online via Google News headlines and sometimes find myself on the Daily Mail site although it's nothing to be proud of.

    I have gone from rabidly anti GM to extremely wary about GM in recent years.
    I don't entirely trust some of the companies in control of the technology and it has implications for agricultural practices such as sharecropping which are common in developing countries.

    Sounds like you are angling for the full 30 minute argument Gav.
    There should be a handicap system implemented as you know more about the technology than the rest of us.
    What do you see as the biggest risks with GM?

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