That is clearly not the fault of beginners although I think I was focused on the aspirations hobbyists and whether we know what they now want.NigelP wrote: ↑05 Oct 2020, 19:48Easy, the question never asked of people entering the wonderful world of beekeeping is what do they want out of it!!
Courses are one dimensional in their teaching with the teachers viewpoint's accepted as de rigour.... I had to resign from my local association as a talk I was giving about varroa control included vaporised oxalic acid, I was told I couldn't talk about this method. I refused and resigned.
but in those circumstances; a very understandable reaction.
But back to the topic, I don't think treatment free is an option these days unless you can reasonably expect your bees to be isolated rom the rest of the modern world.
Better the debate than a blind acceptance that there are no other options.