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don't ask - like a cancer, the NBU is slowly being taken over by BBKA dogmaI wonder what the NBU would make of this?
What awful advice, I'm not a BBKA member but if I were I'd probably question this.I had to read this 3 times to confirm I understood that the guy was advocating open feeding!
Amazing!!
BBKA Magazine page 43.
and that is shameful in itself. If, as they claim, they are the 'voice' of English beekeeping then they have a duty to their members to not allow any old clown to contribute such hogwash to the magazine. By having this idiot Colier as their official monthly 'what to do in the apiary' correspondent, they are ostensibly endorsing him and his opinions.I know there's an editorial disclaimer
Although last couple of issues have proudly claimed to incorporate the British Bee Journal, the name of which gives an aura of respectability/implication of peer review.You have to remember these are NOT peer reviewed... its what the editor can get hold of.
Then I’d suggest they get an editor with some idea or competence with keeping bees, who could then review the tiny amount of articles involved. It’s not the Financial Times is it?You have to remember these are NOT peer reviewed... its what the editor can get hold of.
the whole point of an editor is to edit - and ensure the trash stays in the binThen I’d suggest they get an editor with some idea or competence with keeping bees,
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