Archives of the Irish Beekeeper's Discussion List (IBList)

This archive is hosted on behalf of
The Federation of Irish Beekeepers' Associations
(whose property it remains).

This list is affectionately known as "Tom's List" Tom Barrett of Dublin constructed and promoted it. The list is still "Tom's List": I am merely acting as an archivist and editor of "old" material.

This page is an index of other indexed pages that contain tables, each of which refer to 100 messages.

Each thread is on a separate document; the links from the message number in any thread will take you to that thread.

Individual messages do not show separately unless they are the only message in the thread.

The threads are indexed alphabetically at the time of editing. Use the "THREAD INDEX" button.

New search engine to go here, which will search this site only

Another new search engine to go here, that will search this site and others with a beekeeping theme.

SORRY for the Disruption
This Website is still subject overhaul (January 2006), a small amount of work remains to be done and it will not be fully functional until this notice is removed.
Dave Cushman, website owner and administrator.

The databases of the search engines will be spidered, each week. The previous week's archived messages will not register with the search engine until then.

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300 - 399Apr 06 2000started
200 - 299Mar 05 2000Apr 06 2000
100 - 199Feb 04 2000 Mar 05 2000
5 - 99Nov 30 1999Feb 04 2000

Individual texts are edited to produce a common, simple Email like format, with advertising stripped out, and flippant or personal messages removed. (to conserve space and help clarity.) The conversation threads are drawn together in individual documents.

There is an alphabetic index of threads.

Editing will remove comments that are of an offensive or of an attacking nature. Straight repeats of previous posts will also be removed. However the editing process is not intended to modify the meaning of anything said. Minor, obvious typos will be corrected unless they occur in the subject line.

The editing system will also enable the inclusion of material and comments from other lists (where they have become involved in the same thread). Some posts have complicated matters in the past by addressing more than one thread (I have been guilty of this), this will also be addressed in the editing process.

I am doing this work in a transparent fashion, You will see it come together as each item or stage is completed. (At some times it may appear messy!)

Editor's Note... The assembly of this archive has been stalled for more than a year owing to "data damage" I have now recovered this data and will re-commence compilation after completion of the overhaul of this section of the website.

Written... December 2000, Revised... 04 July 2001, Update... 28 August 2002, Additional work... 15 October 2002. Favicon... 17 February 2003, New Domain... 23 October 2003, Upgraded... 22 August 2004, Further Upgraded... 06 January 2006,
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