sci.agriculture.beekeeping
is a USENET group for discussion of bees and beekeeping. 
(For a list of other bee-related discussion areas click here).

	USENET groups such as sci.agriculture.beekeeping are normally accessed using newsreader software such as the functions built into Netscape or Microsoft Internet Explorer or a standalone newsreader like by Free Agent, NX, or an UNIX newsreader like 'tin' or 'rn'.  Here's a new free reader -- XNews -- that I am currently using and which seems very good.
	Unlike email lists which accumulate in your mailbox, USENET articles must be downloaded to your computer and/or read almost daily since they are stored on disks at the ISP and 'expire' after a few days and are erased.  However USENET articles are also stored at Google, a web based free service do not expire.
	If you plan to use newsreader software, your ISP (Internet Service Provider) must provide USENET Newsfeed or you must arrange an account with a USENET supplier somewhere on the net.

If this did not work, then you may have to email your ISP's support address and request they add sci.agriculture.beekeeping to the list of groups they carry. 

Not all ISPs carry any or all USENET groups.   Even if your ISP offers USENET access and carry sci.agriculture.beekeeping, you may find that you are not receiving all messages, or that the messages are arriving sporadically. 

In such a case, you can complain to your ISP, but likely your best hope is to use Google  and read sci.agriculture.beekeeping on the web.

A record of every article ever posted to sci.agriculture.beekeeping is maintained at a central site in a text form known as 'logs'.  If you only want to lurk and not post, you can visit this month's sci.agriculture.beekeeping log or
all sci.agriculture.beekeeping logs using your web browser.  

Search the Entire History of  sci.agriculture.beekeeping: You can also search the entire history of  sci.agriculture.beekeeping at Google  and even examine the entire posting history of each author, if you are curious. 

• Your ISP does not have to support USENET for this to work
• You can search these logs for key words that describe your own interests using your browser's 'find' function.
• Hint: It takes longer to load the current log as the month goes by and it gets bigger and bigger, but if you wait until it all is loaded, then start reading at or near the bottom where the newest messages are added daily.

• Your ISP does not have to support USENET for this to work
• Articles do not expire here as they do on ISPs
• You cannot currently post from this site
• It is a free service.

Read a sci.agriculture.beekeeping article on the topic of how to post

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