Does MFR require Forestry?

[cckcckcc]

So I am playing a scaled down version of the Direwolf20 modpack because I run minecraft on a 32b OS. I had a working setup, but I wanted to add MFR (Minefactory Reloaded) to the setup for its ability to convert between EU and RF. The problem is, minecraft is crashing on startup unless I include the forestry mod. I don't want forestry for a number of reasons.

I haven't seen any references to MFR having forestry dependencies on any wikis or in searching the forums, so I'm suspecting something else is going wrong. Does MFR really require forestry, and if so, why?

Thanks for any wisdom or help provided.

 

[epidemia78]

Make sure to take out the other bee related mods like binnie's mods from the pack because those too are dependent on forestry.

 

[Niels Henriksen]

You dont need Forestry for MFR. On my server we dont have Forestry (well miss the bees) and we have MFR.

 

[KhrFreak]

If you haven't removed enet bridge you don't need mfr for EU RF conversion. Puri much just place any machine on any power line

 

[cckcckcc]

Thanks all. Enet bridge is a good enough solution. It saves my brain from pondering unnecessary questions.