>  Reply:
>So why didn't you say this up front in the first place?


I didn't?

I said on 10/20, in my first post:

  "I don't believe in taking all the bees hard earned honey, and replacing 
it with sugar. But, colonies that are too light to winter get what is 
needed. These colonies that need feed at the end of the season are still a 
valuable resource. They provide bees and brood for the next seasons' 
splits. Their genes are removed from the pool, but the colonies still have 
a place in my apiary."

Read it again. I think I described my plan quite clearly.

>   One always splits/divides from
>the strongest to keep strong healthy bees and absorbs the
>weak and gets rid of them letting them go.


Not necessarily. Dividing strong colonies in my northern location 
guarantees a smaller honey crop.
Mike

   


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