On Wed, Aug 17, 2011 at 10:14 AM, Peter Loring Borst <
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> Some workers seem to be of the opinion that the increase in day length
> after the winter solstice triggers the onset of brood rearing (Avitabile,
> 1978). However, this hypothesis is not able to explain why there is brood
> rearing in colonies kept in complete darkness in freezing rooms, why there
> is such great variation in the time of brood rearing commencement, or why
> there are frequent stops in brood rearing in late winter. -- STIG W. OMHOLT
>

I wish someone who winters indoors would comment on this.  I have been told
by more than one person who does that the bees do not rear brood until they
go outside.   The above quote seems to say the opposite.

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