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Re: Colony numbers up, not down
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Sat, 21 Mar 2015 18:12:25 -0400
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Dave wrote: "I am buying bees and buying bees, not to make increase, just to keep the same numbers.  Not making progress or money."

Why not breed from your own bees to maintain or increase numbers?  The recent COLOSS survey over 16 countries found,without exception, that local bees did better than those brought in from elsewhere.  It probably takes a couple of generations for bees to become attuned to the local microclimate and forage and so be considered 'local'.

Chris
            

 

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