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Re: Colony Lifespan
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Peter Loring Borst <[log in to unmask]>
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Mon, 19 Jan 2015 11:46:05 -0500
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> adding of brood is more of a gray area in the context of using supplemental feeds.

Of course, and I do this all the time. But the problem is they may use the material to replace the queen with one of a different lineage. Also, if it prevented the colony from failing, it would qualify as an intervention. I would not rule out most of the rest: feeding, moving hives to a flow, etc. 

I wish I had embarked on such a project sooner, but all my current colonies were started in 2014, so here goes. 

PLB

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