Bill T writes > >The prime issue is contact with stores. > >How long can bees survive without such contact and what are the factors >that prevent contact? > >The best information I have come up with so far is the bees will last about >two days without food, but that is a shaky number because of a lot of >variables. my comments Can not recall the source but 72 hours is what I remember. Marzz would have suggested part of the problem could have been a very high egg laying queen. Taber might have pointed towards NO communication holes in those frames. I would suggest that sugar syrup will not be picked up by bees at tempatures below 55 degrees. As you suggest there are multiple varibles to consider. Gene Ash *********************************************** The BEE-L mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned LISTSERV(R) list management software. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html