On 10 Apr 97 at 8:59, Dave Black wrote: Re: Save Our Drones
 
> were drones there or not, if the weather's no good they wouldn't fly and
> mate, and this won't happen 'till mid Mayish. It always seems to be a
> race to get the cells into nuc's and the virgins mated by June. I can't
> think of a way of overwintering the weather !
 
Why by June? We mate, and succesfully, right through into early Sept. In
fact we do that deliberately to provide late queens for fall requeening.
 
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