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Re: late summer laying
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David Eyre <[log in to unmask]>
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Sat, 7 Aug 1999 21:31:52 -0400
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On 7 Aug 99, at 7:38, Jim & Sue Maus wrote:

> Typically the dark races of bees stop raising brood when there is very
> little or no nectar flow. However Italians will keep brooding up many
> times. Jim

Sorry. Not true, our Italians slow down when there is a dearth, and
stop completely at the first killing frost.
        I firmly believe that we have crossed races so often that individual
racial characteristics are blurred enough to be indistinguishable.

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