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Re: open feeding
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Eric Abell <[log in to unmask]>
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Discussion of Bee Biology <[log in to unmask]>
Date:
Sun, 19 Jan 1997 17:32:54 -0700
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At 07:14 PM 19/01/97 -0400, you wrote:
>Hi Eric and All:
>
>Do you think open feeding encourages robbing, or keeps the foraging bees
>busy and so discourages it?
>
>Regards, Stan>
 
Hello Stan,
 
I don't think it encourages robbing.  Is it really any different than a
honey flow?  I have rarely seen colonies robbing others unless the colony
being robbed is extremely poor.  In this case, perhaps the bees are doing me
a favour.
 
Eric
 
Eric Abell
Gibbons, Alberta Canada
(403) 998 3143
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