Bob asked:
> The Italian hives were still raising brood full bore and had used up a
whole
> super of honey. Could the Italians still raising brood be a sign rain is
on
> the way kind of like the wooly worm predicts a cold winter?

Never heard of wooly (should that be woolly? the mind boggles!) worms, but
Italians in the UK keep raising brood no matter what the weather and require
vast amounts of winter stores compared to our native dark bees (perhaps
60lbs against 20lbs).

Peter Edwards
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