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Yoon said:
> But, here, Dave seems to be referring to the aggressive requeening
> practice, which almost all beekeeping books baptize nowadays--
> that every fall or spring, the beekeeper must requeen no matter what
I had assumed up until now that this was due to the decline in
"drone quality" we have seen. (Dare I say lower sperm count?)
I do not replace queens that appear to be doing well in terms of
brood pattern and quantity, but I must agree that I have been
forced to requeen more often in recent years, even when basing
such decisions on clear and compelling metrics.
Offhand, I'd guess that I have bought half again as many
replacement queens in recent years versus what I bought
in the early 1990s.
jim (The Shopping Mall Santa: A strange man wearing
a disguise who asks children to sit in his lap.)
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