Michael Palmer wrote:
> I talk regularly to Tony J, your state inspector. Last January, he was
> setting up observation hives for a bee meeting. He found brood in the
> colonies he opened.
A colony does not stay broodless all winter. In January is not unusual
to find brood, in fact normal, especially Italians which tend to brood
up early.
Bill Truesdell
Bath, Maine
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