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In a message dated 25/04/2004 05:02:34 GMT Standard Time, James Kilty writes:
> I used to think we always had 2 good weeks in May and again in July, when
> we'd get a good crop from the sycamore (etc)
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> James,
>
> I was adding a 3rd and a 4th super to a hive in urgent need (single national
> BB) this evening when I was very surprised to see the flower buds on the
> adjacent sycamores are about to open. It is often said that all beekeeping is
> local but it is amazing how much the microclimate varies within a small area.
> In this particular location blackthorn was flowering at the end of January
> whereas it is only now in full bloom in other places only a few miles away.
>
> For the benefit of other readers, you are about 150 miles SW of me and, by
> rights, ought to have a warmer climate.
>
> Chris
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