Peter writes:
If temperatures rise above 110F, you bet your are going to
have trouble, unless they are shaded. 

Reply:
Not true at all. We are in a hot zone climate in S. Arizona
and we routinely have temps above 105F-110F and up to 117F
for days in a row and our bees do not have problems and
they are in open sun and no shades. 

It is other things that do the damage, not the climate. It
is not leaving enough honey for thermo regulation of heat,
or hives stripped of honey and fed back sugar syrups that
have problems, and or sick hives anyways. and with close to
1,000 hives now in full sun will certainly stand on that!

Respectfully submitted,

Dee A. Lusby
Small Cell Commercial Beekeeper
Moyza, Arizona
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/organicbeekeepers/

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