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> If you don't have AHB, bees on chemically contaminated bees can be
> very agitated and defensive...
No, I'm not using chemicals.
> Not necessarily. Kirk Webster successfully uses a set-up similar to
> yours. Check in the recent issues of ABJ.
He brought his to one of our meetings, that is where I got the idea. It's a
good idea. Next year I'll try it again, only not so close to hives. And
I'll figure out some form of robber screens.
>>>In the North East, how late in the year would you try to mate
> Queens? Last year I had drones right up to Christmas.
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> I am just south of you and can get queens mated through the 1st week
> in October. The bees are just sealing up the last batch of queen
Good deal. I have a couple of hives I want to break up into nucs after the
bamboo bloom.
Jim Hock
Wethersfield, CT.
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