In a message dated 21/10/05 03:23:53 GMT Daylight Time, [log in to unmask]
writes:
<<Bees add this hormone to the wax. It suppresses mite reduction. It fades
over time. New wax reinstates the hormone as part of the hive environment.>>
How old is the comb in some of Dee's hives now? If success depended on a
fading hormone, surely it would have faded in at least some of them by this
time.
Regards,
Robert Brenchley
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