Lloyd Spear wrote:
>
> The claim is that the boards accomplish two things:  (1) a means of 
> wicking
> the water so it does not condense and drip onto the bees, (2) a source of
> water when bees cannot fly.
>
> I believe #1, and not #2.  Despite believing #1 I also note that hives 
> kept
> by there beekeepers usually are not at all bee tight and have lots of 
> places
> for water vapor to escape.
At my first session of the Bee School Thursday night a 35 year beekeeper 
showed me a pictures of bees lapping up water from the homsote board.

Bill Truesdell
Bath, Maine

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