Jerry Bromenshenk writes:
...even in the slow growing colonies in
mid-summer, the queens are laying full out. Its not a lack of brood.
Reply:
How can queens lay full out in mid-summer and slow grow? If not a lack of brood, then why not bulding up?
In other words..........what is negating the brood?........bees eating own young? How do colonies slow grown with queen laying full bore? Certainly the bees aren't dying in less then 6-10 days following emergence, though with nosema known to shorten life by 1/2 and varroa same with shortening life by 1/2, and then chemical treatments, etc,.. sure makes one think!!
Dee A. Lusby
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