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Re: Farrar and his Methods
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allen <[log in to unmask]>
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Tue, 7 Apr 2009 17:58:26 -0600
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> The chance of winter queen loss or undetected fall queen loss is halved 
> (approximately) and that is typically around 10% to 15% in single queen 
> colonies, averaged over numbers and time during the long winters in the 
> north.

Correction.  If the chance of queen loss was 15% in a single queen colony, 
then the chance of both queens being or going bad in a two queen one might 
be as low as 15% of 15% or 2.25%.  YMMV, though. 

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