On 18-Jan-09, at 3:56 PM, Peter Dillon wrote:

>
> Propolis "collection" and use in the fall - bees are seen to seal  
> as many cracks etc. in their colony container - are they just using  
> propolis that has been stored?
>

Hi Peter and all

Last fall(Sept 16) I put propolis mats on 2 hives to collect some for  
a customer.  I had never used the mats before.  When I took them off  
2 weeks later, they were full of wax.  If there was propolis, there  
wasn't much.  I will try it again this spring.

Bob Darrell
Caledon Ontario
Canada
44N80W

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