On 30-Nov-11, at 8:00 AM, Michael Palmer wrote:

>
> As you know I Nuke non-productive colonies in mid-summer, and  
> winter the resulting nucleus colonies.
> If I figure 5 nucleus colonies made from each non-productive colony  
> in the summer of 2010 became my 50 brood factories, that would be  
> 10 colonies total sacrificed that first summer. The resources of  
> these 10 colonies were expanded into 500 or...
>
Hi Mike and all

I am located at 44N as Allen says you are.  Our heaviest flow  
(basswood sweet clover) normally starts early to mid-July followed by  
a dearth in August.  I assume that yours would be similar.  When is  
the mid-summer you speak of when you nuked your non-productive  
colonies, before during or after that flow?

Bob Darrell
Caledon Ontario
Canada
44N80W

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