>
> >My experience is that achieving even five from one, counting the
> survivors the
> following spring, not the immediate results in fall, is more than an
>  Alberta
> beekeeper in our region can reliably expect, except in an exceptional year.


I'm curious about this Allen (I'm in Saskatchewan as I type). With the
strong flows and long days that you have up there, I'd think that you could
build up a pretty good number of nucs, if you weren't going for honey
production from them.

What is (are) the limiting factor?  Is it simply that they can't put on
enough stores for overwintering, or what?

-- 
Randy Oliver
Grass Valley, CA
www.ScientificBeekeeping.com

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