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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