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> It leads to a skimpy box of bees that don't grow big but stay alive and use little resources.

This seems to be a recurring observation. In fact, it appears that by using everything in the book, the ARS researchers were able to double honey production. By opting out of treatment, you can cut easily production in half, if that's what you want.

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