>My question is what happens when things get worse, when the winter loss is 50% instead of 30%.
I lost about 80% last winter. I took what was left and stretched it as far as I could, introduced mail-order queens. All my equipment is full again, I even had to borrow supers. Recovering from losses is not rocket science. Beekeepers have done it for centuries; bees have done it for millions of years.
Pete
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