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Hi all
Here's a puzzler for you. In the past few years, beekeepers have been claiming 30% winter losses, whereas 10% used to be considered high. I noticed a significant difference in the old recommendations: take your losses in fall. So, by culling in fall, winter losses are reduced.
By not culling in fall, winter losses increase -- as a percentage of the fall number. Suppose you take the high summer number and the low spring number, which is better -- the old way or the new way? For example, suppose you cull 30% in the fall and get a 10% loss, versus cull 10% and then lose 30%. Which gives the most colonies in spring?
PLB
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