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On 24/10/2013 1:33 AM, James Fischer wrote:
>> Do they really choose?
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> "Previous studies have documented that cavities < 10 liters are consistently
> rejected as nest sites by Apis mellifera... During a study of... southern
> flying squirrel ecology in Alabama, however, honey bees occupied a total of
> 10 nest boxes with volumes of 5-6.7 liters.
The question is what sizes were available to the bees. I have seen
nests that would have only been a litre or two. Whilst Australia can
have a dribble coming in all year at times, I suspect that these small
hives are short lived even in our benign climate. I regularly see see
cup sized swarms around the beginning of autumn, I assume on no good
evidence, that they are small hives, from small cavities, that are
starving and abscond.
Geoff Manning
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