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> ... northern beekeepers overwinter in the south ...
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because fewer hives die in the more temperate climate, with or without
mites. Two months of cool weather is not nearly as hard on the hives as is
5 months of confinement with but a handful of cleansing flights.
I wish I had the ways and means to move my colonies south for the season!
Aaron Morris - I think, therefore I bee!
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