On 15-Apr-16, at 6:21 AM, E.t. Ash wrote:

>
> I shall start off here by point out the obvious which is Mr Linder's  
> statement (now repeated several times) is highly demeaning to anyone  
> that does formally or informally measure a hive (or hives) weight.   
> Which as far as my own experience goes includes every successful  
> beekeeper I ever knew or worked for.  Perhaps someone is painting a  
> clearer picture as to why some beekeepers fail or not?  That is  
> management's failure to recognize and respond to basic ESSENTIAL data.

Hi ET and All

Apparently, there are over 60 varieties of goldenrod in Canada, each  
blooming  during part of the period of late July to frost in late  
September(here in southern Ontario).  The fields are yellow with it  
for miles around, but the scales show little or no weight gain until  
after Labour Day.  Only late varieties seem to produce surplus  
nectar.  My previous post claimed 120 pound gains per week in mid  
September.  Ministry of Ag recommend pulling supers in August  and  
starting treatments and feeding then.  I know of several local beeks  
who followed this advice then finding smaller cluster in late Sept/ 
early Oct (CCD?).  Once the brood box is packed, with no supers on  
into the trees they go!  With a scale hive the daily gains/losses are  
obvious.

Bob Darrell
Caledon Ontario
Canada
44N80W

             ***********************************************
The BEE-L mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned
LISTSERV(R) list management software.  For more information, go to:
http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html