>Could be as simple as dark colors are warmed in spring resulting in a week or two earlier brooding resulting in better populations for the spring flow.
Dark colours are also better radiators, so a dark hive should, in theory, also lose heat more quickly.
Best wishes
Peter
52°14'44.44"N, 1°50'35"W
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