Mike said: “So how do we know that commercial beekeepers actually have better survival rates?”
I agree. My question relating to the above is why take all these surveys on survival rates when I believe most hobbyists aren’t involved with surveys? But there are a plethora of published data that states just what Mike questioned. Not only survival surveys but surveys on AFB. NYS tries to keep a chart on how often AFB pops up but how many beekeepers truly inform the State that this happened in their hives? Unfortunately not too many.
Deb Corcoran
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