Hi John, Pete, Randy & All

Back when Heather Mattila was working on her PHD at  U of Guelph, I  
was a member of the Wellington County Beeks also in Guelph, and  
President of the neighbouring Dufferin County Beeks.  I initiated a  
joint meeting with Heather presenting the results of her study to both  
groups.  Many of us attending eliminated autumn pollen sub feeding but  
concentrated on pollen sub feeding in early spring/late winter.  My  
start date is March 15 weather permitting, a full 2 months after  
John's.  I understand that those who truck hives to almonds have a  
reason to feed pollen sub early, but they, for the most part, are in  
different climates than are we in the Great White North-east.

Bob Darrell
Caledon Ontario
Canada
44N80W where the goldenrod season ended abruptly a week ago initiating  
the robbing season

On 3-Oct-17, at 10:52 AM, John Chesnut wrote:

> I remain curious as to differences between California colonies which  
> have early autumn high-protein sub feeding  and similar colonies  
> where this supplementation is delayed until January 15th or  
> later.    Has anyone done a side-by-side trial of those two feeding  
> calendars?     Jan. 15th is my traditional start-date for spring  
> build-up (Arroyo Willow catkins),  and will of course be different  
> in the interior.
>

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