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> > I guess half a mile is thinly spread enough such that bees did not have
> to develop "not drifting" skills
I'm lagging on publishing a study that I performed last summer to quantify
bee drift. Let me say that there is substantial drift at 1/2 mile. I
suspect that bees may get disoriented, and then home in on the odor of the
nearest upwind colony. That's just a guess!
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Randy Oliver
Grass Valley, CA
www.ScientificBeekeeping.com
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