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> > it would be almost impossible IMO to learn anything from it, small
> numbers of forager are going to be replaced quickly by recruitment, and
> how does one even begin to calculate the water/ nectar in and out, vs a new
> location where foraging is going to be off right away?
I don't know how much you've looked at 10-minute weight measurements of
colonies over time, Charlie, but in an environment such as mine, where
colony weights hold steady this time of season, I suspect that it would be
very easy to detect a loss of an appreciable amount of the foraging force
in the morning, compared to baseline values and control hives at both
locations.
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Randy Oliver
Grass Valley, CA
www.ScientificBeekeeping.com
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