At the end beekeeping managment have a lot of Bets, isnt't it. I prefer to bet with the data of weather models like right now is telling me we will have crap weather for the Ulmo flow. CFS model is a seasonal model that I check here https://www.weatheronline.co.uk/cgi-bin/expertcharts?LANG=en&MENU=0000000000&CONT=arge&MODELL=cfs&MODELLTYP=7&BASE=-&VAR=prec&HH=744&ZOOM=0&WMO=&ARCHIV=0&RES=0 tinyURL https://tinyurl.com/b34ry3gq maybe there could be a model that serves you So decided to do a late previous crop harvest (two weeks latter with the subsequent lost in production), treat with monoxalate and give the hives 1 kg of patties so to have strong doubles to cope with weather and cross the finger for those 12 kg per colony that still need to break even. *********************************************** The BEE-L mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned LISTSERV(R) list management software. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html