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Date: | Fri, 2 May 1997 21:00:28 EDT |
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Thanks to all for the great responses to my original question. I
inadvertently began a *smoker debate* with my post. The main reason I
have not been using a smoker is time. I have two small children and a
stay-at-home wife who like to see me when I am not working my crazy swing
shifts, so when I go to do inspections, I try to save as much time as
possible. Leaving the smoker home seemed to be the best bet on saving
time. I had previously had very little *need* for it anyway, as my hives
were generally very docile as long as I worked them in sunny weather
(Italians, by the way).
Also puzzling to me is that this behavior just cropped up after I split
the hive a few weeks ago. They were just as docile as the other hive,
which I also split, until then. I now have 4 hives and all are still
docile except this one. She *is* however the only queen to remain of the
original two I started with. The other queen died or was killed and the
queens from the two queen cells suffered the same demise. I had to buy
three new queens to replace them.
Thanks again, everyone! Any more input?
Steve Creasy- (\
Maryville, Tennessee USA {|||8-
Proverbs 24:13,25:16 (/
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