On Fri, 16 May 1997 21:02:27 -0600, Charles Hatton wrote:
 
>A problem I'm having is that of the two hives we built and bought bees for, one of them has a personality of a mean wet cat and the other is more like a friendly kitten.  Why is this?  (They are about 1/4 miles apart.)  I was thinking that if I didn't do anything to the mean hive for six weeks, all the mean bees would have been replaced by new young bees and the temperament might be better.  Is this true?
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>Charles in Salt Lake City
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   Only if the Queen has been replaced. Another problem is that they are being visited
by a skunk at night, if they are close to the ground 6 to 8" or less off the ground
skunks don't like the hive higher than 8" so they don't bother them.
Charles Harper
Harper's Honey farm
1000 + Colonies