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I recently received a letter from Terry & Gary. Their summer has gone
fairly
well. Hives on the property were not as productive due to lack of
moisture.
Hives in outlying yards did much better.
 
They received a school bus full of older hives and frames as a gift from
a commercial beekeeper in this area. Some were used this season..others
will be rehabbed this winter & put to use in the spring.
 
They turned their milk house (if you recall they are former dairy
farmers) into
a "bee tight honey house" and it is working out well.
 
As this is written, they are moving hives south once again to South
Carolina
for the winter. Only this year they are using a truck with a trailer and
expect
the fuel cost to be much less than last year.
 
So, it would appear that they have been able to hang in there and will
make it okay !
 
Al,
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