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At 10:29 PM 25/05/1998 +0300, Jan Tempelman wrote:
>Carlos Aparicio wrote:
>> Near half of my hives have no floor at all.
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>can you explane this???
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The floor of the beehive is a place of varroa infection and
other diseases. To the have not floor there is no reinfection.
Many wild beehives remain exempt to the varroa, and many persons thought
that the lack of floor of the feral beehive can be the explanation of the
greater resistance against the varroa.
In a mail of today I transcribe a Langstroth cite that decided me
definitely to remove the floor from the beehives.
Nevertheless, it must realize:
a.) In Uruguay the absolute minimal temperature rarely arrives in winter
to the - 5ª cº
b.) My beehives are located in high lands, about sea and extremely
protected by the vegetation.
c.) The beehives have good reserves and flowering all year round (zone of
++Eucalyptus ++Globulus) what causes that up until now may not have been
problems of robbing
d.) Is the first winter, that happen without floor. The experience can
indicate something else .
Regards
CARLOS APARICIO
PLAYA SANTA ANA
CANELONES
URUGUAY
35º SOUTH LATTITUDE
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