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From: "Jeff May" <[log in to unmask]>
To: "Informed Discussion of Beekeeping Issues and Bee Biology" <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: Re:      Learning curve too steep - Need advice
Date: Tue, 25 Aug 1998 11:16:40 -0400
 
Were you into the hive without protection??
Sounds like you have been doing a good job so far.
Try again, when you give the bees a few puffs of smoke at the entrance and
under the inner cover, wait a few minutes before cracking it open...DON'T
WAIT TILL SPRING FOR THE STRIPS!