>-----Original Message-----
>From: Allen Dick <[log in to unmask]>
>To: [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]>
>Date: February 20, 1998 9:07 AM
>Subject: Empty Comb Stimulus
>
 
>
>After August 8 here in Southern Alberta, we usually restrict all but the
>largest hives to 4 standard boxes, including broods.  Of course that means
>visits must be made regularly to forestall plugging in exceptional hives.
 
Hi Allan and all
 
I was just clearing up some unfinished reading in my Inbox and wondered
about this last paragraph.  I think I know what you mean by "plugging"
but could you explain it and how you stop it?
 
Also, an update on those 2 dead hives which I *thought* were flying well
a few weeks before.....it was evidently *robbing*, which I took for activity.
They were evidently dead for some time.
 
Ian Watson    [log in to unmask]
real estate agent     gardener    baritone
beekeeper---> 6 colonies and counting