In Frank C. Pellett's "A Living From Bees," 3rd
edition published 1947, he wrote that it isn't
high temperatures alone which diminish nectar
flows in several important "bee pasture" plants,
it is the thee lack of temperature variation each
day.  High daytime temperatures with comparatively
low night-time temperatures seem to stimulate
nectar flows; hot nights and hot days diminish the
flows, he wrote.  This might also help explain why
some legumes, such as alfalfa, are important
nectar sources in parts of their range and not in
others, and, in the same regions, some summers and
not others.  What do the list's more learned
writers think?  Is there anything to Pellett's
theory?
--Rog Flanders, Nemaha County, Nebraska

>In a message dated 99-12-20 08:51:08 EST,
[log in to unmask] (Karl >Dehning) wrote:
< We recently have experienced very hot weather in
Cape Town and the bees have not produced to my
expectation.<snip>Has anyone info regarding the
the effect of hot weather on honey production.