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Bob Darrell <[log in to unmask]>
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On 2-Feb-13, at 1:32 AM, Jason Morgan wrote:

>> ..that there has to be enough bees in the cluster to warm up  
>> enough honey. If the cluster just isn't big enough, they may run  
>> out of food even though it's inches away?
>

Hi Jason and all

I count and record the number of seams of bees(spaces between frames)  
in each hive as I pack them for winter, in late November each year.   
Clusters covering less than five seams seldom survive winter in my  
part of southern Ontario.

Bob Darrell
Caledon Ontario
Canada
44N80W

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