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Issue Date: October 14, 2009

By Christine Souza
Assistant Editor

By investing more time and money this fall and winter, beekeepers hope they
can keep their hives strong and free of pests and diseases. Supplemental
feeding programs and treatments aim to assure that bees will be ready for
almond pollination, which typically starts in early February.

Beekeepers Bob and Joan Seifert, who operate Bear River Honey Co. in
Sheridan, are spending more time than ever checking on their 1,500 colonies
of honeybees.

"We are staying on top of the Varroa mite population and definitely taking
more trips to the bee yard taking care of the bees. That is making a big
difference in the overall health of our bees," Bob Seifert said. "It used to
be you could let the bees go for awhile in the fall and not worry about
them. Now if you don't look at them for more than a week or a week and a
half at a time, they can collapse."

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Gorbea - CHILE
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