> >“It is also perhaps not
> generally realized that a spell of queenlessness, just prior
> to the main honey flow, will help check both adult and brood
> diseases.”
> 
> It is also a great way to reduce the amount of honey
> requiring  extraction  and bottling.

reply;
You both are quite right, for with requeening youn get automatic broodnest cleansing for maladies of all kinds. But unfortunately by doing so you make bees or make honey..........or so the old story goes.

But great replies you two.

Dee

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