Not all BEE NEWS is BAD, just seems that way!
 
After last months, July, reports on the loss of 200 hives from fire and 200
from Afro Worms rains have come to Florida and beekeepers have got to work
on the worms. Below is the text from a early release of the Florida Bee &
Plant conditions for August with this I quote "Beetles are under control.
Beekeepers are taking care of the beetle problem on the ground.".
 
---------USDA AMS--EARLY RELEASE---(UNAUTHORIZED)------
 
FLORIDA HONEY REPORT FOR AUGUST 1998
 
Wet, warm weather continues.  Temperatures averaged two degrees above
normal. High
temperatures were in the 90s and lows in the 70s.
 
This is the most dormant period of the year. Bees are in good shape.
Migrating bees are still out
of the State, with a few coming back. Most of the bees will be returning in
September. Bees are
working on various minor flows like cabbage palm in South Florida. In other
parts of the State
they are working on Spanish needle, pursley (Mexican clover) and other wild
flowers.
 
Beetles are under control. Beekeepers are taking care of the beetle problem
on the ground.
 
Demand for Florida honey is moderate, at much lower prices.
 
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