Michael Palmer wrote:

> I talk regularly to Tony J, your state inspector. Last January, he was
> setting up observation hives for a bee meeting. He found brood in the
> colonies he opened.

A colony does not stay broodless all winter. In  January is not unusual
to find brood, in fact normal, especially Italians which tend to brood
up early.

Bill Truesdell
Bath, Maine

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