Peter:
Bees in spring /summer have average life spans 3.5 to 4.5
weeks. Those considered as winter bees (emerging in August
through till October) have average life spans of 29 to 24
weeks (August bees having the longest span).

Reply:
Okay, now with 4 or more mites feeding on the body of a
pupae or newly emerged worker bee within days shortening
the life span down 50% for both summer and winter bees, how
do you make up for the shortage of bees now needed for
sping turnover, without accelerating the threshold number
of mites for hive crash?

Respectfully submitted,

Dee A. Lusby
Small Cell Commercial Beekeeper
Moyza, Arizona
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/organicbeekeepers/ 



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