I wrote the previous message at 4 AM while still half-asleep.

Now that I am awake, I should add that most of our NMD sampling was done at times of year when the bees were in one, two, or three boxes and when we were making weekly rounds anyhow.  The sampling added almost no effort, other than the reading of the boards on their arrival back at the shack and preparing boards to go back out.

We used the students I mentioned when the hives were 150 miles from home on pollination and our crews were not making regular visits.

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