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Re: challenging problem
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Peter Edwards <[log in to unmask]>
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Informed Discussion of Beekeeping Issues and Bee Biology <[log in to unmask]>
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Mon, 16 Aug 2004 22:55:14 +0100
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"Jerry Bromenshenk"
> Any tricks to get bees to fly under these severe conditions?

In India (not quite those temperatures) I saw hives being cooled with wet
sacking.  The hives were in the beekeepers garden and were covered with
sacking; the beekeeper just gave them a soaking with a hose pipe from time
to time.

Peter Edwards
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www.stratford-upon-avon.freeserve.co.uk/

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