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Re: HB color preferences
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Tue, 6 Mar 2018 15:40:46 -0000
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>Could be as simple as dark colors are warmed in spring resulting in a week or two earlier brooding resulting in better populations for the spring flow.

Dark colours are also better radiators, so a dark hive should, in theory, also lose heat more quickly.

Best wishes

Peter 
52°14'44.44"N, 1°50'35"W

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