Scott Mitchell wrote (in part):

) I
>wanted to comment on my hives in Va.  Early in the fall I saw curtains of
>Propolis being drawn to cover the entrance.

   In our studies of feral bee colonies on Santa Cruz Island, we frequently
had the same observation --- not just a curtain, but a wall of propolis
(with vertical ribs on the inside surface) --- so that the entrance was
nearly sealed.

                                                        Adrian

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