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>I am currently running a trial to test whether the crushing of bees on the

> top bars negatively effects colony buildup and survival.
> >I have to wonder why you would feel the need to do that!  It could hardly
> be
> beneficial, could it?
>

I am curious as to how diligent we need to be when placing protein patties
or mite treatments to avoid crushing bees.  This is a follow up to a
previous trial in which I found that inoculating colonies with a filtered
homogenate of ground up bees apparently greatly suppressed colony buildup.
-- 
Randy Oliver
Grass Valley, CA
www.ScientificBeekeeping.com

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