Gavin Ramsay <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
Perhaps this is something that could be investigated (bees flying in incliment weather to get water and the use of homosote boards as inner covers)  The question then to ask would be which hives fly in less than ideal conditions? 


The above comment was refering to the use of a homosote board as an inner cover.  The idea was to split the hives in 1/3's with one acting as your control, one with internal sources of water, and one with homosote boards as inner covers.

Before splitting the test of hives to test the three different approaches, you should document the activity of every hive used in the test to set a base line for its activity in incliment weather compared to the rest that would be used in the evaluation.

Mike

 
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