At 08:13 AM 10/1/97 EDT, you wrote:
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>Hi Bill
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>>.....use bee therapy for their arthritis. .... question to the list about
>anyone's
>>experience with keeping hives indoors during the winter.
>>Any advice for these good folks?
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>I have done just this with quite good success.  Basement area should be
>kept in complete darkness and as unheated as possible (mine was always
>above freezing but cool).  I fed with sugar syrup all winter.  I collected
>the bees with a bee vacuum I had made that sucked up the bees and deposited
>them undamaged into a glass jar.  I kept the hive screened so that bees
>would not fly to the flashlight when I entered the room.  However I learn
>that bees do not see red light so will be using an old red photography
>safelight this winter. You or your colleagues (or anybody) are welcome to
>email me directly if you have any questions since many on the list may not
>be very interested in this 'sideline'.
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>Good Luck
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