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NC winter losses
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Bill Lord <[log in to unmask]>
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Informed Discussion of Beekeeping Issues and Bee Biology <[log in to unmask]>
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Tue, 11 Apr 2006 05:07:48 +0000
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I went in to the winter with 250 hives.  The looked good iin Seopt having 'fatened up' on cotton. Only 4 exceeded thresholds with sticky boards in Sept (overall very low mite count) and they got Sucrocide.  I lost ~75.  I attribute loses to fluctuting temps, cold early winter, mild Jan. and Feb., then cold March.  The variability in wintering is a killer these days.  I have been feeding heavily and will make splits next week to get back up to 250.  Anyway you look at it there is a lot of work involved.  On the plus side, I get a chance to cull combs and really clean equipment indead-outs.

Bill Lord
Louisburg, NC

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