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Re: Annual Losses of Bee Colonies Kept in Skeps
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Peter L Borst <[log in to unmask]>
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Informed Discussion of Beekeeping Issues and Bee Biology <[log in to unmask]>
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Sat, 24 Aug 2013 09:56:15 -0400
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This note puts a clear number on the ratio of skeps kept overwinter to the summer numbers:

> A maximum number of colonies for this season is obtained by managed swarming using traps. This way 3 times the number of overwintering skeps is available at the time of heather honey production. As the heather skeps contain free-built frameless combs, honey is pressed out or sold within the fresh wax. 

WOLF ENGELS (19800 Traditional Heather Skep Beekeeping in N. Germany. University of Tüibingen

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