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Re: can the girls find their way home?
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Zachary Huang <[log in to unmask]>
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Informed Discussion of Beekeeping Issues and Bee Biology <[log in to unmask]>
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Sun, 22 Aug 2004 16:28:26 -0400
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I would say very unlikely. Perhaps you would have 5%, if anything, showing up at
the original hive.  Most bees forage within 2 miles radius. They can forage up to 5
miles, but only if they have to.

Zach (numbers quoted from my memory and might be wrong from books).

Suzanne Geisler <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

>I keep my two hives about 4 miles from my home. My husband and I pulled our
honey tonight and brought the supers home. Will the lost girls who ended up at our
house find their way home?
>
>Suzanne Geisler
>winner of the Warren County (Ohio) Fair's Best In Show Bee Product! (cut
comb)...big ribbon!

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