BEE-L Archives

Informed Discussion of Beekeeping Issues and Bee Biology

BEE-L@COMMUNITY.LSOFT.COM
Options: Use Monospaced Font
Show Text Part by Default
Show All Mail Headers

Message: [<< First] [< Prev] [Next >] [Last >>]
Topic: [<< First] [< Prev] [Next >] [Last >>]
Author: [<< First] [< Prev] [Next >] [Last >>]

Print Reply
Subject:
Re: Moisture roduced within the hive from honey.
From:
"[log in to unmask]" <[log in to unmask]>
Reply To:
Informed Discussion of Beekeeping Issues and Bee Biology <[log in to unmask]>
Date:
Mon, 4 Dec 2017 18:12:54 +0000
Content-Type:
text/plain
Parts/Attachments:
text/plain (19 lines) 
--------------------------------------------
On Mon, 12/4/17, Peter Borst <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

 Subject: Re: [BEE-L] Moisture roduced within the
 
 Seeley found that "only 26% of founder
 colonies and 82% of established colonies survive winters."
 That is, 3 out 4 swarms die the first winter and almost 20%
 of the survivors die each subsequent winter. He estimated
 colony lifespan at 5 years. Obviously, a good nest site
 would be repopulated.
 
   Agreed. But that wont stop the natural debate crowd!  Seriosly though. Is moisture remval a portion of that?  Add to the fact that most matural cavities are by thier formation watar traps and its a confusing picture when we start to claim a tree cavity is better

             ***********************************************
The BEE-L mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned
LISTSERV(R) list management software.  For more information, go to:
http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html

ATOM RSS1 RSS2