Hi Bob & All,

> Honey Production:
> "An old bee book I have says that per colony honey crops average 235 lbs.
in
> 1909, and the figure is 250 lbs. for 1916.
> Our average now  is about 60 lbs. THIS SUGGESTS THAT, IN SPITE OF ALL THE
> EFFORTS TO IMPROVE HONEY BEES , BY SEARCHING ALL OVER THE WORLD FOR BETTER
> BEES ,THERE HAS BEEN NO IMPROVEMENT AT ALL."
>
> Comments?

Perhaps it was their smaller brood cell size that they were possibly using
that made the difference. At this period of time the push and the change in
cell size and breeding for bigger bees had not caught on full swing yet.
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c(((([
Keith Malone
Chugiak, Alaska USA
Caucasian Bee Keeper
http://takeoff.to/alaskahoney

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