On 19-Jan-15, at 8:58 AM, Peter Loring Borst wrote:

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> I have been thinking a lot for the past few years about colony  
> lifespan, and how it reflects the health and/or vigor of the honey  
> bee colony. I am looking for hard data on how long individual  
> colonies last, without intervention. By intervention, that would  
> mean requeening, adding brood, etc.
> 	

Hi Pete

I have 13 colonies working their way through this strange winter.  7  
are nucs started last June, one is a swarm (not mine) hived last  
July.  The other 4, the source of last year's nucs, are my nucs  
started in June 2010, July 2011, and 2 in June 2012.  I sold all of  
my 2013 nucs.  I don't move frames of brood around and don't buy  
queens/cells except when starting nucs.

Bob Darrell
Caledon Ontario
Canada
44N80W

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