--- On Wed, 12/7/11, Bob Harrison <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> I have been told that small AHB
> swarms combine in a location and that it appears
> each will remain together with the group but separate
> giving the impression
> of the hive raising and keeping double queens.

reply;
You can find this relating to all races/strains in old journals early on. Nothing new. and talking early 1990s/late 1800s. Nothing new, so go pull up some old journals and read. for late fall and early spring weak colonies combine on own for real survival if they want. Always have. Even took and showed videos of same way back in mid 1980s too to labs having contract with.......

Dee

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