>On Sat, 18 May 1996, David. E. Goble wrote:
>
>> Looking at your hive every six days is creating the situation
>> for your bees to swarm, at the start of spring your whole hive
>> should be inspected for swarming cells and the state of your
>>
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>
>Our climate is western maritime, I think rather like Vancouver
>Island, cooler and less moderate than Cristchurch N.Z, warmer
>and more moderate than Chicago. The population of England &
>Wales is 370/km2, compared to NY state 140/km2, NZ 10/km2 and
>CA/Aus around 1 or 2/km2.
>
>PS -- I've just seen on the news that it's snowing on Dartmoor!
>
>Best regards,
>--
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Hi Gordon,
 
        As your situation goes, there is no difference what type of brood
box or hive equipment, however, if your queen in the most productive time of
each year, does not lay 1200 to 1500, eggs per day, (24hrs) your brood
numbers will decline and your pollination of your plants will fail to be meet.
 
        This is because the field bees have declined, owing to the lack of
ongoing hatching brood.
Thanks from :
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            [log in to unmask] ( David Goble )
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