Hi all !
 
On Sat, 22 Jul 1995 14:41:39  Ann Dougherty <[log in to unmask]>
give the old story ...
 
>        A Swarm in May is worth a load of hay.
>        A Swarm in June is worth a silver spoon.
>        A Swarm in July isn't worth a fly.
 
We have the same saying in french :
 
         Essaim de Mai, Vache a Lait (A Swarm in May, a Milking Cow)
 
Don't forget this is an old-fashioned one !  The time of skeps and log
hives without any manipulating possibility and without any sugar !
And on the old continent without the flowers of the Canada prairie !
(Hello Allen, I come back from vacation and I'll send you sthg about JZBZ)
Here most of the honey flows are finished at the end of July.  An
early swarm may produce a real annual crop; a late one will not be
able to get enough stores to winter.
 
Cheers
 
Jean-Marie
 
Local blooming informations ...
Long. : 4deg 56' E - Lat. : 50deg 30' N  -  Alt. : 200 m  -  North sea : 200 km
 
A mounth of really good wheater (a bit to hot) and generally excellent honey
crops
 
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Jean-Marie Van Dyck                    Fax +32 81 72 42 72
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B-5000     NAMUR(Belgium)              Medical school - Biochemistry dept
 
This => C'est ma facon de parler !
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