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Re: Colony Lifespan
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Peter Loring Borst <[log in to unmask]>
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Informed Discussion of Beekeeping Issues and Bee Biology <[log in to unmask]>
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Tue, 20 Jan 2015 10:18:24 -0500
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> The average survival period ranged from 80 days to 711 days.
> Not quite sure how an average can have a range unless the average was by apiary or country.

Right. This is probably a case of English being a second language. Anyway, the important points are range AND average. To which we would add percent survival at the end of the sampling period. This study had only 15% surviving after two years, which is pretty grim. At that rate, likely none would have gotten past three years.

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