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"Alden P. Marshall" <[log in to unmask]>
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Informed Discussion of Beekeeping Issues and Bee Biology <[log in to unmask]>
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Mon, 8 Jun 1998 14:59:14 -0400
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        There has been quite a bit of discussion regarding this subject
and it has caused me to do some thinking (dangerous). It seems to me and
I only have one instance to support my suspicion at this time. My
understanding is that two different ideal environmental conditions are
required for honey curing and brood rearing. If this is so it seems that
this is very hard to achieve with an entrance at the bottom of the stack?
It intuitively seems to me if the entrance were at the juncture of both
different requirements they could be both met much more easily. I have a
colony setup to extract bees for therapy purposes. an extended rim queen
excluder with an entrance notch. As you might imagine this entrance is
preferred  by 90% of the bees. Also use slatted racks which only have 3
or 4 3/8" slots instead of the usual many. Also have the little notch in
the inner cover that very few bees use.
        This particular colony outdoes it's neighbor in bees and honey
production on a year to year basis. When I go to one of my yards tomorrow
I'm going to stagger every other colonies queen excluder for ann entrance
space and try to get some kind of a trend for the rest of the season.
perhaps there some others out there that would like to try this little
experiment?
 
Alden Marshall
B-Line Apiaries
Hudson, NH 03051
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tel. 603-883-6764
 
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