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Dee Lusby <[log in to unmask]>
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Thu, 23 Feb 2006 08:20:40 -0800
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Bob writes:
The lab reported take overs common and on the rise in their
yards

Reply:
Bull. In the center of Tucson and over a million people?
Also in Avra Valley with population growth the
same...sure.Funny few others see such common reported
experiences as by the lab, and yet others in the area like
us, work with bees daily. 

However in saying this, during spring buildup and fall,
secondary swarms are around like they always have been, and
do and always have go into hives that need queens (failing
queen or one that lost queens during splits).

Another thing, you can go into the journals, both ABJ and
Bee Culture, and see articles going back over the years, on
swarms pictured with multiple queens occurring. This is
nothing new.......except the perception of some looking to
write in a new direction. Think the highest counted number
of queens in a swarm in one of those magazines was around
10-11 queens even if my memory is right, and that wasn't
even in our area also (too bad).

Respectfully submitted,

Dee A. Lusby
Small Cell Commercial Beekeeper
Moyza, Arizona
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/organicbeekeepers/

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