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Re: Research and big feet.
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Robert Brenchley <[log in to unmask]>
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Informed Discussion of Beekeeping Issues and Bee Biology <[log in to unmask]>
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Fri, 21 Oct 2005 07:55:00 EDT
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In a message dated 21/10/05 03:23:53 GMT Daylight Time, [log in to unmask]
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<<Bees add this hormone to the wax. It suppresses mite reduction.  It fades
over time. New wax reinstates the hormone as part of the hive  environment.>>


    How old is the comb in some of Dee's hives now? If  success depended on a
fading hormone, surely it would have faded in at least  some of them by this
time.

    Regards,

    Robert Brenchley

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