On 2-Jun-10, at 9:40 AM, Grant Gillard wrote:

>   What are almonds?  Two hives per acre?  I
>
> I don't have a better analogy, but calling the almond pollination a  
> feedlot doesn't really fit.  If a bee will fly two miles (I don't  
> have a reliable source for this statistic) that hive will cover  
> over 8,000 acres of potential pollination.  How many hives does it  
> take to be 'crammed" into that 8,000 acre location?  Hardly a feedlot.
>
>

Hi Grant and all

I've not seen the almond farms .  You imply that the beekeeper drops  
2 hives per acre.  I would doubt that the beekeeper would make 1000  
drops on a 1000 acre farm.  More likely 20 drops of 100(still a  
crowd).  Please correct me if I'm wrong(Bob Randy others?)  Then  
there are the holding yards with many thousands of hives before and  
after the bloom.  Sounds like a hog barn to me

Bob Darrell
Caledon Ontario
Canada
44N80W

Getting more than our share of sunny 30C days,  hives busting at the  
seams

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