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Eric Brown <[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, 18 Sep 2006 08:51:56 -0400
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>>Many commercial beekeepers move their hives after the honey flow in the
>middle of the day to lose the old bees (which are doomed anyway).
>
>In 30+ years of beekeeping I have never heard such a thing. Many?

I spent some time working and visiting various beekeepers in New Zealand 
(mostly South Island) six or seven years ago, and I heard mention several 
times of beekeepers that practiced or had practiced eliminating summer bees 
after/with the harvest.

Eric

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