Chris Slade wrote:
>
> In the UK we tend nowadays not to have a broodless period,

Hi Chris

You live near the South coast.  I don't think your experience is 
repeated in my district especially with bees carrying a decent 
proportion of native genes.  It is certainly not repeated in my own 
apiaries where a broodless period can be almost guaranteed.

Steve Rose

Derbyshire, England.

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