In a message dated 13/04/03 05:01:29 GMT Daylight Time,
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<< To amplify what Tom says, this is an investment you need make only once;
 >therehence the money is in the bank available to be used or recycled as need
 >and season allow year after year.

 You've got me puzzled here Chris. >>

Murray,

To explain by oversimplification, if you rob your bees blind you have to feed
them and if this is your habit you have to do it every year.  If you leave
them with a generous quantity of honey you don't have to feed them.  They
will use some of it and the surplus will be moved around the hive in the
spring as the season and their needs dictate.  They will add to what the
surplus during the year and you harvest the quantity over and above the
'banked' amount which you leave them again for the following winter.

Chris

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