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Greg Kovacs wrote:
> Bill,
> My concern was how the
> rumbling, shaking, and noise would affect them. I felt they would get
> agitated too easily and stay that way. To try it out, thump on your hive
> the same way the thumping from the choper blades would be doing to your
> hives from the compressed shoch wave hitting them. Logic says that they
> may get agitated and stay nasty. This is only a hypothesis based on
> insufficient data. I hope that this helps you in some way.
This may be a valid argument against having a helo in the area.
Question for all- Is this kind of disruption really enough to set back
the colonies for the day or at least half a day?
Also, would it increase aggression?
Or are we really talking about just a slight bump in the road and little
impact?
Bill Truesdell
Bath, Maine
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