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Date: | Fri, 31 Mar 1995 09:00:18 EST |
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I'm looking for advise from beekeepers in the New England states, Hartford
area preferably. I'm a low key hobbyist, living near Chicago. I'm moving
to the Hartford area in this coming mid-June, and I'd been planning to move
my 4 hives sometime earlier this spring before the major honey flow. But
unfortunately 2 weeks ago when we had nice weather I check my hives and
found them all dead. The local bee inspector says the varroa mite got
them, so there's no contamination to the hive equip. Now I have a
dilemma. Do I order bees here, and install them in late April, then try to
move them in mid June? If I move the empty equip. out to the Hartford
area with the rest of my belongings in mid June would it be too late to
install a new pkg. of bees? Should I just forget it this year and start up
next year? I don't have much experience moving live hives, but it seems to
me it would have been simple to move them to CT during the cool spring
weather, but it will be a major hassle to drive them 20 or so hours in mid
June. Any advice will be appreciated.
(written at 7:37 am on Fri, Mar 31, 1995)
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