Just back from working 280 colonies in southern & central Mn. Saw
several instances of drones being wrestled out of hives the last two
days.
We're having a dry summer and early fall and consequently a below
average late season nectar flow. It does seem early for this behaviour.
But several of our apple varieties are running about a week or ten days
early too.
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