Possible, but our most dependable flow is in the late summer/ early fall.
And this colony was a dud all last summer--so who knows how they'll do?
Besides, I bought the two before I knew who and how many had survived. I
wanted to make sure I'd have at least two colonies, and a late spring cold
snap has deprived me of a colony more than once.
On Sat, Mar 13, 2010 at 10:30 AM, Mike S <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> --- On Sat, 3/13/10, Lesli Sagan <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> One of my three colonies survived the winter this year--that means a couple
> hundred for replacement bees.
>
> If you are not in a hurry to restock your two empty hives, why not buy just
> one package and then split the one you have now after the honey flow to make
> your third colony?
>
>
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