Chris
>The crash in 1987 was much greater than we have experienced more recently,
>but that was before the internet had been invented so nobody noticed. The
>World didn't come to an end!
I recorded 33 hives going into winter 1987, but did not record the number
the following spring. However, 47 went into the winter of 1988 - so we
recovered if there was a crash.
1997 was my worst ever 41/71 survived - 42% losses. That was the first year
that we detected varroa - but we seemed to bounce back, producing an average
155lbs from those 41.
Best wishes
Peter
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