I don't know where it started, tho I remember it on Bee-L in the 90's
from both Dave Green (pollinators page, from SC) and Allen. I don't
remember George Imrie using the term.
Carolyn in SC
On 8/4/2013 5:36 PM, allen wrote:
>>> ... (managing commercially) two strains with v
> To change the subject back to walk-away splits, I have a question for
> the gurus. Where did that expression come from and who used it first?
>
> I recall adopting walk-away as a term back in the '90s to describe my
> technique of simply splitting a two-story hive in two and walking away
> with no real need to check it for three weeks. Now, I am wondering if
> I read that term somewhere, or if I actually dreamed it up. Does
> anyone know who used it first and where?
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