This note puts a clear number on the ratio of skeps kept overwinter to the summer numbers:
> A maximum number of colonies for this season is obtained by managed swarming using traps. This way 3 times the number of overwintering skeps is available at the time of heather honey production. As the heather skeps contain free-built frameless combs, honey is pressed out or sold within the fresh wax.
WOLF ENGELS (19800 Traditional Heather Skep Beekeeping in N. Germany. University of Tüibingen
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