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A old beekeeping friend once told me he thought that him and his crews were in the hives too often, to the point it probably did more harm than good. I thought about that statement and somewhat agreed , reminded of the bee yards that I had forgotten about over the years , the ones that didn’t get honey pulled till the very end ,when the list was finally looked at , they were usually plugged out. Sometimes other early spring yards were missed on checkouts due to weather , or inadequate access, and quite often they seemed better than the yards checked regularly. This never became a regular habit but when it happened and both us and the bees benefitted, we called it leave alone beekeeping is best, but it wasn’t always so.
I believe I met Peter B many decades ago at a AFB meeting in Detroit, but failed to introduce myself
Irwin harlton
https://www.facebook.com/The-Honey-House-Souris-Manitoba-166244863421587
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