Hi,
 
In the mountains in France (unfortunatly I don't live there) people used to
go twice a month to the hives... And then using a wood stick plyed drums on
the hives. They wanted to make some disturbance.... But where very angry if
anybody did any.
 
I heard that for a old man living there.
 
Any time you visit the world, search for hives, you will see various
beekeeping behaviours.
 
Bzzzzz BZZZ!
 
 
Bernard.
 
 
 
At 21:35 30/09/97 +0300, you wrote:
>Halo, everybody
>
>I wander if anyone hasn't trouble with wintering using mediums. We living
in latitude 54.5 dg. North (24 dg East ) do have. Last 2 years a frost
almost  reached a mark of 30 dg. Celsius. My "bee friend" often used to lose
his bees. The reason was simple. Bees ate honey in low frames and could not
find the upper ones. Maybe, they occurred at the top of the first frame
right while frost? They died with plenty of food above. He tried to diminish
a space among lower and upper frames. Nothing helped. He refused mediums and
now has only deeps.
>
>Such a story. Any suggestions?
>
>A small bee keeper
>Rimantas Zujus
>Lithuania
>
>
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