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Date: | Tue, 18 Aug 1998 15:34:31 GMT+0200 |
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Hi Mike
You question whether rough handling can in fact make bees bad
tempered.
I recently removed a swarm of bees from withing the joyces (sp) of a
bridge over which a constant stream of heavy trucks thundered.
They were, despite their large colony size, one of the nicest swarms
I have ever worked with. In total the colony comprised well over
twelve large combs (three pizza areas at least) and had at least half
of that as brood - normally such a colony would be quite agro but
these were friendly.
I believe frequent handling calms bees.
Keep well
Garth
Garth Cambray Camdini Apiaries
Grahamstown Apis mellifera capensis
Eastern Cape Prov.
South Africa
Time = Honey
After careful consideration, I have decided that if I am ever a V.I.P
the I. may not stand for important.
(rather influential, ignorant, idiotic, intelectual, illadvised etc)
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