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Date: | Mon, 27 Mar 2000 11:00:42 -0500 |
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I happen to have a copy of this years blueberry pollination contract from
the Jasper Wyman company (of Maine, and now in PEI as well). I believe they
rent well over 10,000 hives in Maine. Blueberries flower slightly earlier
than apples (only a few days or a week).
From that:
"The minimum standard is 6 frames of brood and 8 frames of bees. If the
inspection team determines, in their opinion, that a 4 or 5 frame hive has
more than enough bees to provide adequate pollination, they will mark that
hive as a 6 frame hive.
Payment will be based on the inspection as follows:
0-3 frames of brood $0
4-5 frames of brood 20% less than base rate
4-5 frames of brood with a solid box of bees= base rate
6-7 frames of brood = base rate
8-10frames of brood 20% more than base rate
The base rate for crop pollination year 2000 will be $50.00"
End of quote. That is US$
My understanding is that a frame of brood is any frame with over 50% coverage.
However, the contract does not spell this out.
3% of the hives are tested. You cannot "fool the grower" as it is a
beekeeper doing the testing.
Regards, Stan
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