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>Are low 70's high enough or is this virgin
>doomed?  I still see drones in my hives.
We rarely have these temperatures in our May swarming time, when I rear
most of my queens. Certainly not in our autumn supersedure time. If you
have drones and they fly, I think your queen will be good.

Unfortunately, we have had intermittent weather in the last month and 4
nice nucs, packed with bees, show no laying 5 weeks and more after
hatching. I squished one today before adding the bees to a weaker nuc
before uniting them to a colony with an inferior queen when I am ready.
--
James Kilty

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