Hello,
    Yesterday I recorded a new Linden Apiaries record for 24-hour production
of one colony on a platform scale.  From 7:15 PM on September 5 until 7:15
PM on September 6, a two-queen colony at my house gained 19.25 lbs.!  My
previous record was 18 lbs. during the bamboo flow of '96.  Other 24h gains
for the day were 16.75, 15.5, and for 48 hours I recorded 19.75 and 28.75
lb. gains.  The latter colony had a 6-day gain of 67.75 lbs.!  (I have a
total of 6 scale hives in 5 yards.)  Temperature on the 6th was 49°-80° at
my place, and about 5 degrees warmer by afternoon in the valley, where most
of my colonies are located.
    Back in the 80's, I used to get 4.25 lb. gains on bamboo on good days,
but as an aggressive almost ineradicable plant from Japan, it has now
increased to the point where it is the heaviest flow and is now available to
all my apiaries.
    Let me know if you need any seeds!
On the flow,
Charles F. Andros
VT/NH Apiary Inspector, '78-'89
My address:
Linden Apiaries/Boulder Wall Gardens
1 McLean Road
Walpole, NH
03608-0165
603-756-9056