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Re: Feral colonies and extinction
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randy oliver <[log in to unmask]>
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Sat, 17 Aug 2019 20:54:21 -0700
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There's a good list of measured or estimated colony densities at
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/action/downloadSupplement?doi=10.1111%2Feen.12715&file=een12715-sup-0001-TableS1.docx

Almond stocking density at 2 hives/acre works out to around 500 hives/km2.
When I Google mapped 13 locations of mine around my home, the density was
about 10/km2

-- 
Randy Oliver
Grass Valley, CA
www.ScientificBeekeeping.com

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