Hi Allen

First may I qualify what has been previously said, I certainly am not trying
to mislead anyone... New beekeeper or old, there is virtually nothing in
beekeeping that is 'cut and dried'. This list is for 'informed discussion'
and as such can expect differing points of view.

So under what circumstances have you found that old comb increases the
vigour of the bees using it ??

I can't compete in terms of hive years... if you are talking about full
sized colonies, my figure would only be just over 3,000, however if you
counted the mating nucs and assessment colonies then the figure would rise
to 15,000 or so... When you consider that I also spent around a hundred
hours a week running my bee equipment business, that comes down to a
reasonable chunk of relevant experience, granted all of that experience in
the field of bee breeding and queen raising rather than honey production and
was only on about 35 sites, all of which are within 30 miles of where I
currently live.

Regards & Best 73s, Dave Cushman, G8MZY
http://website.lineone.net/~dave.cushman or http://www.dave-cushman.net
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