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Re: Broodless period & varroa
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T & M Weatherhead <[log in to unmask]>
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Informed Discussion of Beekeeping Issues and Bee Biology <[log in to unmask]>
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Sat, 13 Sep 2003 08:13:12 +1000
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> This year two separate people brought frames to me with capped
> brood after the queen had been caged for over a month

Just a question.  If the beekeeper is waiting for the brood to hatch before
killing the hive and extracting all the honey, why cage the queen?  I would
have thought that it would have been easier to kill the queen, wait three
weeks then extract.

Trevor Weatherhead
AUSTRALIA

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