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Re: defining "artificial"
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Michael Palmer <[log in to unmask]>
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Sun, 22 Oct 2006 07:47:41 -0400
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>  You do any fall divides/splits at all when flows are
>over with your strong/strongest colonies?


No way. You may be able to do splits/divides in Arizona, after the flows 
are over for the year, but not up here. The latest I made nucs this year 
was August 15...on early Goldenrod. Even those are iffy. Some will build up 
ok, and some will not. I just looked at those nucs. Rating strength from 
one to five, at least 1/3 are twos...probably not strong enough to make it 
to April/May, when I consider them to have "made it" through the winter. 
With 6" of snow already, and often snow in April, we're talking nearly 6 
months confinement.
Mike  


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