> > >My assumption would be that the pollinating colonies are broken down > through the season for ease of transport and maximum profit. I don't really > know. Maybe someone who is in the pollination business could comment. > > I do try to keep them in a "boiling" brood box, single size for as long as possible, by taking frames with bees/brood/reserves. I end up adding the honey harvest+queens+nucs+new families for the yearly production figures. queen 1 kg of honey 4 frame nuc 4 kg of honey single 9 kg of honey I use the early spring number of colonies for calculating seasonal average. -- NOTA:Si va a re-enviar este correo por favor borre la historia de direcciones, que incluye mi direccíon electrónica. Al borrar las direcciones electronicas se preveniene que los correos sean usados para la propagacion de virus y spams. Gracias Juanse Barros J. APIZUR S.A. Carrera 695 Gorbea - CHILE +56-45-271693 08-3613310 http://apiaraucania.blogspot.com/ [log in to unmask] *********************************************** The BEE-L mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned LISTSERV(R) list management software. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html Guidelines for posting to BEE-L can be found at: http://honeybeeworld.com/bee-l/guidelines.htm