After a long lunch discussion with a beekeeping
friend yesterday we decided the following. We are going to order new
Buckfast, English, bees this spring and stick with them for 2007, no new
Italian colonies for this year. I am throwing away my diseased hive in it's
entirety, quite a financial loss, especially since I was using plastic
(Pierco) foundations. We are going back to galvanized metal tops over wood,
no more Styrofoam, it breaks due to the stickiness of the high propolis
content of hot weather hives. We intend to rob more honey, not less this
year, probably 3 times. We both want French bees, but are not able to locate
any. Any info on that out there?
I gotta tell you, when we spin honey together,
we attract friends, imbibe in libations and have a blast!
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