Worldwide Beekeeping
Beekeeping => Bee News => Topic started by: BoilerJim on August 15, 2014, 01:41:12 pm
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Click on the link below to watch.
http://wlfi.com/2014/08/15/bees-buzzing-again-after-brutal-winter/
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Excellent interview Jim.
The printed version was a little off. "as much as 67 percent of the bees in Indiana died last winter, compared to around 50 percent during a normal winter."??
50% is normal for you guys? ;D
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agreed. a nice story.
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awesome, awesome, AWESOME JIM!!!
THANK YOU for the link to the story and video! sure appreciated it!
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Not sure about Indiana, but 15 to 20% loss is considered more normal here, and reported losses were 70% or so. It was a bad winter. I am looking forward to next spring to see the difference in losses between local/feral and Carniolan crosses compared to the package bees with Italian queens and or their daughters on the ones that were superseded.
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Not sure about Indiana, but 15 to 20% loss is considered more normal here, and reported losses were 70% or so. It was a bad winter. I am looking forward to next spring to see the difference in losses between local/feral and Carniolan crosses compared to the package bees with Italian queens and or their daughters on the ones that were superseded.
This past spring, our bee association members reported a 50% loss.
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Very good story and interview, stuck to the points of the winter bee loss causes. Thanks Jim for the interview and the link.
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Perry, I would say "my" normal loss has been about a third of all my bees except for this past winter.
Jim
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Click on the link below to watch.
http://wlfi.com/2014/08/15/bees-buzzing-again-after-brutal-winter/
Awesome video Jim. I have had the same issue here in SC. Last year was particularly difficult.