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Tag: robbing

The Value of Observation

Posted on October 7, 2019 by jen3972

In a bid to protect my smaller colonies from the cool, damp British winter, a couple of days ago I transferred them from their single-walled Nationals in to double-walled WBCs. I couldn't do this with the National Trust oak tree bees as they had a lot of crossed comb and I can't move the frames … Continue reading The Value of Observation →

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