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Offline Mici

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Re: What to feed
« Reply #20 on: March 25, 2007, 02:11:20 pm »
when i was writting the question i had that baning in my head, but it seemed absurd to me-i had to have had it wrong, so i wrote it anyways.
but the question remains, what chain of events cause it?

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Re: What to feed
« Reply #21 on: March 25, 2007, 04:11:00 pm »
>Keeping colonies strong doesn't prevent AFB.

Everything I've read would say it does and that weak colonies tend to get AFB.
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Re: What to feed
« Reply #22 on: March 25, 2007, 10:13:48 pm »
 Your weak colony could have been exposed to the afb from a strong colony with afb entering the weaker colony.  I have seen this happen. Charlie

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Re: What to feed
« Reply #23 on: March 29, 2007, 09:41:17 pm »
What amount of pollen substitute or pollen should I have on hand to jump start an over wintered colony and how much for a new package?  (Natural pollen will probably be available when the pkg arrives.)

 

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