In this first episode, I answer a couple questions submitted by users of the Facebook Group.
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Hi Solomon,
ReplyDeleteIf my goal is to get to full "treatment free", how many hives/nucs do you recommend to begin winter with? I have 6 now and am concerned I might not have enough. I had 100% losses last year for two hives. I'm only second-year so not very experienced. Based on last winter's experience, I'll be happy with 1-2 survivors although I'd prefer more. 5 of the 6 hives appear pretty strong to me today. One is very small cluster and not growing much. I expect the fall flow to begin in a couple weeks.
-Joe
Great question, will be addressed in the upcoming Episode 4 of the podcast.
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