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Its a good idea to have an estimate of the number of bees in a colony going into winter. There is a method for doing this which is used a lot in Germany / Switzerland but not so much over here. Its called the Liebefelder estimation method (you'd need to use google translate but its explained here https://translate.googleusercontent...ang=de&usg=ALkJrhjv66p1W9exG0McEnLA_pjYstEMJA
I wonder how many people are even aware of this
I wonder how many people are even aware of this
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