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so basically, the bees produced in August are dead by November - so not winter bees at all.
Not according to THe Apiarist, who quoted a study from which some of the results which enabled this graphical presentation to be made. It is contained within the article which has already been linked to three times on this thread. The lighter yellow areas of the graphic represent bees which were present as brood at the end of August and were still present (as bees) on 5th December, being almost undiminished in quantity since 18th October.
Does a "Winter bee" have to be present in Spring to count as such? I suspect that some bees are more wintry than others.
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