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What are minimum strength standards for a pollinating hive?

Last Updated: November 10, 2009

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When a hive is opened, bees should immediately boil over, blanketing the tops of 6-10 frames. There should be at least 4-6 combs of brood. The colony should be queen-right and free of obvious disease or mites.

- Keith Delaplane, University of Georgia

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