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Net weight gain in hives (Pennsylvania).
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posted on 2010-12-23, 00:10 authored by Wayne Hunter, James Ellis, Dennis vanEngelsdorp, Jerry Hayes, Dave Westervelt, Eitan Glick, Michael Williams, Ilan Sela, Eyal Maori, Jeffery Pettis, Diana Cox-Foster, Nitzan PaldiTotal weight gained by the hives in the different treatments corresponds mainly to amount of honey collected. The difference between the weight at the start and the end of the experiment (4 months) shows that the non infected controls (mean = 23.5kg) and the Remebee-I+IAPV (mean = 21kg) made significantly more honey than hives receiving IAPV alone (mean = 16.3kg) (F = 2.7; df = 4.92; P = 0.034).
