Tips for keeping bees cool, Solstice Queens, Split Comparisons & Patron bonus bookmark (117)

Part 1: Ways to cool off hives, benefits of post-solstice queens .

Part 2: continues for patrons with bonus content on comparing the Runaway and the Cut-Down/Reverse Doolittle splits, more about post-solstice queens, detailed show notes with links to some helpful videos.

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