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- From: Kitty Cunningham <klparmley AT gmail.com>
- To: "Liz Lindsey" <liz.lindsey AT duke.edu>, "Orange County Beekeepers Association" <ocba AT lists.ibiblio.org>, <NaturalBeesinNC AT yahoogroups.com>
- Subject: Re: [ocba] Package bees
- Date: Wed, 28 Mar 2012 22:18:17 -0400
The feeder is where robbing can’t happen. I have a top bar hive with
a window, so it’s easy to see what going on without disturbing them.
I don’t want to cut them off before it’s appropriate, but I don’t want to
give them sugar when nectar is available.
And this is new to me, so I’m checking in.
Thanks for input.
From: Liz Lindsey
Sent: Wednesday, March 28, 2012 8:55 PM
To: Kitty Cunningham
Subject: Re: [ocba] Package bees You can stop feeding them only when they stop taking the sugar syrup. They
prefer real nectar and will leave the syrup when there is enough nectar and
enough foragers. Don't stop giving them sugar syrup until they stop taking it.
You will be checking regularly for signs of their filling out the frames of wax
(which requires a great deal of their energy...they must gorge to produce
wax...) since it sounds like this is a brand new colony, and you will check to
ensure there isn't robbing, and that it is indeed them taking up the sugar. Hope
this helps.
Liz Lindsey~ Sent from my iPhone
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[ocba] Package bees,
Kitty Cunningham, 03/28/2012
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Kitty Cunningham, 03/28/2012
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