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- From: Randall Austin <ra41717 AT gmail.com>
- To: Mark <mpsmith90 AT gmail.com>, Walter Starks <walterstarks AT icloud.com>
- Cc: ocba AT lists.ibiblio.org
- Subject: Re: [ocba] Next steps after Apiguard
- Date: Mon, 12 Sep 2016 07:30:14 -0400
Walter,
Mark is using 8 frame equipment. As described on page 4 of the article <here>, four 8-frame mediums is exactly the same space as two 10-frame deeps. So Mark has a very appropriate amount of space in his year-round brood chamber (the amount that I use and recommend) and shouldn't remove any of it. But he should get it pumped up with sugar syrup to prepare for winter. FYI, the traditional recommendation is to feed 1-1 syrup during spring and summer, and 2-1 in fall and winter. There is an interesting article by Randy Oliver in the American Bee Journal this month where he did some tests and, for him, found that it really doesn't make a whole lot of difference either way. So people shouldn't agonize over the proportions as long as they ARE feeding when they need to. And do we need to? See the article <here> for thoughts on that question. Randall On 9/11/2016 10:45 PM, Mark wrote: 6936DF40-DB69-49A5-AB78-2606510D540C AT gmail.com" type="cite">
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[ocba] Next steps after Apiguard,
Mark Smith, 09/11/2016
- Re: [ocba] Next steps after Apiguard, Walter Starks, 09/11/2016
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Re: [ocba] Next steps after Apiguard,
Walter Starks, 09/11/2016
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Re: [ocba] Next steps after Apiguard,
Mark, 09/11/2016
- Re: [ocba] Next steps after Apiguard, Randall Austin, 09/12/2016
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Re: [ocba] Next steps after Apiguard,
Mark, 09/11/2016
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