Market Farming

[Sojourner <sojournr AT missouri.org>]

Marie Kamphefner wrote:
> 
> We usually have lots and lots of bumblebees.  What do you feed them?

I'm pretty sure you feed them the same as you would feed honeybees.

Here's a couple of links:

http://www.in2it.net/bees/feeding.html
http://bee.airoot.com/beeculture/96sept2.htm

From:

http://maarec.cas.psu.edu/bkCD/Startkeeping/Methods_starting.html

A number three can containing a food supply of 50 percent sugar syrup is
suspended from the top of the cage. A few small holes are made in the
bottom of the can through which the bees feed.

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Those are all for honeybees, but I imagine feeding bumblebees is
similar.

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