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- From: annallys Goodwin-Landher <annallys AT hotmail.com>
- To: <cpearce AT mycosynthetix.com>, <jeff.bollinger AT gmail.com>
- Cc: OCBA <ocba AT lists.ibiblio.org>
- Subject: Re: [ocba] honey vs. syrup
- Date: Wed, 22 Feb 2012 16:36:32 -0500
Hi,
I choose to use organically grown and processed sugar because harmful chemicals such as herbicides (paraquat), anti caking agents, and flow agents are missing in this product.
Please remember that only 5% of all chemicals were tested for safety before being allowed on the market, in use for farming, processing, and as additives in our food, in our pets food, or sprayed on plants and the ground I recently learned from a Vegan that there is Vegan cane sugar on the market because bone meal is used as a filtering agent in conventional sugar. My girls went through 60 and 70 pounds respectively of capped honey this winter and needed to start feeding them three weeks ago. Regards, Annallys Goodwin-Landher 919 933-9109 annallys AT hotmail.com > Date: Wed, 22 Feb 2012 14:41:22 -0500 > From: cpearce AT mycosynthetix.com > To: jeff.bollinger AT gmail.com > CC: ocba AT lists.ibiblio.org > Subject: Re: [ocba] honey vs. syrup > > > Why is Food Lion sugar crappy? I think it's 100% sucrose. I get mine from > Walmart - cane sugar in a 20 lb bag. > > Cedric. > > > > > > I've been feeding our bees heavily over the last several weeks and its > > getting expensive! 15lbs of white sugar is about 3 days of food for two > > hives and they are really eating it up. However thinking about buying > > this crappy Food Lion sugar (and wondering about its > > processing/additives, etc.) I'm wondering if there's a way/method that > > can be used to avoid feeding sugar syrup altogether for the hobbyist > > beekeeper. > > > > I was thinking maybe instead of collecting this Spring's honey harvest > > for ourselves, we freeze the whole super (after removing bees of course) > > and then save it for the next feeding season. I can't imagine it would > > be much different than a hive-top feeder (which we're using now) with > > all the associated advantages/disadvantages (like robbing, > > cluster-bound, etc.) > > > > I'm curious to hear opinions/predictions on if this approach would work > > in removing the white sugar dependency from the bees' diet in the > > summer, late fall, and winter. Other than not harvesting honey, what > > other issues would you predict to occur trying this method? > > > > Thanks! > > Jeff > > _________________________________________ > > ocba mailing list | North Carolina Beekeeping| http://www.theocba.org/ > > Manage Your Subscription: http://lists.ibiblio.org/mailman/listinfo/ocba/ > > > > > Cedric Pearce Ph.D. > CEO/CSO > Mycosynthetix Inc > 505 Meadowlands Drive Suite 103 > Hillsborough NC 27278 > 919 245 0600 > 919 630 9335 cell > > _________________________________________ > ocba mailing list | North Carolina Beekeeping| http://www.theocba.org/ > Manage Your Subscription: http://lists.ibiblio.org/mailman/listinfo/ocba/ |
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[ocba] honey vs. syrup,
Jeff Bollinger, 02/22/2012
- Re: [ocba] honey vs. syrup, Chris and Lisa Laudeman, 02/22/2012
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Re: [ocba] honey vs. syrup,
cpearce, 02/22/2012
- Re: [ocba] honey vs. syrup, Catherine Adamson, 02/22/2012
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Re: [ocba] honey vs. syrup,
annallys Goodwin-Landher, 02/22/2012
- Re: [ocba] honey vs. syrup, annallys Goodwin-Landher, 02/22/2012
- Re: [ocba] honey vs. syrup, Catherine Adamson, 02/22/2012
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Re: [ocba] honey vs. syrup,
Lewis Cauble, 02/22/2012
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Re: [ocba] honey vs. syrup,
annallys Goodwin-Landher, 02/22/2012
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Re: [ocba] honey vs. syrup,
Lewis Cauble, 02/22/2012
- Re: [ocba] honey vs. syrup, Chuck, 02/22/2012
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Re: [ocba] honey vs. syrup,
Lewis Cauble, 02/22/2012
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Re: [ocba] honey vs. syrup,
annallys Goodwin-Landher, 02/22/2012
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- Re: [ocba] honey vs. syrup, fee, 02/22/2012
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