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- From: "Starks, Walter" <Walter.Starks AT facilities.unc.edu>
- To: Katja Sage <katjasage AT yahoo.com>
- Cc: Mark Smith <mgeesmith AT juno.com>, "ocba AT lists.ibiblio.org" <ocba AT lists.ibiblio.org>
- Subject: Re: [ocba] All That Sugar Syrup!
- Date: Fri, 11 Jul 2014 23:49:10 +0000
I'm in my first year so not speaking from experience, but I've been working from the bee school lesson to keep feeding as long as they will eat the syrup. Right now I'm using top feeders and about 2 gallons of syrup every 3 days per hive. Most of the hives
have drawn out the deeps and at least one super so I think the feeding is paying off, but I'm also interested in other more experienced opinions.
Just an FYI- Some WalMarts sell 25 lb bags of sugar for about $15.00. I've been mixing mine in 5 gal buckets that I got at Lowes which are marked in gallons. I also use what Lowes calls a Drill Pump. It's just a little pump that connects onto a battery
drill. I hooked up a couple of short pieces of plastic hose and pump the syrup in for the first hive. Hard to pour when the bucket is full (heavy).
____ Walter
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[ocba] All That Sugar Syrup!,
Katja Sage, 07/11/2014
- Re: [ocba] All That Sugar Syrup!, Starks, Walter, 07/11/2014
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Re: [ocba] All That Sugar Syrup!,
John Rintoul, 07/11/2014
- Re: [ocba] All That Sugar Syrup!, Randall Austin, 07/12/2014
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