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> ... we just stuck half a pound or so of the stuff in upturned hive
> lids, although any kind of shallow box would do. They cleared up the lot
> in a few hours. We then did the same each morning for the next couple of
> weeks if the weather was fine, and it was fascinating to see these dust
> covered bees with their pollen baskets full to overload scuttling back
> and forward to the hives. As it was the same flour we used in our pollen
> substitute patties I reckoned it would probably do them good.
 
See http://www.internode.net/Honeybee/unwrap.htm
for some pictures of this happening.  Be prepared for some slow loading,
since htere are a number of large images on the age.
 
Allen

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