Word of warning. If I mix a thick syrup in MT and feed in spring or fall, I always use hot water. Not only does it facilitate getting the sucrose dissolved and speed up the process of getting clear syrup, its necessary to keep the syrup for precipitating back out and clogging feeder screens when the nights turn cold. Whereas it may be possible to get a good, stable mix using cold water - my experience is that the odds are that a heavy syrup made with cold water will result in the sugar dropping out into a viscous sludge as soon as the weather turns cold. Maybe if its mixed for a very long time, it will be ok; but hot water seems to be the better choice. Early in my career, I almost starved 60 colonies because I made up the spring feed for packages using cold water. It cleared and looked good, then settled out the first night in the hive. Heating the same syrup cleared it, and then it was fine. Jerry *********************************************** The BEE-L mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned LISTSERV(R) list management software. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html Guidelines for posting to BEE-L can be found at: http://honeybeeworld.com/bee-l/guidelines.htm