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Sent: Tuesday, June 12, 2001 6:56 PM
Subject: Re: Swarming Package


> You said there was still foundation in the hive which was started on April
> 20th.
> Haven't you been feeding them 1:1 sugar syrup CONTINUOUSLY since April
20th?
> A new package on foundation should be CONTINUOUSLY fed 1:1 syrup from
startup
> to about September if you expect to get 30 frames drawn and most of them
> filled with winter stores.

Per your reply, I fed syrup until natural sources became available and they
quit taking it.  Initially, they were taking about 2 quarts every 3 days and
this continued until Dandilions and Marsh Merigolds were in full bloom. When
syrup sits for more than a week without being touched,  all I have read say
it is time to remove it.  It starts to ferment and mold.  The bees were on
some foundation and come drawn comb-not completely foundation.

Coleene