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Hello Larry & All,
>Weve had many bits of advice and a lot of hypothesizing... but nothing with
authority.
In the end you will have to decide to feed or not feed yourself as all
those have had to in a similar situation. In a club situation like yours I
would not be the person which makes the decision for the group. I would not
talk people into feeding sugar with starch. A large commercial beekeeper
feeding a very small part of his hives sugar with starch is different than a
group of hobby people feeding the product. Even if a problem totally
unrelated happens to a couple hives and those hives die the first thing the
beekeeper will blame is Larry K. and his idea to feed bees sugar with
starch!
If you are looking for a simple yes or no answer you will get the answer not
to feed bees a product with starch of any kind.
> Have any of you had recent experience with such sugar?
Yes. A friend fed around 50 bags (2500 lbs.)of domino brand frosting with
starch.
>any ideas about potato starch?
I doubt the fact the starch is from potato changes the secenario.
> Any thoughts are appreciated.
If you can pull up the posts of a few years ago of mine and others when
the subject was discussed on BEE-L the posts might be helpful. You might use
the word *domino brand* in the search.
If you decide to feed the product I will pass on the advice given to
me by a couple commercial beekeepers which claim to have fed sugar with
a small amount of starch added before.
Feed the product only in late spring when bees are flying all the time
and make up a thin solution.
I had bought the bags from a frieght salvage place I had the salvage sugar
account sight unseen with skids of granulated sugar. The bags had sat in
my warehouse for a couple years when a beekeeper from Nebraska I was
buying brood from saw the bags and was interested. He took the bags in on
the money I owed for the brood and mixed with water as I was told and never
had a problem. He is in Texas right now with his bees or I would give you
contact information Larry and you could talk to the beekeeper directly
about his experience.
Again you can talk to as many beekeepers as you can and get many different
points of view but in the end the decision will be yours. Best not to feed
bees a product with starch and NEVER feed a product with starch for winter
stores.
Hope I have helped!
Sincerely,
Bob Harrison
Ps. Thanks to all of the people on BEE-L which have emailed, sent cards and
called about my recent rotator cuff surgery!
bh/eth
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