I am in search of a supplier that sells candy boards.  Is there such in the
US?  I have made my own in the past, but as my holdings of bees increases,
my desire to make candy boards for all decreases.  If need be, I will
produce my own and I intend to enter the winter with candy boards in place
on all hives.  The bees did well this year, and were quite strong at the end
of the season.  Big appetites... and a lot of robbing in the bee yard.  I am
concerned about the quantity of stores that are now left.

On a second note, I have been feeding HFCS this fall.  This is the first
time I have done it seriously  - instead of sugar water - and I have been
having a problem with it crystallizing quickly.  I remove it, warm it and
put it back on (in one gallon plastic buckets).  It crystallizes again.  Is
there a solution to this problem?  I considered diluting it, but would
rather not for reason most Bee-L people would be familiar with.

Thoughts on both these subjects would be appreciated.

Larry Krengel
Marengo, IL

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