I'm not suprised on how much syrup he was going through. Here we calculate
one barrel for 10 hives for winter feeding and it normally takes two fine
days to empty the barrels!  I wish l had a beekeeper like him close to my
yards!
Peter

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From: "Bob Harrison"
>
> Will be worse in California if you are in the valley. Plenty of open
feeding
> going on. We had three semi loads within a half mile of a beekeeper open
> feeding with 8 barrels. He commented to us he was surprised how much syrup
> he was going through. We said we were surprised how little we were feeding
> in our division feeders.

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