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> Waldemar wrote
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> Can malnutrition occur under East Coast conditions?
Here in the Finger Lakes of NY after the Basswood flow in July--there
is a dearth. This lasts from end of August until September. Pollen
flows slow & almost stop. In some years (like this year) its a good
idea to feed sugar. My colonies were putting on nothing & my scale
hive was back pedaling--couple pounds a day. I pulled supers, added a
1 lb patty & put on two gallons of 1:1 sugar per colony. (July 28)
Now I have pollen traps back on & the Bamboo is flowing, some
Goldenrod (not strong yet) and clover pollen--they get little honey
from dutch clover this time of year, but quite a bit of pollen. My
hives are on the mend. rather than gobbling up the first week of flow
after this dearth they will start to gain weight because I fed them.
(they also got to clean up the supers following a pitiful extraction.
1 barrel--should have been 3-4 by this time of year.
Prior to the release of the three insects for Loosestrife control,
beekeepers could get Loosestrife honey if near a swamp in August but
thats gone around here--beeks complain that biological control of
invasive plants destroyed such a nice olive oil green honey.
So yes on the east coast there are periods ( in places) with hive
malnutrition.
Mike
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