> I have used this system in the past, but I don't recall the exact
> proportions of the ingredients.  Does anyone else recall?
>
> When I used these boards in the spring to provide a little extra food,
> they were only partly consumed.  A local beekeeper puts them on in early
> winter and says they are complete consumed before the bees move on to
> stored honey.  I think I am going to try this.
 
This will no doubt bring forth cries of wrath, but what the hey?!!
I make up candy by just adding a LITTLE liquid honey to granulated sugar.
There are couple of reasons. Most of the standard recipes that I have
tried goes too hard and the bees don't seem to be able to take it all.
Whereas with a little honey it stays soft, and takes up moisture, and the
bees seem to prefer it.
        No, there is no chance of passing on AFB, we don't have it, plus we only
use this recipe where liquid sugar is not possible, and only in our own
yards.
        The method. Knead a little honey, enough to keep the sugar stiff, leave
it open for 24 hours as it softens, add more sugar. If you work at it you
can end up with patties that stay soft but not runny, and without having
to add some of the weird things advocated in some recipes.
 
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