On Sun, 25 Jan 1998, Frank & Phronsie Humphrey wrote:
 
> As you can see there are almost as many opinions on this subject
> as there are on whose queens are best.  Years ago a beekeeper
> told me to use 1 to 1 by volume in spring and summer. The bees
> will reduce it to what they need it to be and the moisture helps
> to cool the hive.
 
In my limited experience [three years] I have seen that the bees will
ignore the syrup if it is too thin.  1 to 1 by volume seems to work , but
more water than that and it just sits there and gets moldy.