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Greetings all,
Due to the dry spell around the St. Louis area, several of my hives
were on the light side. I wanted to increase the weight, so I began feeding
the recommended 2:1 sugar syrup in baggie feeders. I then switched to High
Fructose Corn Syrup because the price was 1/3 that of sugar. It was
recommended to mix 3 parts water to 1 part HFCS. I made the first batch of
it like that and added about 2 cups of old dark honey I extracted last fall.
It seemed too weak, so I started mixing 2:1, and adding about the same
amount of honey. Question is, they don't seem to use 2 quarts of HFCS as
fast as 2 quarts of sugar syrup. Is this normal? If not, how can I
increase the intake to get as much stored for the winter as possible. I
don't want to have to rely entirely on candy trays this winter. Feel free
to e mail me direct. Thanks,
Scott Moser
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