A friend of mine told me of a colony he had that was starving. "Barely twitching"
they were. This was late spring. He had no sugar on the truck. Poured a Coca-Cola
all over them, and stuck the label between the supers so he'd remember which
colony it was. The colony recovered and made a good crop of honey.

Allen Dick wrote:

>  > When this method was first
>  > explained to me the bees had to be starved and when I asked how you knew
>  > they were starving the answer was when they are seen to be dying.
>
> Frankly, I doubt bees that have been starved will ever amount to much, unless
> they have a long time until winter and lots of ideal conditions.
>
> allen
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