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Re: Sugar as Winter Feed -- Again!
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Chris Slade <[log in to unmask]>
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Informed Discussion of Beekeeping Issues and Bee Biology <[log in to unmask]>
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Sat, 11 Sep 2010 17:04:19 EDT
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In a message dated 08/09/2010 15:41:52 GMT Daylight Time,  
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I doubt  that the notion that bees can't use crystallized honey in the  
winter  is true.


Bees in the UK and Ireland must have been wintering largely on Ivy (Hedera  
sp) since the ice retreated about 10,000 years ago!  It's lovely scrunchy  
stuff setting very rapidly.
 
Chris

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