Hi Andy...
 
Do you know of any sources in Northern California for HFCS?  I will be
starting my first hive (yay!) the first week in April, and want to do the
best for my bees.  I'd even come down to Los Banos if I had to!  Anyway, I'd
appreciate your advice...
 
Thanks for all of your help!
 
Mary Caldwell
Benicia, CA
 
 
-----Original Message-----
From: Andy Nachbaur <[log in to unmask]>
To: [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Sunday, January 25, 1998 11:41 AM
Subject: Re: Sugar to Water Ratio
 
 
>At 01:03 PM 1/25/98 -0800, you wrote:
>>I am into my second year of beekeeping.  I have forgotten the sugar to
>>water ratio for winter feeding.  Could someone please help me with this
>>one?
>
>You can only dissolve so much sugar in a know amount of water and I presume
>you want to feed your bees sugar and not water.
>
>When you have reached the maximum amount of sugar that can be de solved it
>will float.
>
>In the old day when we fed bagged or dry sugar we would use hot water to
>speed up the process, in any case you will never end up with the same
>amount of sugar you can get by using HFC or Invert syrup which many bee
>suppliers keep on hand not only for the commercial beekeepers but also will
>sell in small amounts like five gallons, in some case to the smaller
>beekeeper. You should not expect to pay for the water in the syrup, (so you
>must know something about the sugar solids in the syrup), and you may find
>it less expensive to buy it for a local commercial beekeeper, bee supply
>store, bakery, soda bottler, or a thousand other bulk users of sugar.
>Cultivating these sources of supply has more then once led to nice honey
>purchase contacts for the future production of many beekeepers and
>sometimes a trade of a few jars of honey in opening the door can be more
>then rewarding as food manufacturing establishments are not into getting
>the last drop of sugar out of that 2,000 gallon tank out back. I know small
>beekeepers that get all the sugar they can use just by draining what is
>left and would be washed down the drain of tanks, tankers and RR tank cars
>used for sugar if you are into that kind of work.
>
>ttul, the OLd Drone-
>
>... I said, but just to be a bee
>
>
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