>  At least that is my understanding of why a lot of
>beekeepers feed honey to their colonies in the fall.


Yes, and also a failure of the fall flow.


and so as keith says, are
 > allowed to pollute the genetic pool.

I admire Keith's persistence in trying to winter bees in Alaska. I'm sure,
in time, he will have a better bee than he did before. And maybe it's so
that feeding sugar would maintain colonies that he doesn't want in his gene
pool. It just seems to me that these colonies are a valuable resource. Feed
them to get them through the winter, and use the bees and brood next year
to make up nucs for your queen rearing.

Yes/No?

Mike


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