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> From: Ross M <[log in to unmask]>
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: Feeding
> Date: Thursday, June 26, 1997 11:59 AM
>
> Greetings from Canada:
>
> A couple of weeks ago (3) I installed a 4 frame Nuc into a new hive and
have
> been feeding 1 to 1 sugar every couple of days with a top feeder in the
hive.
> I have just placed the second brood hive on and am still feeding so the
bees
> can pull out the
> wax.
>
> I don't plan on taking any honey off this year.
>
> My question:
>
> Would it bee ok to keep feeding them untill they have finished "pulling
the
> wax"
> of should I stop feeding them  ?
>
> Thanking you in advance
 
Feed them as long as they will take it.  When they get enough nectar to
sustain they they will stop taking the syrup.
 
Frank & Phronsie Humphrey
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