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Ken Lawrence <[log in to unmask]>
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Discussion of Bee Biology <[log in to unmask]>
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Wed, 9 Apr 1997 16:27:43 -0500
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Richard Blohm wrote:
>
> In a message dated 97-04-09 15:06:39 EDT, you write:
>
> << You can also use the 'baggie method'. Essentially all this amounts
>  to is put an empty half super over the hive...fill up a large plastic
>  zip-loc bag with your syrup and lay it flat across the top bars. Put
>  a couple of slits about two-three inches on each side of the top
>  side of the plastic baggie, push your finger down to let a little syrup
>  flow out and there you go. Check periodically to see when they need
>  a new baggie.....the zip-loc resealable freezer baggie works well
>  and fits just right. Of course you the put the inner lid and cover
>  back over the empty half (or use a full if you don't have a half size)
>  super.
>   >>
> Anyone figure out how to refill these so one does not have to waste the empty
> bags?
>
> Rich Blohm,
> Huntington, NY
 
        Hello Rich:
        Ken Lawrence here in Trimble Mo.  I just leave it flat on the
frames bars and stick a finger into he split and raise up and fill it
back up with syrup. The bag will swell right back out the way it was. I
use them over.

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