>At 12:30 PM 7/10/96 +0000, you wrote:
>>Noticed for sale this year a new way to feed bees.
>>It's called baggie feeding.
>>BM sells them.  They look like a cut down honey super.
>>
>>Does the baggie feeder have a bottom?
>>
>>Dave Verville
>>Plaistow, NH
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>Hi Dave
>
>I started using the baggie feeder this year and I will never use anything
>else again.  It is a small super about 3".  An empty shallow super will work
>just as well.  There are a few things I had to learn the hard way.  Put a
>queen excluder or something under the bags if you intend to manipulate the
>hive while feeding. Use only heavey duty zip lock type freezer bags and make
>sure they are completely sealed before they are put on the hive.  Leave as
>little air as is possiable when sealing. Dribble a little of the syrup on
>the bees so they will come up and find it.
>
>After you get the hang of it, the baggie feeder is a great way to feed.
>
>Frank Humphrey
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  Hi Frank
 
  If the bags are completly sealed,how do the bees get the syrup.
 
 
  Frank Battistolo
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