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Adam Ritchie <[log in to unmask]>
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Informed Discussion of Beekeeping Issues and Bee Biology <[log in to unmask]>
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Tue, 17 Nov 2015 13:59:30 -0500
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> Hi all
> I don't think we ever resolved the question: is there any difference,
> really, between feeding hard candy, soft candy, or a sack of dry sugar (for
> emergency, not supplementary feeding)? Because a sack of dry sugar is by
> far the cheapest, easiest, fastest, etc. What, if anything, is gained by
> those other methods?
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I don't like dry sugar because it's messy and the bees have to get on top
of it.  Unless you put it in frame feeder it ends up everywhere.  The bees
chew through the paper and as Medhat indicated, it runs through to the
bottom board.  I prefer bakers fondant for emergency/early spring feeding.
It is available in large blocks from bakery suppliers at a reasonable cost
so I don't have to make it.  Can be cut with a wire put and put in between
sheets of wax paper to keep it from drying out and it can be carried out to
the yards in a backpack or sleigh if the snow is too deep.  Put it right on
top of the frames and the cluster can chew through from the bottom and will
consume it readily.

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