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Re: Feeding Dry Sugar
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Midnitebee <[log in to unmask]>
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Informed Discussion of Beekeeping Issues and Bee Biology <[log in to unmask]>
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Sat, 14 Mar 1998 16:52:09 -0500
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check the "spring feeding of winterd hives": at this
location:www.cybertours.com/~midnitebee
Herb
Holly-B Apiary
P.O.Box 26
Wells,Maine 04090-0026
www.cybertours.com/~midnitebee
-----Original Message-----
From: Ian Watson <[log in to unmask]>
To: [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Saturday, March 14, 1998 4:36 PM
Subject: Re: Feeding Dry Sugar
 
 
>>I go to the next step which is to feed "candy" which is 5 lbs granulated
>>sugar boiled with one pint of water to a little over 240F. I pour it
>>into greased cookie pans, break it into chunks and put it on the inner
cover.
>
>
>Doesn't boiling sugar syrup result in Carmelization, and isn't that linked
to Dysentery?
>I can't find the source, but I'm sure I read that in one of my beekeeping
books...
>
>Comments?
>
>Ian Watson    [log in to unmask]
>real estate agent     gardener    baritone
>beekeeper---->6 colonies and counting
>

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