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Re: Ph adjustment of sugar syrup
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Geoff Manning <[log in to unmask]>
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Mon, 17 Jan 2011 16:09:51 +1100
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On 16/01/2011 4:29 AM, randy oliver wrote:
> However, the main stimulation for broodrearing is fresh pollen, not nectar.
>   In fact, stimulation by syrup alone, if there is not adequate pollen will
> actually put the colony under protein deficit.

Agreed.  Interestingly Kleinsmitdt found that a sugar feed (often?) 
would stimulate a hive to forage for pollen in the absense of a nectar flow.

Geoff Manning

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