Here in the UK the bees, Apis mellifera mellifera, must have wintered largely on crystallised ivy honey  since we became an island and the ice retreated about 20,000 years ago.



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Not only that, but a lot of people have success feeding hard blocks of sugar candy in winter. I wonder what factors are involved in the apparent difference in these reports.



PLB



It is a good point Peter. I would suggest the air relative humidity that could be a factor. However there might be other physical properties of honey that could contribute to this factor. I wonder also about heather honey. Can the bees overwinter on this type of honey?





Medhat

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