Question?????
 
Where is the "Baggie Feeder" placed in the hive and in what position??
 
Bob Neely
Goose Creek, SC
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On Tue, 15 Jul 1997 15:08:21 -0500 Ken Lawrence
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>Jim Moore wrote:
>>
>>         From my experience 2 or 3 short parallel cuts about 2 inches
>in length
>> is sufficient.
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>>         If you make the feeding area too big the weight of the
>feeding bees
>> tends to cause the baggie to leak. Also slits that are too long tend
>to
>> compromise the bags abiltiy to hold the syrup.
>>
>>         I think some of the early reports of the bees taking the
>syrup really
>> fast were due to lots of bees on top of the baggie causing the syrup
>to leak
>> and then just run out the entrance. This can be avoid by keeping the
>slits
>> shorter.
>>
>>         I really like the baggie feeders as they don't suffer from
>leaking that
>> inverted pails suffer from when the air inside warms and expands.
>The only down
>> side is that for feeding with cool temperatures the bees have to
>leave the
>> warmth of the hive to get to the top of the baggie. This is not the
>case for
>> pails inverted over the hole of the inner cover.
>>
>>         Regards,
>>
>>                 Jim Moore
>
>        Hello
>        I also us the baggies but with only one slit about 2 inches
>long.  But
>I can reuse the baggie by just refilling it without any trouble.
>                                Ken Lawrence
>