On Tue, 14 Jan 1997, Gerry Visel wrote:
 
>    I also had problems with slow drinkers at the boardman feeders.  When
> I put them on the front of the hive, the diurnal heating/cooling pumped
> them empty before the bees could drink.  The leakage drew yellow jackets,
> which spread into the hives.  Even placed on inner covers, they only drew
> a few bees, and some even got mold on the syrup, it took them so long to
> take down.
 
Interesting....I had very good success with Boardman feeders.  In the Fall
I was feeding with TM and Fumigilin both in a strong syrup.  On a nice
sunny day, if I filled up the Mason jars up in the morning they would be
empty by mid-to-late afternoon.  On the other hand, when feeding with
gallon pails on top of the hives, the bees would hardly touch it and it
would go bad. I haven't tried the Baggie feeders yet.
 
Cheers, Ian
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