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Subject:	Re: Spring starvation dynamics
From:	randy oliver <[log in to unmask]>
Reply To:	Informed Discussion of Beekeeping Issues and Bee Biology <[log in to unmask]>
Date:	Sat, 22 Apr 2017 05:45:39 -0700
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>
> >My mentor told me many years ago to save a colony near starvation in cold
> weather, one could pour heavy syrup into an empty comb and place it
> contract with the cluster.
>

It's not that easy to do by hand (since bubbles get trapped in the cells,
and it's messy, but it worked well for me when I've done it.

Kelly used to sell a motorized frame filling device.  It was a box with
spray nozzles for squirting syrup into drawn combs.

-- 
Randy Oliver
Grass Valley, CA
www.ScientificBeekeeping.com

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