This is a comment on Geo Imirie's two-queen colonies and Feb 1-1 sugar
syrup feeding to stimulate egg-laying.
(1) Geo makes a lot of sense about tqc; I've resorted to that manuever
to house swarms when I had no other MT equipment and could find nobody
to take them--yes, two queens in one colony separated by a double
screen but not for the purposes of increased honey production. Yes,
this is a horse of a different color, on second thought.
(2) Geo starts feeding 1-1 sugar syrup in early Feb. I start in November
and continue until the honeyflow is imminent, when the tulip poplar
(Liriodendron tulipifera) and black locust (Robinia pseudoacacia)
begin to bloom about May 1 and are done by the first week in June.
I'm usually extracting by the ides of June: to leave it on longer
I have found that the bees start to consume it!
 
Jack the Bman
 
**John Iannuzzi, Ph.D.
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