"Blane White" said:
> One point not seen yet is that feeding bees syrup will not spread American
Foulbrood
> disease while feeding contaminated honey will. It is far better from a
disease spread
> standpoint to feed syrup than honey.

Agree wholeheartedly.  Feeding honey is also much more likely to start
robbing - madness in my opinion.  Using fondant is even better from the
robbing point of view.

Peter Edwards
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