A friend of mine told me of a colony he had that was starving. "Barely twitching" they were. This was late spring. He had no sugar on the truck. Poured a Coca-Cola all over them, and stuck the label between the supers so he'd remember which colony it was. The colony recovered and made a good crop of honey. Allen Dick wrote: > > When this method was first > > explained to me the bees had to be starved and when I asked how you knew > > they were starving the answer was when they are seen to be dying. > > Frankly, I doubt bees that have been starved will ever amount to much, unless > they have a long time until winter and lots of ideal conditions. > > allen > ----- > See if your questions have been answered in over a decade of discussions. > BEE-L archives & more: http://www.internode.net/HoneyBee/Bee-l.htm > Search sci.agriculture.beekeeping at http://www.deja.com/ > or visit http://www.internode.net/HoneyBee to access both on the same page. > >