In a message dated 10/5/00 10:35:32 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
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> David's dry sugar method, which I saw demonstrated when I visited him, is
> simple
>  and works well in his area which is pretty far south.  Up here in the Great
>  White North (and it is white today), it is a prescription for rapid hive
> death.

     Allen, please explain.  I know guys who do this in the northeastern US,
and I have done it myself in snowy upstate NY.  Is it that much different in
Alberta?  Dryer maybe?       I did mention that supplemental pollen or pollen
substitute is also a factor.

Dave     SC    USA       (Goldenrod approaching peak)
Flower Power:    http://pollinator.com/goldenrod.htm