Bill said:
 But if you really want to be cheap and have them come through fine, let
them overwinter on light or summer honey.

With the price being paid for honey today I do not consider giving the bees
nice light honey worth 1.50 a pound (wholesale) to winter on cheap.

My partner bought a drum of Clover honey yesterday (1.50 lb.)from a member
of the Midwestern Beekeepers which was filling his feeders with the honey to
feed his bees to build up for the June honey flow and sold the beekeeper a
drum of fructose at around .20 a pound to use instead.

Now is the time for BEE-L ers (U.S,) to look through your containers of
honey you might have sitting around and sell the surplus. Many beekeepers
are looking to buy honey in pails or even gallon containers as they are sold
out until the new crop comes in and turning away customers.

Bob

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