I been asking my colleagues in Chile about their colony winter mortalities.
> Most of us increase by 3 to 4 fold last winter. How ever those that kept
> under the 15% line have in common the use of :
>
> a.- polen feeding in autum (from their own colonies collected in spring)
> b .- the adition of 5 cc of glacial acetic acid per litre of syrup each
> time they feed.
>
> could acetic acid be the answer instead of tartar?
> could we change acetic acid per bleach ?
>
>
> Juanse
> Temuco-Chile
>
> --
> Juanse Barros J.
> APIZUR S.A.
> Carrera 695
> Gorbea - CHILE
> +56-45-271693
> 08-3613310
> http://apiaraucania.blogspot.com/
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