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> >In fall, they take off all the honey and feed the one story units until
> they are full of syrup.
What surprised me was the amount of syrup feeding. I spoke to those who
fed singles until they weighed 45 kilos. That amount of "honey" does not
leave room for brood or open cells, which I had previously (and apparently
erroneously) assumed were necessary for the formation of the winter cluster.
What apparently occurs is that once the bees consume a bit of honey in the
core, they can then commence with the necessary winter broodrearing.
--
Randy Oliver
Grass Valley, CA
www.ScientificBeekeeping.com
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