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Date: | Sun, 18 Mar 2018 16:45:35 +0000 |
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I am hoping someone out here in Bee land may be able to help me with a slight math problem I have been pondering, but so far have not found all the right pieces to solve.
What I am looking for is the sugar or caloric usage of bees hanging in a package. I am trying to figure out the optimum ampount of sugar needed for daily intake in package shipments.
I am well aware of what they actualy consume, and have good numbers, but I suspect strongly at the moment that we are not hitting the right balance.
Assume 12000 bees ina package , with a unfed/wild cluster hanging at 88 degrees. I know from prior research that pacakges run warmer, and I suspect its from to much sugar.
So if I assume the bees shook into pacakge are already full of nectar, what is the actualy caloric or sugar intake needed in a daily cycle???
I have tracked and weighed a LOT of packages and have good data on weight loss, I am trying very hard to figure out how to reduce the weight loss during shipment.
Charles
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