Tim,
 
John Ianuzzi (sp?) says he buys floor sweeping sugar somewhere close to MD.
 Contact him.  For a good pump, go to a local ag supply store and get a pump
set up for the small, 35 to 50 gal sprayers landscapers use.  It will be 12
volt and will pump diluted syrup just fine, and the pumps are usually plumbed
for 5/8 or 1/2 inch garden hoses.  I have one that pumps a gallon in about 40
seconds, and I like it.  Southern States carries them, as do discount ag
suppliers.  I have one attached to an open top 55 gallon drum, into which I mix
liquid sucrose and cut with water in the spring.  It works like a charm, saves
time and there is no mess with feeding.
 
Bill Lord
On Feb 2,  8:49am, Tim Cote wrote:
> Subject: Re: Handling Syrup for Feed
> Thanks Allen for that letter on syrup handling.  My wife and I are just
> starting our expanded operation, leaping from 8 hobby hives to 58
> side-liners by purchasing 50 packages.  They're going to need to be fed
> bunches, I figure on 50 lbs of sugar each (2500 lbs total), and I'm trying
> to concoct some easy way to mix up all that white stuff.  Before proceeding
> I thought I check with the group.
>
> 1.  HFCS is attractive, but I'm clueless as to where to get it in these
> quantities.  I live in Maryland.  Anyone have any good sources?
>
> 2.  Failing that, I'm told granulated sugar can be bought cheaply as floor
> sweepings from candy factories ($.10/lb vs $.34/lb store-bought).  Again, I
> need to know where to get it.
>
> 3.  My main hauling source is my Volvo wagon hooked up to a small trailer.
> It's rated to carry 2500 lbs, but without trailer brakes I feel comfortable
> hauling only about 1500 lbs.  So the sugar source should be close or maybe
> deliver.
>
> 4.  Ok, so now I've got the stuff here, and this is the real subject of my
> query: how to mix it.  I'm getting visions of a small electric motor
> belt-reduced to an impeller mounted on angle iron and sitting on top of
> roughneck plastic trash buckets (which are bracketed onto the trailer for
> transport to the beeyards; a hose in the bottom for gravity-fed dispensing).
> Am I delusional?  Has anyone ever had to do this before?
>
> Thanks in advance for the consult.
>
> Tim Cote MD
>
> I have a trailer
>
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>-- End of excerpt from Tim Cote
 
 
 
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