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*Sorry this is a repost as the OLd Drone is changing from UNIX and a dos
mail service to Winders 98 and is using the latest greatest EUDORA PRO v4
and is having problems with the page controls. It an't easy teaching an
OLd Drone new tricks. BTW, I hate Bill Gates, and I hate Window's, but
I Love Bee's and Beekeeper's and will even use Window's if that's what it
takes. ttul Andy-
At 08:57 AM 1/6/98 -0600, Allen Dick wrote:
Hi Allen and All!
>In the past I've claimed that feeding substitute just gives a short burst
>of buildup then a crash -- resulting in no benefit, but this last year, we
Yes, in fact feeding can cause a early dramatic reduction of the total
populations in the bee hive.
Once feeding is started it must continue until the bees can bring in enough
natural pollen to maintain the brood.
Feeding protein to bees is labor and material sensitive and once a good
queen gets going the hive can consume two or more pounds per week.
To work they must never be allowed to run out of food. A good gage of any
diet and feeding program is the rearing of drones. When all things are
right the bees will rear drones and this can be done without the benefit
of flight if the diet is right.
The down side is that this extra activity will increase the number of
queens that fail, and of course any that can not be replaced for what ever
reason will result in a lost hive.
>Wheast(r) was a bee feed product that caused no controversy whatsoever to
>my ken. Every beekeeper agreed it was good stuff (hehehe... maybe Andy
>can be the first to disagree) but years ago it was discontinued.
I have never found anything better the Wheast, including bee collected
pollen. The problem here is the Wheast that did the best was a by-product
of the forest products industry and was made by one company that closed or
moved the Wheast making activities off shore. Wheast is still available and
is made from corn waste products. I have no idea if it is as good for bee
diets as the old plywood waste wheast.
I can tell you from an experience I had with the old stuff that it is
active, alive, as I had yeast colonies start on the plywood floor of the
truck that I used to take the diet out to the bee yards and they fed on the
ply wood until nothing was left and the plywood had to be replaced.<G>
DADANT'S at Fresno is the best first source of information for the
availability of the products needed to make one's own bee diets. They
also will be happy to sell you the soy diets ready to feed if that what
the beekeepers want.<G>
I will try to post the latest, greatest, formulas in use by the commercial
beekeepers here in the near future.
ttul, the OLd Drone
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