> I winter in 2 deeps  now I am finding the BC's so full of honey that I am
> extracting four combs of it and feeding it to my startup colonies to draw
> foudation with and returning the empty combs to the BC's.
> Is this a common practice to relieve BC congestion?
> Perhaps too much work for the big guys but I get about 3 gallons of syrup
> from 4 fat combs and it keeps my sugar bill lower and my queens busy.
 
It would seem counterproductive to me to extract honey and feed it in
liquid form back to other colonies. Maybe there's something I'm not
quite understanding?
 
Conrad Sigona
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