Chris Reed wrote: Removing the lid from the jar
revealing a thick layer of sugar had settled out of
the syrup and coated the inside of the lid blocking
off the holes so the bees could not get syrup out of
the jar.  What am I doing wrong?

I boiled the water in a large pot and stirred in the
sugar until it all dissolved.

Chris, you should not have boiled the water.  Just get
the water warm and then stir in the sugar until all
that will dissolve has dissolved.  Then decant off the
liquid into your feeder jars.  When you boiled the
water the solution became supersaturated and when
cooled the excess sugar crystallized out.  Scrape out
the crystals in your feeder and the remaining syrup
should feed out before it crystallizes again, if the
bees are feeding.

Mike



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