Dick Allen wrote: > Hi Bill: > Also has it actually been shown that feeding thin syrup vs. thick syrup > truly makes a difference in “tricking” the queen into laying? I know this > is the conventional wisdom that is passed down from beekeeper to beekeeper. Dick, It does make them fly out to see what is available which has been observed here in Maine. I personally cannot attest to the brood rearing since I do not raise my bees that way, so there I am going by what I have been taught. However the beekeeper on TV seems to have experienced just that. Bill Truesdell Bath, Me