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