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agree, a lot of honey growers feed sugar syrup to the bees to maximize honey production. it is sort of cheating
by slt2021 2y ago
agree, a lot of honey growers feed sugar syrup to the bees to maximize honey production.
it is sort of cheating
- dmckeon 2y agoOr to keep hives alive when nectar is scarce but colonies have not started to hibernate. Adulteration of produced honey with syrup would be 10x easier than feeding bee with syrup and then doing extraction from comb.
- esperent 2y agoIn some climates if there's been a bad year, or an inexperienced beekeeper harvested too much honey, it is sometimes necessary and normal to feed bees with sugar in autumn/winter to prevent starvation. This shouldn't make it into the honey harvested on spring and summer. https://www.honeybeesuite.com/winter-feed-q-a-liquid-vs-solid-sugar/ https://www.honeybeesuite.com/winter-feed-q-a-liquid-vs-soli...