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Fri, Mar 18, 05 at 11:52
| Thanks to great responses in this forum, I took suggestion from Konrad to put out sugar water close to hive at mix of 1:1 by volume. It is in dish with popsicle stick floats. I even placed yellow flower with idea color might attract the bees. (???) But after 4 or 5 days I have not seen any takers. Any thoughts? |
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- Posted by tarheit 5b (tarheit@watchtv.net) on Fri, Mar 18, 05 at 12:33
| Likely they are finding some other nectar source. They will work the source they consider the best first. |
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| egad, my subject line was badly botched |
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| Tarheit's right. They might be finding another source right now. I've been feeding some of my hives to get em started up, but I put the jar with feeder at the entrance at night to discourage robbing. Sometimes they take the sugar water quicker than other times. I'm about through with feeding I think. |
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