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<blockquote data-quote="John B" data-source="post: 13293" data-attributes="member: 207"><p>I would never recommend feeding raw or white sugar dry to bees in winter and I was never keen on using it at any time.</p><p>We used to use it in spring many years ago with newspaper and a third box. You can only do it to strong hives and it often went wrong. Some of them wouldn't eat it and it would end up cascading through the brood nest next time you work the hive and even worse was when an early honey flow started and they filled up the box with honey and just left the big lump of sugar in the box.</p><p>White sugar is better for the bees than raw sugar. Bees overwinter best on stores as close to pure sugar as possible, it's not so important in New Zealand where it doesn't get that cold for so long but where winters are months long it is vital.You could feed them on liquid raw sugar but it won't be as good as white and it tends to ferment quicker.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="John B, post: 13293, member: 207"] I would never recommend feeding raw or white sugar dry to bees in winter and I was never keen on using it at any time. We used to use it in spring many years ago with newspaper and a third box. You can only do it to strong hives and it often went wrong. Some of them wouldn't eat it and it would end up cascading through the brood nest next time you work the hive and even worse was when an early honey flow started and they filled up the box with honey and just left the big lump of sugar in the box. White sugar is better for the bees than raw sugar. Bees overwinter best on stores as close to pure sugar as possible, it's not so important in New Zealand where it doesn't get that cold for so long but where winters are months long it is vital.You could feed them on liquid raw sugar but it won't be as good as white and it tends to ferment quicker. [/QUOTE]
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