Does vinegar in syrup stop mould?

[HelenHP16]

Just making up another batch of syrup and as I'm not going to be able to visit the bees for a few days I want to put a larger volume on than usual. I don't have any thymol to add but have heard that vinegar works to prevent mould growth. Does anyone else add vinegar?

Thank you

 

[Teemore]

Just making up another batch of syrup and as I'm not going to be able to visit the bees for a few days I want to put a larger volume on than usual. I don't have any thymol to add but have heard that vinegar works to prevent mould growth. Does anyone else add vinegar?

Thank you

Your bees will take the syrup down pretty quickly so it will not be necessary to add anything to it. I would be inclined to just feed them and use the subsequent free time to source some Thymol to preserve subsequent batches of syrup.

 

[Noddy]

I put apple cider vinegar in my syrup mix

 

[linoleum bonypart]

Alot of us use hivemakers thymol recipe has fual benefits

 

[jenkinsbrynmair]

2:1 won't go mouldy anyway

 

[Gilberdyke John]

Your bees will take the syrup down pretty quickly so it will not be necessary to add anything to it. I would be inclined to just feed them and use the subsequent free time to source some Thymol to preserve subsequent batches of syrup.

A few minutes on the Thornes website even.

 

[jenkinsbrynmair]

Wynne Jones is cheaper

 

[masterBK]

Would adding vinegar to syrup generate HMF (which I am told is toxic to honeybees)?

 

[Gilberdyke John]

I put apple cider vinegar in my syrup mix

Why?

 

[jenkinsbrynmair]

Why 'apple cider' ? is there any other type??

 

[Millet]

Why 'apple cider' ? is there any other type??

Piss maybe or fluid from lactating glands
.

 

[Noddy]

Why 'apple cider' ? is there any other type??

Why yes, many types - pear for instance, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cider though my taste is for real (or rough) cider made from apples, particularly farm ciders, not the mass produced stuff.

 

[jenkinsbrynmair]

funnily enough, in all the yearfs I've drunk cider I've never once felt the need to ask for a pint of apple cider.
Probably the americans again