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Using an English feeder to feed honey extracted recently. Should I dilute it and if so how much?
I'm queen rearing using Ben Harden method on a big colony with honey supers. The advice is to feed. Don't want to use sugar syrup as will spoil the honey in the supers. So I'm feeding back some honey in an English feeder.
Also I have about 70lbs of 'honey' extracted from overwintered supers. I use brood and half. Will have some syrup in it. Won't need to buy any sugar this year.
When feeding back honey should it be diluted?
Thanks . . . . . Ben
I'm queen rearing using Ben Harden method on a big colony with honey supers. The advice is to feed. Don't want to use sugar syrup as will spoil the honey in the supers. So I'm feeding back some honey in an English feeder.
Also I have about 70lbs of 'honey' extracted from overwintered supers. I use brood and half. Will have some syrup in it. Won't need to buy any sugar this year.
When feeding back honey should it be diluted?
Thanks . . . . . Ben