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I'm feeding a small colony that was a cast swarm a few weeks ago. I'm trying to stimulate laying and colony growth so they are stronger to overwinter. I may also add a pollen substitute patty shortly.
In the past I've used 1:1 syrup for this sort of thing (1litre water to 1Kg sugar), recently I've used 1.5:1 (1.5 litres water to 1Kg sugar) this seems to be working well.
This has made me wonder what the most stimulative syrup concentration is?
In the past I've used 1:1 syrup for this sort of thing (1litre water to 1Kg sugar), recently I've used 1.5:1 (1.5 litres water to 1Kg sugar) this seems to be working well.
This has made me wonder what the most stimulative syrup concentration is?