"Sacha" wrote in message
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That's really interesting, Sacha. I loved that link.
Well, perhaps feeding them honey is not such a good idea, but leaving
them with the fullness of their own supplies, is, to my mind. Your bees
may vary ;~).

I no longer have bees but I'm inclined to agree with you, at least this
last year and probably 2013, too. They had such a rotten cold winter, then
a horrible wet summer!

I have friends in Yugoslavia who keep bees. They seemed to take all the
honey and during the winter feed them sugar water. That is possibly where I
got the idea to feed that bee with that. I had forgotten till now
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