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Offline Jen

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Feeding Bees Beet Sugar
« on: September 11, 2018, 12:08:54 pm »
Over here in upper Calif are in serious need of cane sugar for feeding all fall and winter long. Us beeks are having trouble finding 25 pound bags of sugar. Walmart stores and Walmart Online are out of 25 pound bags. There is a place in southern Oregon that sells 25 pound sacks of Beet sugar? How would this work for feeding bees?
 
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Re: Feeding Bees Beet Sugar
« Reply #1 on: September 11, 2018, 04:15:26 pm »
Jen,

I have used beet sugar before with no ill effects. It is essentially sucrose which is what the bees need. Brown sugar is generally considered not good due to all the ash content.

Lee had a lot of good info on this subject before but I don't have the link.
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Re: Feeding Bees Beet Sugar
« Reply #2 on: September 11, 2018, 10:32:44 pm »
Quote from: neillsayers on September 11, 2018, 04:15:26 pm
...Lee had a lot of good info on this subject before but I don't have the link.
I don't have the link either.  Maybe the memory will come back around...  ;)
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Re: Feeding Bees Beet Sugar
« Reply #3 on: September 12, 2018, 12:31:28 am »
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Re: Feeding Bees Beet Sugar
« Reply #4 on: September 12, 2018, 03:47:58 pm »
Thanks Apis for saving the day!!


What would us mere mortals do without you? :laugh:
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Re: Feeding Bees Beet Sugar
« Reply #5 on: September 12, 2018, 07:36:02 pm »
This helps a lot. Thank you every one  ;) 8)
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Re: Feeding Bees Beet Sugar
« Reply #6 on: September 13, 2018, 12:11:24 am »
Thanks for your help Apis!   :yes:

Sometimes it is a long wait for the memory to come back around again.  ;)
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Re: Feeding Bees Beet Sugar
« Reply #7 on: September 13, 2018, 12:25:14 pm »
Sometimes it is a long wait for the memory to come back around again.

   YEP! And sometimes I forget I am waiting for it to come back around!
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