Worldwide Beekeeping
Beekeeping => General Beekeeping => Topic started by: Zweefer on November 13, 2020, 05:14:01 pm
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Have a friend who left his feed on over the last cold spell... will it be OK if thawed out and used again?
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I would think so if it dosen't seperate when thawed. Kinda like freezing a soft drink, the water forms ice crystals and the syrup seperates. May make sugar candy with a water covering. Not something that happens often here.
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The freezing point of sugar water is lower than just plain water (32 defrees F.). How cold did it get?
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I have this happen with hummingbird feeders. In our area a few hummers will not migrate, they are either older or not able to make the migration. My sugar water is in glass feeders. I bring them in and let them thaw over night. But what happens is that the condensation created by the melting syrup on the inside dilutes the syrup. So I let them melt a couple of night then make up new syrup.
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Bakers, it was a balmy 16 here last night
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Might have to heat it up a little to boil off the condensate that has diluted the syrup, this would also break down any of the crystallization that might have occurred.
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I let him know. Last I heard it was still sitting outside
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