From: "deelusbybeekeeper" <deelusbybeekeeper@excelonline.com>
Date: Sat, 3 Nov 2001 17:29:31 -0800
To: <BiologicalBeekeeping@yahoogroups.com>
Subject: Re: fall honey for wintering bees

Clay wrote:
> Why do many keep saying fall honey is poor for wintering bees (other list)?
And that it should be replaced with sugar syrup? I'm wondering what happened
to the summer honey they should have on the bees too! Shouldn't the honey be
a mixture of both for winter?

Reply:
Yes, the honey to a certain extent should be a mixture of both concerning
both pollens and honeys. By having both in a colony stored before the
beekeeper gets his cut this would serve to give the bees a better balanced
diet from a fuller spectum of floral sources for their nutritinal needs.

As for replacing with sugar syrup?? Fall honey is normally darker and
analsysis by our USDA over the years, has shown it to be higher in vitamin
and mineral content then summer honey. Makes me wonder what is wrong with
the bees instead? or maybe the management style of the beekeeper?

Regards,

Dee