Just curious with this question....
If a colony has been taking 2:1 and now has adequate stores for winter (in fact, maybe they have no where else to put additional stores other than the broodnest) could you stop feeding 2:1 now but instead feed a sugar block? My thinking is the sugar block would provide for their short term carbohydrate needs so that they will not consume the already stored syrup, but the sugar block would obviously not be stored anywhere so it would not take up the colonies limited cell space.
Kevin
If a colony has been taking 2:1 and now has adequate stores for winter (in fact, maybe they have no where else to put additional stores other than the broodnest) could you stop feeding 2:1 now but instead feed a sugar block? My thinking is the sugar block would provide for their short term carbohydrate needs so that they will not consume the already stored syrup, but the sugar block would obviously not be stored anywhere so it would not take up the colonies limited cell space.
Kevin