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GENERAL BEEKEEPING - MAIN POSTING FORUM. / Re: Community Feeding
« Last post by Terri Yaki on May 20, 2024, 06:45:48 am »I once read that if you ask four different beeks a question, you?ll get five different opinions. Is that true?
Did a quick search and it has been 10 years since the subject of community feeding was discussed in this forum and it is an idea that seems to be shot down rather quickly then and now.
But if we feed only during dearth?I suppose if you are precise in your timing and remove the feeder only when the flow is back on, it would keep the robbing risk down. But the other issues still stand. I also feel like just feeding every hive during every period of low food is a very high input way of keeping bees. I'd rather have bees that put up enough honey to be naturally resilient to a period of dearth, instead of propping up bees who aren't really able to manage well with my local flows. That's my opinion on it anyway.
Can't mess up other people's honey then.