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BEEKEEPING LEARNING CENTER => GENERAL BEEKEEPING - MAIN POSTING FORUM. => Topic started by: CapeCod on March 08, 2008, 01:29:24 PM

Title: Chlorinated Water For Syurp use
Post by: CapeCod on March 08, 2008, 01:29:24 PM
Will Chorinated Water harm the bees if used to make Syrup?.
Should we use well water if available.
Title: Re: Chlorinated Water For Syurp use
Post by: Jerrymac on March 08, 2008, 01:33:24 PM
Bees drink lots of water from swimming pools. I'm sure everyone in side a city uses chlorinated water. Should be fine.
Title: Re: Chlorinated Water For Syurp use
Post by: DayValleyDahlias on March 08, 2008, 03:16:54 PM
Isn't it so, that when we heat the water in order to dissolve the sugar, that we are heating the chlorine off/out of the water??
Title: Re: Chlorinated Water For Syurp use
Post by: Jerrymac on March 08, 2008, 03:39:59 PM
I don't know. And I don't heat the water. OH! and I have well water.
Title: Re: Chlorinated Water For Syurp use
Post by: Joseph Clemens on March 08, 2008, 06:37:10 PM
Quote from: Jerrymac on March 08, 2008, 03:39:59 PM
I don't know. And I don't heat the water. OH! and I have well water.

My own answers to those same questions:

Probably. I don't heat the water either. I also have well water.
Title: Re: Chlorinated Water For Syurp use
Post by: Michael Bush on March 08, 2008, 09:08:42 PM
>Will Chorinated Water harm the bees if used to make Syrup?.

No.  They love swimming pool water.  Some people add clorox to their syrup to make it keep better.
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