Sugar Water Feeding

Jim134 · September 26, 2010, 04:07:26 PM

A pint of sugar of and a pint of water is close enough for BEES for 1 to 1 mix

BEE HAPPY Jim 134 :)

Astrocycler · September 26, 2010, 05:23:54 PM

10 cups of water and 10 cups of sugar for a 1:1 just fits in my one gallon jug.

rdy-b · September 27, 2010, 02:23:16 AM

no need for cups - :loll: Beekeeping,Sugar Water Mixing,Beekeeper Beehive Honey bees feeding
:) this man is a pro I can tell because he mixes sugar to water-not water to sugar
:brian:-RDY-B

MagicValley · October 01, 2010, 04:18:24 PM

At 6am I put 2 gallons of sugar in a roasting pan and put it in a 210F oven for 7 hours. The probe thermometer in the middle of the pile showed 198F at 1pm.

I boiled a gallon of water and quickly added the hot sugar with a 4-cup measure. After it was all dumped in, I stirred it for less than a minute, and all the sugar was completely dissolved.

I looked on my candy thermometer and the lowest thing on there was "thread stage" at 230F. I was pretty sure sugar would remain stable up to 200F. The sugar remained granular, it stuck a little bit more than usual to a spoon and the measuring cup when it was hot.

The 2:1 will be cool by this evening, so I'll put the top feeder on and fill it up. Then in the morning, I'm off to Ireland and England for nearly two weeks.

gardeningfireman · October 01, 2010, 05:17:33 PM

A five pound bag of sugar in 2.5 qts of boiling water for 1:1. Ten pounds sugar in 2.5 qts. of boiling for 2:1. Close enough for government work!

Tommyt · October 01, 2010, 05:35:42 PM

Quote from: gardeningfireman on October 01, 2010, 05:17:33 PM
a five pound bag of sugar in 2.5 qts of boiling water for 1:1. Ten pounds sugar in 2.5 qts. of boiling for 2:1. Close enough for government work!

Here we go Now we Got the Government Involved

:-D

AllenF · October 01, 2010, 06:25:33 PM

Ain't the government using the metric system now? How many kilograms to the liter?

specialkayme · October 01, 2010, 07:16:55 PM

Wait, they use systems? I thought it was all arbitrary anyway.

BjornBee · October 01, 2010, 07:32:35 PM

Metric, standard......does not matter. You end up with the empty bag and the gov gets the sugar... :roll:

AllenF · October 01, 2010, 10:10:25 PM

:-D

troutstalker2 · October 11, 2010, 10:16:31 AM

Things that are mostly water are close to a pint a pound, that's why bakers always weigh ingredients and don't go by volume. Sorry its my thirty years working in a kitchen coming out. Sugar is closer to 15 ounces. Its certainly close enough though. This just for information sake, I don't think the bees care.

David