Sugar water solution for feeding

[LocustHoney]

Someone please give me a recipe to make 1 gallon. I am confused about how to make it. Thanks. :-D

[Joseph Clemens]

Try this:

http://www.beekeeping.co.nz/convert.htm#sugarmix1

[LocustHoney]

Not too familiar with kilograms, etc..... Plus, I don't understand the solution part. Don't I want 1:1??? What is the 50% deal??? Isn't there an easy receipe that I can use???

[Mici]

the 50% deal would be the same as 1:1 right?hehe
if you want the 1:1, so..a gallon is what 4,5l, so you need 9 pounds of sugar for 1 gallon of water.

to get it dissolved faster,use hot water or at least warm or you can grind the sugar. i find these 3 inpractical plus usually am not in a rush so...stir this occasionaly during day and the next day you should have the syrup.

[Joseph Clemens]

Go to the link, scroll down 2 or 3 lines, and use the one in (US) measures, quarts and gallons. Okay?

[Drone]

Hey LocustHoney,

For 1:1, I just use equal parts sugar and water. I will measure a bit on the high side since the sugar will take up less space when it dissolves.

For a gallon, I'd heat 2 quarts of water to a boil and then add 2 quarts of sugar and mix.

Make sure you turn off the heat when you add the sugar to the water. You do not want the sugar to carmelize since this will make the bees sick (or so I have heard).

I'm new at this myself, so maybe one of the more experienced BK's while chime in with some words of wisdom.

-John

[Joseph Clemens]

Yes, and for the Spring feeding solution 1 part sugar -- 1 part water = 50% sugar and 50% water. This much sugar will easily dissolve in the water, even at room temperature.

[Drone]

Well, now that I think of it - I have been measuring in volume, not weight.

I need to go home and find out how much 2 quarts of sugar weighs.

So, to make a gallon using weight, I guess you would mix 2 quarts of water (which should be 4.5 lbs) and 4.5 lbs of sugar. I'm not sure if this would work out to be a gallon, although I'm sure it's close.

-John

[Mici]

Well, now that I think of it - I have been measuring in volume, not weight.

I need to go home and find out how much 2 quarts of sugar weighs.

So, to make a gallon using weight, I guess you would mix 2 quarts of water (which should be 4.5 lbs) and 4.5 lbs of sugar. I'm not sure if this would work out to be a gallon, although I'm sure it's close.

-John

now, if one of the...how should i say, "senior" "veteran" members is reading this, remember last time, we talked about metric vs. empirial?
now, this is why metric PWNS empirial! 1 liter of water weighs 1 kilo, so, 1 liter per 1 kilo, victory :-D

[Joseph Clemens]

If you use the calculator in the first link, you can put a "1" in the gallons box, then click on the "calculate" button and it will let you know how much sugar and how much water to end up with a gallon of syrup. I think you should round off amounts and it will be fairly close.

[Jerrymac]

I fill a jar with sugar and then stir in as much warm tap water as I can get in there. The bees suck it up just fine. But I think you are also asking what/why there are different solutions recommended. I don't know all of them but the thin stuff is for comb building. Then another for fall feeding for winter stores. 

[reinbeau]

Take a clean one gallon plastic milk-jug type of container.  Pour in one five pound bag of sugar.  Fill that jug with hot water (hot tap water works just fine) all the way to the top.  Put the cap on and start shaking (make sure you hold the cap!).  That makes a perfect 1:1 gallon of sugar syrup.

[Drone]

 

now, this is why metric PWNS empirial! 1 liter of water weighs 1 kilo, so, 1 liter per 1 kilo, victory :-D

I'm with you on that one!  :roll:

12 inches in a foot, 3 feet in a yard, 5,280 feet in a mile...

And how much is 3/4" plus 13/16"?

16 ounces in a pound, 128 fluid ounces in a gallon.

Water boils at 212 and freezes at 32.

Gee Whiz! Who came up with this stuff? And why are we still using it??  :-P

Allright, I'm done ranting, I feel better now.

Reinbeau - Of course! The simplest answer is always the correct answer. A 5 lb. bag and a gallon jug. No measuring, no mess, no mistakes. Perfect.

Thanks!

-John

[Jerrymac]

And how much is 3/4" plus 13/16"?

Answer is,   1 9/16

[buzzbee]

Jerry,Let me give you a gold star!!
It's not a hard system when you grow up with it!
Reinbeau,thanks for making that so simple!

[Jerrymac]

Doesn't all countries use fractions? What is a metric measurement for a quarter of a cake? How do you split the candy with a metric system? It is just fractions of an inch is all it is.

[Michael Bush]

Take any container.  Fill that container with water and put that in your pan.  Boil it.  Fill that same container with sugar and add that to your pan, stir and remove from heat.  Makes approximately 1 and 1 half of whatever the container held.

[Mici]

i know it's offtopic, i know the question has been answered but i must go on :-D

about metric vs. empirial, well, i understand it's just as logical as metric if you grow up with it, but, looking from a different perspective, if we use 9 digits to write our numbers, it's very logical that it rounds up when it exceeds the 9th digit-that is, so we get 10, we could say we're at point zero again.  i hope you know what i mean

it's just hard to accept the fact that a "whole" thing hasn't got 100 or 10 or 1000 parts of smaller "things" but
some 540...

[Jerrymac]

OK how is this

1.75 inches

Will that work?

[Mici]

better, but still a foot doesn't have 10 inches, now does it :mrgreen: