Feeder (beekeeping)
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feeder-beekeeping-271-5525450
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Feeder (beekeeping)
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A feeder is a vessel or contraption used by beekeepers to feed pollen or honey to honey bees from a honey bee colony. Beekeepers feed bees when there is a shortage of those resources in nature, or when beekeepers want to mimic an abundance of those resources to encourage bees to behave in a certain manner. Modern beekeepers feed sugar syrup as a honey substitute in early spring to encourage comb building, during a dearth to provide energy to large colonies, in the autumn to help bees prepare for
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feeder_(beekeeping)
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2024-02-08T23:36:08Z
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