mold in the top feeder, overlook or concern? pic attached.

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royl
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mold in the top feeder, overlook or concern? pic attached.

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i have 2 packages that were installed 6 days ago. one of the two top hive feeders is showing signs of food mold. the other feeder is not.

I use a mixture of 2:1 water to hfcs (corn syrup) for both hives.

What are your thoughts? (pic attached)
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well, i'll guess i'll figure out how to reduce the file size of the pic.
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had to use snipping tool.
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Re: mold in the top feeder, overlook or concern? pic attache

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I have had sugar water grow a black mold in the jars. The bees take it fine, then I wash the jars and refill. Never pay the mold any mind. The bees will work around it. They work around a lot worse things than mold.
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