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mold in the top feeder, overlook or concern? pic attached.
Posted: Tue Apr 01, 2014 8:13 pm
by royl
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)
Re: mold in the top feeder, overlook or concern? pic attache
Posted: Tue Apr 01, 2014 8:14 pm
by royl
well, i'll guess i'll figure out how to reduce the file size of the pic.
Re: mold in the top feeder, overlook or concern? pic attache
Posted: Tue Apr 01, 2014 8:20 pm
by royl
had to use snipping tool.
Re: mold in the top feeder, overlook or concern? pic attache
Posted: Tue Apr 01, 2014 8:39 pm
by Wally
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.