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Huuuuuneeeee
On 2020-07-08 12:55 p.m., Snag wrote:
> On 7/8/2020 9:57 AM, graham wrote:
>> On 2020-07-07 10:42 p.m., Snag wrote:
>>> On 7/7/2020 10:05 PM, wrote:
>>>> On Tuesday, July 7, 2020 at 10:00:46 PM UTC-5, Hank Rogers wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> wrote:
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>>>>>> Psst!Â* Buttered hot biscuits.
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>>>>> AndÂ* corn bread. Just as good as a piece of cake.
>>>>>
>>>> I've never eaten honey on cornbread but have molasses several times.
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>>> Â*Â* You've missed a treat ... first you slather it with butter , then
>>> you pour on the honey - if it doesn't dribble on your chin (or beard
>>> ...) you didn't put enough on . We've got 2 kinds of honey , fall and
>>> spring/early summer . The fall has a more pronounced flavor and is
>>> darker . The stuff I extracted today has a very light delicate flavor
>>> and is very pale in color . I have no idea what they forage on , but
>>> there's only woods and grass hay fields and clearings full of
>>> wildflowers in the direction they go . There is zero mono-crop
>>> farming here and this is as organic as it gets but I can't label it
>>> as such .
>>
>> Can you get away without feeding them drugs to keep AFB at bay?
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> Â* Are you referring to foul brood ? I've never had that in my hives nor
> have I heard of anyone in our area that has . AFAIK if your hives get
> infected you kill the bees and burn the equipment .
Yes, Foul Brood.
We used to feed ours a sulfa drug in the Spring (I think) but it's so
long ago that I can't remember if it was to prevent AFB.
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