"Preparedness, when properly pursued, is a way of life, not a sudden, spectacular program."-- Spencer W. Kimball
Quote from: Starlady on February 27, 2020, 05:37:24 PMCedartown & Cartersville WalMarts are both well stocked on everything EXCEPT 25lb bags of sugar. Plenty of 10lbs so I picked up 2 but seriously, who preps 25lbs of sugar...……..except for us? Bee keepers! They need to feed their bees during the winter.
Cedartown & Cartersville WalMarts are both well stocked on everything EXCEPT 25lb bags of sugar. Plenty of 10lbs so I picked up 2 but seriously, who preps 25lbs of sugar...……..except for us?
Quote from: tlwagg on February 27, 2020, 05:47:57 PMQuote from: Starlady on February 27, 2020, 05:37:24 PMCedartown & Cartersville WalMarts are both well stocked on everything EXCEPT 25lb bags of sugar. Plenty of 10lbs so I picked up 2 but seriously, who preps 25lbs of sugar...……..except for us? Bee keepers! They need to feed their bees during the winter.Yep, The warm weather we had a month ago woke my bees up early and the queen is laying. This means more bees eating the honey reserves long before the flowers start blooming. I checked my bees 2 weeks ago and found that one hive had already starved so I'm now buying those 25lb bags of sugar when they are in stock for $7.88. Ten hives can easily go through 50 lbs a week. During the mid spring if sugar water is set out in 5 gallon buckets I've seen those 10 hives go through 35 lbs of sugar (10 gallons of sugar water) in a day.