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Plebs-_-Placebo t1_iwcl4qw wrote

Reply to comment by Bill_Nihilist in The lifespans of honey bees living in laboratory environments has dropped about 50% over the last 50 years, hinting at possible causes for the worrisome trends across the beekeeping industry, according to new research by University of Maryland entomologists. by Wagamaga

I've often wondered if the accepted practice of supplementing then with refined sugar water leaves them with a nutrient deficiency of some sort vs what they would get from flower nectar, can never seem to get a fully flushed answer with Google search, personally.

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supified t1_iwdggli wrote

You don't have to do straight sugar water though. Vitamin additives are pretty common and you can mix pollen substitute in too

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Plebs-_-Placebo t1_iwduen7 wrote

I know about the pollen pucks, but thanks for informing me about the vitamin additives, I'll check it out

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