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ant friendly honey?

Beitragvon oNIALLo » 17. Apr 2010 12:43

is there any way of telling if a honey contains pesticides that harm ants? i'm apprehensive to feed honey-water to my lasius niger but ive heard that honey is very nutritious
any advice?
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Re: ant friendly honey?

Beitragvon jartok » 17. Apr 2010 12:49

just grab some rowntrees honey
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Re: ant friendly honey?

Beitragvon MoPe » 17. Apr 2010 16:08

you need sweet honey and no bitter one like forest honey.
I prefer feeding the honey pure and not mixed with water. They really like it!
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Re: ant friendly honey?

Beitragvon oNIALLo » 17. Apr 2010 21:43

thanks for the advice, its a very small colony at the moment and i havent even seen them eating the sugar water yet :?

ive never heard of rowntrees honey before, is it available in most supermarkets or is there a website?
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