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Re:Is-Vegan – Helps you to find out which food ingredients a... by rsynnott on Tuesday February 06, 2018 @12:04PM (#16317573)
It's fairly common to kill off bee colonies for the winter in apiculture, though, isn't it? Seems like a similar general idea.
Re:Is-Vegan – Helps you to find out which food ingredients a... by ceejayoz on Tuesday February 06, 2018 @12:13PM (#16317647)
I can't find anything in a quick Google search indicating that's any sort of common practice. Most appear to recommend feeding supplemental sugar to prep for overwintering.

Not mentioned in this guide to prepping for winter at all: https://pollinator.cals.cornell.edu/sites/pollinator.cals.co...