Feeding the bees. How do you pro beekeepers do it? I have only 12 hives but it seems I can't keep up with them. I put pint jars filled with 1 to 1 ratio water to sugar. Within 5 hours it's gone. I have been putting it only once a day. The temps in nights is in the 40s and tomorrow it will be 75.
So how do you guys with a lot of hives feed your girls. I m working to build another 10 hives and have them ready when I start the splits in the spring.
I have come to believe honey bees are more important to this world than I am.
Here you go:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dRlVBVb6v6U
Good judgment comes from experience.
Experience comes from poor judgment.
I use Mann Lake top feeders: https://www.mannlakeltd.com/shop-all...rs/top-feeders
On my 8 frame hives each one will take almost 3 gallons of syrup at a time.
When you care enough to send the very best, send an ounce of lead.
Lost my Hive last year (Moisture and did not feed additional feed). Doing this to my 3 hives this year:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ao0gpORl-Ak
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CDV0-4dAV5E
Hoping this will bring them through the winter this year. I am also going to put the hive in a Canvas Garage shelter.
Last edited by MUSTANG; 10-31-2018 at 10:35 AM.
Mustang
"In the beginning... the patriot is a scarce man, and brave and hated and scorned. When his cause succeeds, the timid join him, for then it costs nothing to be a patriot." - Mark Twain.
Posting Permissions
| BP | Bronze Point | IMR | Improved Military Rifle | PTD | Pointed |
| BR | Bench Rest | M | Magnum | RN | Round Nose |
| BT | Boat Tail | PL | Power-Lokt | SP | Soft Point |
| C | Compressed Charge | PR | Primer | SPCL | Soft Point "Core-Lokt" |
| HP | Hollow Point | PSPCL | Pointed Soft Point "Core Lokt" | C.O.L. | Cartridge Overall Length |
| PSP | Pointed Soft Point | Spz | Spitzer Point | SBT | Spitzer Boat Tail |
| LRN | Lead Round Nose | LWC | Lead Wad Cutter | LSWC | Lead Semi Wad Cutter |
| GC | Gas Check |
Reply With Quote