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Offline Rugerbob

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« on: April 10, 2017, 06:13:11 pm »
Bees were flying today and bringing in pollen :-[
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Re: Spring
« Reply #1 on: April 10, 2017, 07:55:03 pm »
Make sure they have enough feed. With all the new brood being fed and diminishing food stores it doesn't take long.
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Re: Spring
« Reply #2 on: April 10, 2017, 08:53:36 pm »
Like Perry said... I learned the hard way  :yes:
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Re: Spring
« Reply #3 on: April 11, 2017, 04:01:21 am »
At he moment they have alot of fondant and pollen patties, debating when to transition to sugar syrup.
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Re: Spring
« Reply #4 on: April 11, 2017, 06:11:03 am »
When daytime highs are consistently above 10 C.
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Re: Spring
« Reply #5 on: April 11, 2017, 06:38:00 am »
I started feeding them syrup this week.  Am I too early?  I only have two hives and remove the syrup at night, bring it in the house to warm up and return every morning.  Should I add some sugar candy as well?
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Re: Spring
« Reply #6 on: April 11, 2017, 06:56:38 am »
For those that are feeding their bees in the spring.
There are 2 reasons you might decide to feed your bees 1 to 1 in the spring:
# 1 - If there is a risk that your bees have exhausted their food stores and are in danger of starvation.
# 2 - If you are wanting to stimulate brood production if you intend to split (for pollination purposes maybe) or in anticipation of an impending nectar flow you are hoping to capture.
There is no need to feed if your bees have resources, enough to sustain them till the first nectar flow. I have been feeding fondant to hives I consider to be light but the rest are fine. I do not intend to split so have no need to boost brood production artificially. Why create work when it isn't necessary?
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