3 months old sugar brick

[Bamabww]

On November 18th I put a 3 lb. sugar brick into my lightest (in stores) hive to help them get through what I hoped would be a typical Alabama winter. Well our winter has been anything but normal, as almost everyone else can say as well, and today, 3 months later, I finally had a warm enough day to check my hives. I was worried about the light hive but was pleasantly surprised at what I found. They had only consumed a very small amount of the 3 lb. brick of sugar and the number of bees was higher than I expected to find. So all five of my hives made it through the cold weather in good shape so far.

Sorry, I tried several times to post a couple of pictures but can't get them below the 750KB limit.

[lazy shooter]

Bamaman:

In my two winters of beekeeping, I have not had the bees eat sugar bricks or pollen patties.  The only thing I have successfully fed bees is sugar syrup.  And please remember that I hate feeding bees.  Either my bees have plenty of stores, or they don't care for my food.  This years pollen patty was MannLakes best quality patty.  I ordered 40 of them two months back, and one hive has eaten most of one patty, the other patties are as you described. 

[Perry]

Hey Bama, it sounds to me like you just did a good job having your hives prepared for winter. 

[Riverrat]

Sorry, I tried several times to post a couple of pictures but can't get them below the 750KB limit.

was you using the add image to post function.

[Bamabww]

Sorry, I tried several times to post a couple of pictures but can't get them below the 750KB limit.

was you using the add image to post function.

No, didn't see that option when starting a new thread. It is available for this "Quick Reply." I'll try and see if that makes any difference. Yep, that worked! Thanks for that advice. I'll try a new topic and see if that option is available.

[iddee]

On new topic, it is above the window. Don't use the attach link below the window.