thedeaddiplomat
House Bee
- Joined
- Jul 25, 2009
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- Location
- cornwall
- Hive Type
- National
- Number of Hives
- sadly, no more!
Help, please!
Last autumn, my bees went to bed with plenty of stored honey - well over a super per hive. But quite a lot of this was ivy honey, which I know crystallises hard.
The bees have been flying fairly strongly for about a week now. Today, however, there are literally dozens focusing on the water we have left out. I have not seen anything like as many before. Does this mean that they are trying to dilute the ivy honey? In which case, perhaps I should be beginning to give them a syrup feed?
Or am I overlooking another possible answer?
All advice gratefully received.
Last autumn, my bees went to bed with plenty of stored honey - well over a super per hive. But quite a lot of this was ivy honey, which I know crystallises hard.
The bees have been flying fairly strongly for about a week now. Today, however, there are literally dozens focusing on the water we have left out. I have not seen anything like as many before. Does this mean that they are trying to dilute the ivy honey? In which case, perhaps I should be beginning to give them a syrup feed?
Or am I overlooking another possible answer?
All advice gratefully received.