chrismcd
House Bee
- Joined
- Nov 21, 2010
- Messages
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- Location
- Harrogate
- Hive Type
- National
- Number of Hives
- 7
Make sure they can find it.
Yes - well put!
I use the crown board method, but check that the bees can get to it.
Starving bees in a small cluster tend to sit tight in my experience. So they can starve while there are still plenty of stores elsewhere in the hive. If I suspect that this is the case I slice the fondant so I can slip if down between the frames wherever they are in the hive - and make sure that I keep on slipping more to them.
I have one lot of recidivists who are sitting on the OMF right at the front of the hive - took a while to find them since I thought they had all died! They got the sliced fondant treatment and all came out to express their thanks in the usual fashion.
is it ok to use this method only one of my hives is a little light but it does not matter how i position the crown board i cant get the feed hole over the cluster
Yes - well put!
I use the crown board method, but check that the bees can get to it.
Starving bees in a small cluster tend to sit tight in my experience. So they can starve while there are still plenty of stores elsewhere in the hive. If I suspect that this is the case I slice the fondant so I can slip if down between the frames wherever they are in the hive - and make sure that I keep on slipping more to them.
I have one lot of recidivists who are sitting on the OMF right at the front of the hive - took a while to find them since I thought they had all died! They got the sliced fondant treatment and all came out to express their thanks in the usual fashion.
