confused about this feeding lark....

[Outlander]

and am still having trouble with sugar ratio's

Talk about making things hard for yourself.

Just dissolve 2 kg sugar in 1l of water, or multiples thereof. KISS principle at work. Bees don't work in litres or kilograms, they just use it. You just make it. Keep it simple!

with GRUMPY

 

[Honey N]

I have made up small batches of 2:1 solution. 2 pints of water plus 4 pounds of sugar makes almost exactly 4 pints of solution. I also added half a tablespoon of apple cider vinegar to adjust the ph etc.

 

[drstitson]

rather than worry about ratios/recipes etc why not just fill your feeders with that sugar rich golden brown "syrup" that's sat in buckets/jars doing nothing.