CarolW
New Bee
Q number 2:
I'm giving my bees Apilife Var at the moment but they're a bit thin on stores. I don't want to feed them syrup yet as there are still three/four supers on them because they still need the space. I don't want them filling them all up so 1. I have to dismantle a lot of heavy supers each time I renew the Apilife Var, 2. they won't need all that lot anyway as a lot will die off by the end of the month I expect. So, I'm giving them fondant. Any reasons why not? Then I'll switch to syrup at the end of this month.
Usually I leave it this late as it's generally quite hot and dry here -arid Suffolk - but I've never had such empty frames before which is due to such a dry August =much less nectar.
I'm giving my bees Apilife Var at the moment but they're a bit thin on stores. I don't want to feed them syrup yet as there are still three/four supers on them because they still need the space. I don't want them filling them all up so 1. I have to dismantle a lot of heavy supers each time I renew the Apilife Var, 2. they won't need all that lot anyway as a lot will die off by the end of the month I expect. So, I'm giving them fondant. Any reasons why not? Then I'll switch to syrup at the end of this month.
Usually I leave it this late as it's generally quite hot and dry here -arid Suffolk - but I've never had such empty frames before which is due to such a dry August =much less nectar.