PaleoPerson
Field Bee
I am currently feeding my bees syrup, and what I find interesting and sometimes disturbing, is the way different colonies react.
As an example using the 'Home Bees' (out apiaries reflect similar responses).
Colony 1 = 4 pints per week, steady gradual take
Colony 2 = 4 pints per day, gluttons
Colony 3 = 4 pints per 4 days, steady take
Colony 4 = 4 Pints per week, slow uptake and then 90% in one day
Most of the colonies that are together are related and the ones with the slow uptake, the bees are on the syrup, just not taking it down. All equipment identical and the syrup is bulk made and delivered from the same container at the same time.
As an example using the 'Home Bees' (out apiaries reflect similar responses).
Colony 1 = 4 pints per week, steady gradual take
Colony 2 = 4 pints per day, gluttons
Colony 3 = 4 pints per 4 days, steady take
Colony 4 = 4 Pints per week, slow uptake and then 90% in one day
Most of the colonies that are together are related and the ones with the slow uptake, the bees are on the syrup, just not taking it down. All equipment identical and the syrup is bulk made and delivered from the same container at the same time.