Feeding the brood

[bluesman]

HI ALL - MY BROOD FRAMES ARE NEARLY DRAWN -STILL NEED ONE OR TWO TO BE DRAWN IN ONE HIVE, AND ABOUT FOUR IN THE OTHER -IVE BEEN FEEDING SUGAR WATER -THE WEATHER WILL BE NICE ON THE WEEKEND -DOES THIS MEAN I CAN STOP FEEDING WHILE WEATHER IS GOOD AND BEES ARE FORAGING?

BLUESMAN

 

[VEG]

look for the answers all ready posted in the same thread you posted elsewhere

 

[Tom Bick]

If you have seen stores in the frames during your inspections then stop feeding

 

[Hivemaker.]

This may help.

http://www.beekeepingforum.co.uk/showthread.php?t=12539

 

[bluesman]

Thank you all for you help -the answer was before my eyes ! I just thought that if i stopped feeding while weather bad they would start eating their winter stores and then run short when they need it IN WINTER!

Bluesman

 

[bluesman]

apigaurd treatment

hi all - my hives are now ready for the heather on the mountain - my question is : after my brood is full and i put supers on ready for heather when is the latest time i can treat bees for veora -it is understood apigaurd can only be put on brood frames only. bluesman