Hives with feeders exposed

[tom8400]

Hi all

Hopefully someone can clear a question up, last Monday I noticed 6 hives with the smaller round feeders on. They were national broods with crown board then feeder however instead of surrounding it with a super the roof was balanced on top.

So firstly I'd have thought wrong time of year had they been abandoned but not all of the hives were like this there is 30+ dotted all around the area.

So had they died out or were they being topped up that day? Still a bit cold I felt to see the hives like that.

There's me with mine wrapped in insulation to stop the cold

 

[mbc]

Hi all

Hopefully someone can clear a question up, last Monday I noticed 6 hives with the smaller round feeders on. They were national broods with crown board then feeder however instead of surrounding it with a super the roof was balanced on top.

So firstly I'd have thought wrong time of year had they been abandoned but not all of the hives were like this there is 30+ dotted all around the area.

So had they died out or were they being topped up that day? Still a bit cold I felt to see the hives like that.

There's me with mine wrapped in insulation to stop the cold

Probably a case of needs must or the beekeeper getting side tracked and not finding the time to sort them out.
I don't bother with eaks myself for that sort of feeder but like to close them down once they've taken the feed November ish.

 

[enrico]

Feeders may have been full of fondant!
May not have empty supers. My worry would be the wind blowing the roofs and feeders off.
E

 

[Curly green fingers]

It doesn't sound good no eke no insulation.( Balancing roofs)
Most syrup feeding is done before November .
Sounds like the bee keeper has run out of equipment to me. Or unwell and hasn't been able to tend his bee's or really doesn't give to hoot's.

 

[Ian123]

lol......sounds like me but i normaly stick a brick on the balanced roofs though

 

[Curly green fingers]

lol......sounds like me but i normaly stick a brick on the balanced roofs though

A peace of bailer twine would be better .
Grandad use to use it instead of straps bricks its strong stuff . I've even used it to tow a car home that my brother raped around a tree years ago (1990s ) it was mother's new car .

 

[Murox]

Bailer twine is what we always used to repair Landrovers.

 

[enrico]

We always called bailer twine Welsh barbed wire.

 

[mbc]

A peace of bailer twine would be better .
Grandad use to use it instead of straps bricks its strong stuff . I've even used it to tow a car home that my brother raped around a tree years ago (1990s ) it was mother's new car .

A useful trick to use with twine is to cross tie it as in how you'd wrap a parcel then put a bit of oblong section wood under the knot and cam it to tighten everything up, I've seen hives taken to the heather like this.

 

[Millet]

Hi all

Hopefully someone can clear a question up, last Monday I noticed 6 hives with the smaller round feeders on. They were national broods with crown board then feeder however instead of surrounding it with a super the roof was balanced on top.

So firstly I'd have thought wrong time of year had they been abandoned but not all of the hives were like this there is 30+ dotted all around the area.

So had they died out or were they being topped up that day? Still a bit cold I felt to see the hives like that.

There's me with mine wrapped in insulation to stop the cold

If i tried to do that with either syrup or fondant it would have been frozen solid over the past couple of weeks and of no use to the bees what so ever..

 

[madasafish]

If i tried to do that with either syrup or fondant it would have been frozen solid over the past couple of weeks and of no use to the bees what so ever..

+1

I don't normally start feeding anything till end Feb. If I have to feed at this time I use sugar blocks.No worry about frozen liquid content

(and often we have hard frosts in March )

 

[Curly green fingers]

A useful trick to use with twine is to cross tie it as in how you'd wrap a parcel then put a bit of oblong section wood under the knot and cam it to tighten everything up, I've seen hives taken to the heather like this.

I wish I had paid more attention to the way he did things ( grandad ) that is I might have learned a thing or two , hopefully he's looking down on me with approval. I miss him sometimes he was a patient,gentle soul and a great teacher of many things.