sunhivebee
House Bee
- Joined
- Jul 4, 2010
- Messages
- 408
- Reaction score
- 1
- Location
- Sussex
- Hive Type
- Other
- Number of Hives
- Own them as little as I own the sky
If they need additional feeding, doesn't that suggest that the hives are too small? Wouldn't a container of the right volume ensure that the bees have enough of their own stores to last through to Spring?
You're obviously not giving them sugar syrup, so where do you source the honey for supplementary feeding?
Well, you must be one of the lucky people whose new colonies were able to collect sufficient stores in the wash-out which was 2012. Some of mine have not been so lucky, I'm afraid, and as it is, I would rather err on the side of caution. I feed my bees sugar when honey supplies run out.
But, as I have stated on many occasions before, I do not advocate the feeding of sugar to substitute for the honey removed by the beekeeper. Strangely, a rather shameful practice still widely pursued by beekeepers, but a total waste of time to discuss. They will have their reasons and I have no desire to know them.