North Downs bees

[connollyconnollyp]

My bees have not rested continued to find pollen flying in varying numbers 25/02 with ice on the ground was the most active. I have continued to feed them with my own sugar snow mixed my recipe of ingredients this also appears to help any excess moisture as it’s reabsorbed and wicked away from the cluster. I’ve have also put up an early swarm trap nearby as l feel this year could catch a lot of beekeepers out with very early swarms and not having time to take obvious intervention.
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[enrico]

Swarm trap? Where are you living?

 

[jenkinsbrynmair]

I have continued to feed them with my own sugar snow mixed my recipe of ingredients this also appears to help any excess moisture as it’s reabsorbed and wicked away from the cluster. I’ve have also put up an early swarm trap nearby

well if you're going to continually feed them sugar throughout the winter they're bound to swarm early as they'll have no room.
How do you then avoid all that sugar getting into the honey supers?
What 'ingredients' do they need - apart from sugar?

 

[Erichalfbee]

I see the bees are trying to keep the heat in

 

[Finman]

Syrup would be better to bees, because you have feeder there.

 

[Boston Bees]

Syrup would be better to bees, because you have feeder there.

There's ice on the ground.

 

[pargyle]

Gently gently folks ... it's a new member ...perhaps not quite as enlightened as some of us on here.

 

[Erichalfbee]

I’ll move it to beginners

 

[Finman]

There's ice on the ground.

You think that dry dugar is easier to take.
And first, do they actually need more food.
How can I know?

 

[Finman]

Gently gently folks ... it's a new member ...perhaps not quite as enlightened as some of us on here.

Yeah. Beat only old farts!

 

[Erichalfbee]

Yeah. Beat only old farts!

Yes.

 

[pargyle]

Yeah. Beat only old farts!

There's still plenty on here you can chastise Finny !

 

[Finman]

There's still plenty on here you can chastise Finny !

I admit that you are best in it. I do not compete with you.
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[Curly green finger's]

I admit that you are best in it. I do not compete with you.
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Is that a princess or a fairy?

 

[Finman]

Is that a princess or a fairy?

Your biology knowledge is not good.

 

[rook66]

Swarm trap? Where are you living?

North Down ?

 

[user 20297]

@connollyconnollyp It's not usually left to me to welcome you to this forum. Nice active bees; I presume they usually have a good layer of insulation over the feeder?

 

[user 20297]

Your biology knowledge is not good.

Yes, because everyone knows it's an angelic, fairy-princess.

 

[pargyle]

North Down ?

Surrey ? Caterham area ? I wish everyone would put their location in their profile !

 

[pargyle]

Yes, because everyone knows it's an angelic, fairy-princess.

Welll that let's me off the hook then !