Phill Jolliffe
New Bee
Hi,
We got our nuc of 5 frames 5 weeks ago. We have been feeding them non stop since then. The Brood box will have it's last frame drawn out by the end of the week if they carry on as they have so far.
Our question is can we overfeed? They seem to be guzzling all we give them right now. They have for several weeks now scarfed down approx 2 liters per week. The mix is 2:1/sugar:water. Some people said 1:1, other 2:1. We went 2:1, guess we liked spoiling them
Questions is probably a bit late as we plan to add a super next week and stop the feeding . Should we stop sooner? Do we risk them moving stores up to the super made from the syrup and contaminating what we hope to be good honey in the supers? Or can we keep feeding them for first few days of having the supers on?
Cheers
Phill
We got our nuc of 5 frames 5 weeks ago. We have been feeding them non stop since then. The Brood box will have it's last frame drawn out by the end of the week if they carry on as they have so far.
Our question is can we overfeed? They seem to be guzzling all we give them right now. They have for several weeks now scarfed down approx 2 liters per week. The mix is 2:1/sugar:water. Some people said 1:1, other 2:1. We went 2:1, guess we liked spoiling them
Questions is probably a bit late as we plan to add a super next week and stop the feeding . Should we stop sooner? Do we risk them moving stores up to the super made from the syrup and contaminating what we hope to be good honey in the supers? Or can we keep feeding them for first few days of having the supers on?
Cheers
Phill