- Joined
- May 3, 2010
- Messages
- 315
- Reaction score
- 3
- Location
- W Sussex, UK
- Hive Type
- National
- Number of Hives
- Some hives and a few nucs
I put feeders on my hives yesterday and gave each some 2:1 Autumn mixture of 8lb sugar with 4 pints of water. Total volume on feeder measuring gauge was about a gallon. I know this is a stupid question but was this is as often quoted " I gave my bees a gallon in a fast feeder" or half a gallon? BTW, found the Maisemore green rapid much easier as bees have no access to syrup chamber whereas on the hive with the Ashworth feeder, bees came up rapidly in to syrup trays and difficult not to send a few swimming on adding syrup.