thick bees

[Mint Bee]

My bees being feed on syrup are obvious not the brightest. Some still taking a gallon every 2/3 days. Do they not understand that they are no suppose to according to todays guidance

'unless it is exceptionally warm, it is getting too late to feed colonies with syrup; they are unlikely to be able to process it and reduce its content for safe storage'

Then next sentence

'However, they might be foraging on ivy, Himalayan balsam and late-blooming flowers'

if it wasn't so shiny, it would have been torn into suitably sized pieces and let next to the WC to at least have some use

 

[Sutty]

My bees being feed on syrup are obvious not the brightest. Some still taking a gallon every 2/3 days. Do they not understand that they are no suppose to according to todays guidance

'unless it is exceptionally warm, it is getting too late to feed colonies with syrup; they are unlikely to be able to process it and reduce its content for safe storage'

Then next sentence

'However, they might be foraging on ivy, Himalayan balsam and late-blooming flowers'

if it wasn't so shiny, it would have been torn into suitably sized pieces and let next to the WC to at least have some use

Leave it under the crown board once you have finished feeding so they can read it.
We could have a petition for it to be printed on soft paper.

 

[jenkinsbrynmair]

My bees being feed on syrup are obvious not the brightest. Some still taking a gallon every 2/3 days. Do they not understand that they are no suppose to according to todays guidance

'unless it is exceptionally warm, it is getting too late to feed colonies with syrup; they are unlikely to be able to process it and reduce its content for safe storage'

who wrote that rubbish?
I haven't even started feeding mine yet

 

[Mint Bee]

started feeding last week as the ivy came into flower. usual recycled shite. lazy editing. encourages beekeeping by calendar rather than being active in the process. WTF are the bees doing with nectar coming in?

 

[Gilberdyke John]

started feeding last week as the ivy came into flower. usual recycled shite. lazy editing. encourages beekeeping by calendar rather than being active in the process. WTF are the bees doing with nectar coming in?

A couple of my 14 x 12 polyhives are so heavy I'm not even going to try hefting them and now the ivy is in bloom they probably don't need feeding. I'll have a squint through the clear crownboards and make an assessment in a couple of weeks.

 

[Parsonage Bees]

I saved this from Mr. McGregor on his twitter thread:

26 September
"These were only fed yesterday...full feed...some have already taken half of it and drawing comb. Full feeder holds about 13 litres..depending on slope on hive...so at 1.4kg per litre thats around 18kg of syrup.....ripens down to 14kg of stores. Enough till spring."

I've one National BB that has got through 7-8 litres of 1:1. Still a few litres to go then.