I built miller top feeders for my five hives that are now 3 weeks old. After getting started I found some problems with my workmanship. Three leak if I put more that 1 gal in them. The other two dont leak but if they run empty many bees are finding a way to get by the wire and end up stuck in the top. None of this has slowed me down. I just fill them every couple of days. If bee get by the screen I brush them out before filling. I planned to fix these when I stopped feeding. They have taken about 15 gals so far and are still feeding pretty heavy. All hives had 4 full frames of eggs, brood, pollen and stores as of last sunday. Now for my problem. I have to go to North Carolina for 4 days this friday. I dont have anyone to deal with this. Should I just pull them for the 4 days? If I dont i'm afraid i will end up with a bunch of dead bee trapped in the feeders
danno, if I had been able to get back here sooner I would have said yes pull them if there is a chance of killing bees by leaving them on. Sorry I'm late.