When do I stop feeding a second year colony? Because they are bringing pollen in now.
What about a new package?
Thanks
Jeff
They will stop taking feed when flow strarts , and new packages when most frames are drawn out and brood in them .
Some people don't even feed a second year colony, only new packages to get them to draw out comb. I was lucky this year and didn't need to feed very much. Had a suprise early nectar flow!!!
Sean Kelly
I will feed if they are light in the fall (means I screwed up on harvest) and maybe in February (this year) to stimulate them. But that's it. I feed new swarms, packages, splits and others of the like.
I've seen many a package fed until they backfill the brood nest with syrup and they swarm even though they are just a weak little package. Some of them never stop taking syrup.
http://www.bushfarms.com/beesfeeding.htm#when