I have 2 hives and they took up 1/2 gallon of syrup in 3 hours,,,am I in a dearth.
How much should I have available for them.
These are my hives on Cape Cod Massachusetts
Quote from: CapeCod on September 10, 2008, 07:24:53 PM
I have 2 hives and they took up 1/2 gallon of syrup in 3 hours,,,am I in a dearth.
How much should I have available for them.
These are my hives on Cape Cod Massachusetts
If you're feeding for winter stores, post harvest, feed until they backfill much of the brood chamber and begin to build burr comb. The more stores for cold weather that 2 deeps can hold the better, I say.
Depends on what's blooming or not in your area but this time of yr its very possible.
Thought this post was gonna be about drinkin' too much Jack Daniels!!
...JP ;)
It started just before the remnents of hurricane Hanna came though here and hasnt stopped.
So I'll keep it OPEN BAR for the girls for now,,,thanks for your input
i been open feeding 1:1 and my 4 hives easily consume 4 gallons of syrup a day. I've noticed that the hives are getting heavier. I'm going to increase the sugar ratio with my next batch but I ran out of sugar for now. Sounds like a visit to Walmart is in order.
Quote from: JP on September 10, 2008, 10:43:25 PM
Thought this post was gonna be about drinkin' too much Jack Daniels!!
I tried that, but all I got was burr comb and a bunch of surly drones, so I switched back to syrup.
(My light hives are taking about two quarts of 1:1 per day.)
I tried that, but all I got was burr comb and a bunch of surly drones, so I switched back to syrup
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Lets not forget the angry girls that had to listen to drunken stories all night & clean up after the drones!! :evil:
Jody
and all that flying while intoxicated trouble with the law.