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BEEKEEPING LEARNING CENTER => GENERAL BEEKEEPING - MAIN POSTING FORUM. => Topic started by: splitrock on March 15, 2012, 01:54:37 PM

Title: Feeeding honey.
Post by: splitrock on March 15, 2012, 01:54:37 PM
Have a few frames of capped honey from a weak hive that perished. Is it to early to feed it back to the survivors?

Joel
Title: Re: Feeeding honey.
Post by: Course Bee on March 15, 2012, 02:08:59 PM
No, You could either place the frames outside the hive for them to rob or preferably on a warm day when you do an inspection put them in the boxes already on the hive just outside the cluster.
Title: Re: Feeeding honey.
Post by: AllenF on March 15, 2012, 10:17:14 PM
Ditto.
Title: Re: Feeeding honey.
Post by: Michael Bush on March 16, 2012, 12:32:47 AM
I would put them IN or ON a hive.  I would not leave them out to be robbed.  You make the bees work harder and you cause a frenzy that could get out of control if you leave them out.
Title: Re: Feeeding honey.
Post by: splitrock on March 16, 2012, 06:52:23 AM
Thanks for the replies. I will be checking hives today and will use it where needed, INside.

Joel