Winter Prep in the South?

[Acebird]

I think you should do it every day of the year.

[Michael Bush]

>I opened the hives this morning to check my jars, and they were not empty after 3 days. They had been taking up to a quart a day in August. Must be getting it elsewhere.

As the nights get colder it will slow them down taking syrup because it doesn't get as warm in the daytime.

[GSF]

Our highs have been in the 90s and the lows in the low to mid 70s. It might be one maybe two degrees cooler in B'ham. I kinda doubt it.

[divemaster1963]

I keep an eye on your humidity levels . if there running high in our area vent. if not then don't.  if your weather says rain coming in in a week vent and keep vented for few days after.  if i did feed sugar  i prefer soft candy blocks . less mess and can wrap paper over top to act as insulation to keep candy warm enough for them to eat and not get chilled.
mostly i keep  a couple of deeps of capped honey to cover feeding in winter if needed. but that can be a problem to.
I ran out last winter and we had a 4 week heat up in mid DEC. that caused everything to bud and then had 3 weeks of hard freeze that killed the buds. during the heat wave the hives broke cluster and started building and could not reduce quick enough and went thru stores so fast that i could not get frames on because of the hard freeze.

john

[Matt J]

97 today, but we must have some Artic air coming down tomorrow. It's gonna be 94! 


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[bwallace23350]

It has been so hot here south of Montgomery that I have not even bothered to try to plant my fall and winter garden. Mid 90's and it is almost the last week of September