Candy Board Recipe for Winter Feeding

[MikeS]

I was at a bee meeting one time and a man had some candy boards made. He took a regular hive deep frame, layed it flat on his kitchen table on wax paper and poured the frame full of the candy. He then just pulls an empty frame from the hive and slides it in.

I have a couple hives I'm worried about making it through the winter on low stores. I fed them 2-1 syrup this fall but its getting too late to keep feeding it. I would like to make a few of these candy boards.

Does anyone have a good recipe for this purpose? The candy in the frames was pretty hard and solid. He said it worked great and you could slide it in right with them where they get to it good.

[AllenF]

Here is how to do it.   http://forum.beemaster.com/index.php/topic,20951.0.html

[Tommyt]

http://robo.bushkillfarms.com/beekeeping/emergency-feeding/

Direct Link and Pictures  :-D

[MikeS]

Thanks for the info guys !!  :)

[MikeS]

Update: I went with ROBO's recipe and they turned out great. I made 5 large and 6 med frames of candy yesterday and all went well. I will try and post a link to some pics but last time I tried it wont let me yet.

[hardwood]

Send them to a moderator to post for you. :)

Scott

[danno]

Update: I went with ROBO's recipe and they turned out great. I made 5 large and 6 med frames of candy yesterday and all went well. I will try and post a link to some pics but last time I tried it wont let me yet.

did you do it on your kitchen table?    I have made them before on my garage floor and they can be quite mess. 

[MikeS]

Luckily I did them in the garage floor too, bot  Im glad. They can be messy.!! I think they will be worth the work, I hope so.