Community Feeding

[AustinB]

Personally I don't open feed. But I always use boardman entrance feeders. Which is another technique that gets routinely "shot down." What I have found through my experience is #1 most people who advocate against it, have never actually done it. #2 the ones who have tried it, did so improperly and had issues. There are a lot of people who open fee with little to no adverse effects. Similarly, I use entrance feeders all the time, in fact it's all I use except for a couple of hive top feeders that I happen to own. I have never once had an issue with robbing, or inciting robbing, or really anything negative. The only downside I see is that when ambient air temps start to drop in the fall, the syrup doesn't stay as warm as it would with an internal / top feeder.

[gww]

Here is this guys reason.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f8bDzD-aXj4
Cheers

[Salvo]

Wow! Gee Dubya Dubya.

I don't care what those other guys say about you. On the subject of bees, you're alright in my book!

This guy, Paul Kelly, spoke at a "time" we beekeepers in Massachusetts had in the Spring. He spoke, in part, on this exact subject, and the gasps were embarrassingly audible. We censored (an endearing and/or contemptuous term for a native or inhabitant of the state of Massachusetts) are, in large part, an intolerant bunch.

FYI: "We had a time!" meaning "We had a lot of fun" or "We did something exciting."

Sal (I went to Guelph)

[gww]

sal
My question is while you were there, did you wear a veil or do like the guy in the video and just wear glasses.  I admit that I do bees almost naked except that a veil is always involved.
Cheers
gww

[animal]

I do bees almost naked except that a veil is always involved.

some of us could've done without that mental picture "dance of the veils" came to mind
but when it comes to bees, what you've said makes a lot of sense.

[Ben Framed]

some of us could've done without that mental picture

Ain?t that the truth! 

[FatherMichael]

Here is this guys reason.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f8bDzD-aXj4
Cheers

There you go.

[Kathyp]

I can see how that would work for that many hives.  His reasoning is sound.  My problem was not with my bees, but with outside intruders.  I think this falls under "Do what works for you".   

[The15thMember]

I think this falls under "Do what works for you".   

Per usual.