Feeding down for winter.

[Ericnwicklow]

Hello
iam feeding my ladies at the moment and they are taking down the syrup fast,i am wondering how much i should feed?Should i feed until they stop taking down the syrup and can i overfeed them?
Its got very cold at the moment and am glad to say the ladies are looking fine ,when i fed them the other day i noticed that outside the entrance alot of bee,s were fanning and flying around ,it was cold but a nice sunny day i hope that this was due to my feeding and this is a normal situation.
Anyone with some useful help on overwintering my ladies outthere please leave a message.

Many thanks

[Finsky]

If you have bees in one box, then feed as much they stop taking durin one week.

If you have 2-box, feed as much as they begin to cap cells. If you feed not enough they don't cap stores. Hive takes it's store during one week.

It is better to look inside the hives and look how it goes.  The amount of brood means something. If brood are plenty, they are not able to fill cells during one week.

[Brian D. Bray]

Note Finsky's post--it's good advise.  When feeding for winter feed as much as possible in as short a time as possible and force them to cap it.  Feeding a little at a time will leave a lot of uncapped stores when the weather gets bad.

[Kirk-o]

Hey Thats good advice
kirko