Feeder options

[Neubee]

I have a small nuc that needs feeding and I have no feeder whatsoever. I also have a pretty limited buget. What are my options? Is there a good feeder that I can build for a resonable price?

Thanks,
Neubee

[Chef Isaac]

spend five bucks and get an entrance feeder that holds an inverted glass mason jar. works awesome for a nuc.

[Neubee]

I would but the problem is that I need it now and I don't have the time to drive to the nearest bee store and they don't ship on the weekends. Thanks for the suggestion.

Neubee

[The Honey House]

Baggie from kitchen.
Place bag over inner cover.
Make slit with very sharp knife or razor.
(I have heard that if you are carefull you can even reuse/refill it.)

[Big Stinger]

Can you build a box to sit on top of nuc the same size of nuc but build it tall enough to put inverted mason jars with small holes in lids on top bars of frames. And you got the poor mans feeder. Put as many jars that will fit over the bees.

[Michael Bush]

Or you can realize there is a flow and it is a nuc, so there are some stores, and don't feed them. How about a frame of capped honey from another hive?

[Jesus_the_only_way]

I agree you really should'nt need to feed a nuc during a flow. But the ziploc baggie works pretty well. Just take a gallon bag and fill it a little more than half way with 1:1, make sure it is sealed, lay it on top of the frames or inner cover, and like Honey House said cut a slit on top with a sharp razor blade. You'll also need to put an empty super on to cover it. This is as cheap as it gets and it works.

Tommy

[Chef Isaac]

who said there is a flow? Maybe a minor flow but not our big one yet.

Neubee:

the ziplock method works great. Also you can take a mason jar and take the lid and punch holes in it and invert it over the top hole of the inner cover and place a super about that ollowed by the outter cover.

Hope this helps!!!

[FordGuy]

you may need to feed any nuc or split during a flow if it doesn' thave enough field bees to take advantage of the flow.

Just invert a mason jar feeder on top the hive. the bees will collect it from off the top. (I assume you don'thave any other bees around so robbing may not be an issue).

[Neubee]

I have extra boxes that I could put on top. It is a nuc that is in a deep box some I'm a little worried about giving them to much room.

There is a flow going on but I'm not sure how strong and they might not have the strength to take advantage of it.

I have some frames of honey from a stronger hive I could use but they are medium frames that I would be putting into a deep box ( just one more reason why I should use all mediums ).

Thank you so much for all your help.

Neubee

[george dilley]

i have lids for my nucs with holes cut in the to accept mason jars works pretty good.

[dcross]

You could use the "Big Gulp" cups from the local Quik-e-mart:) Get the lid on nice and tight and let the bees take the syrup through the "X" for the straw.

I'm currently using plastic soda bottles, the migratory lids have holes drilled through just big enough for the top of the bottle to wedge into.

[Neubee]

Thanks for the advice. I ended up using two mason jars and a medium super to cover them up.

Thanks,
Neubee

[Big Stinger]

They'll have those jars empty quicker than you think so check them often.

[Neubee]

I will. It just started to rain here so I'm glad I put them in.

Neubee