shawnwri
09-22-2008, 01:23 PM
The girls didn't work hard enough this year. I was getting two hives ready for winter (flipped the inner cover and moved a few frames around) and the two new packages only drew out 24 medium frames each so no extra for me. This compared to 64 new frames last year from a new package. Big difference was the feeding. Last year I fed until end of June. This year I only fed for two weeks after installation.
Lesson learned...unless it is a great Spring, feed, feed, feed when starting on undrawn foundation.
On a positve note, it was a perfect day for pawpaws. They were just dropping so I beat the coons and skunks and got about 8 pounds of pawpaws.
Lesson learned...unless it is a great Spring, feed, feed, feed when starting on undrawn foundation.
On a positve note, it was a perfect day for pawpaws. They were just dropping so I beat the coons and skunks and got about 8 pounds of pawpaws.