I have bee pro patties I'm anxious to get on the four hives I have. I'm a first year beek and am wanting to get the bees up and running ...(I'm in southern illinois about 10 miles east of st louis missouri)....I checked them just last weekend (temp was right at 60 degrees) and they were flying like crazy, very active in the hive, still had quite a bit of honey left especially in the bottom hive bodies....so on two of the four hives I switched the hive bodies top to bottom.....today it's supposed to be up to 68 degrees and I'm going out to check on the other two and maybe switch out those hive bodies if there is still a lot of honey in the lowers...my question is when should I add these bee pro patties on top of the hive.....is it too soon ? or should I wait until the beginning of March ? Was told by an experienced beek that if I feed them the protein patties too soon they'll be looking for pollen and nectar outside the hives, and it won't be available yet....is this a bad idea ?
thanks
dixie
thanks
dixie