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What are the benefits and drawbacks to a community feeder?
Thank you.
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Would it not be no more than a heavy flow . I mean that's what where manipulating right .the foraging bees will tend to fight a bit when taking the syrup, and this will create the old forage bees to go hairless in some cases probably reducing their lifetime.. But old foraging bees are at the end of their life anyway, so I look at them as being expendable, just as the bees tends to...
I dont find robbing as issue, as long as the hives are strong as they should be to protect themselves within the yard. I set my feeders 20 feet from my hives within the same yard with zero issues. Robbing will happen regardless, on hives susceptible to robbing.and robbing if too close to existing hives.
JC
Ya that makes since .except they are all feasting at the same feeder, pawing eachother to get at the syrup. Foraging flowers, they are all dispersed over the country side.
yes, its nice to feed uniform strength yards, just to manage this issue.The strong hives, which don't need the feed as much as the weak hives,
This right here ^ .. I know my other yard locations I wouldn't have any problems as my bees are the only ones around .do a scout around to see if you indeed have hives within a mile or two. If not, feed away! If so, be prepared to feed your neighbours hives... LOL