[Bill Warren]

Ok,

I started feeding the girlz a few days ago. 1 hive took to it right away, the other it took a couple of days but are now sucking it down. With the chicken waterers, they hold about a gallon, and they are going through that very fast. Like a day or 36 hours. I'm wondering the following here....

1. How long will they actually feed realistically? I'm in southern maine.

2. Should I order hive top feeders if I can receive them in a week to 10 days and use them or by that time will it be too late to use them?

Also, how do people make the sugar water mixture in larger quantities easily? The wife is becoming weary of me boiling gallons of water on the stove with the sticky stuff dripping hear and there.

What do you think?

Thanks,
Bill

[ October 06, 2006, 12:51 PM: Message edited by: Bill Warren ]

 

[Bill Warren]

That is a great suggestion. A tap right at the exit of the furnace for extra hot h2o. hmm..seems easy enough.

Thanks John.

 

[Bill Warren]

Yup the turkey fryer with a spicket at the bottom to load gallon milk jugs would be great. I can be happy with toting around gallon jugs with sugar water to feed. No mess!

 

[Bill Warren]

Yup. All the ones I've seen on amazon are around 30 qts. I'm making a list and checking it twice for next spring let me tell you.