[Tim KS]

I don't know the eqiv. of sugar vs. honey, but I do know sugar is easier to check on a warmish day without dismantling the entire hive........you can always add more when necessary.

I use sugar bricks which are easier to handle than loose sugar & easily removed when spring rolls around.

 

[mbear]

I make sugar bricks and put them in all my hives on January 1. I throw another in in the end of February with a pollen patty. Most of the time I take the second one out when it is warm enough to wet feed.

 

[rwlaw]

Ya, don’t worry about how long it’s going to last, too many factors. I’ve had bricks last quite a while but sometimes when they’ve got a lot of workable moisture they’ll break the sugar down and store it in the cells.