I’m a new beekeeper in NW Alabama. I installed 3 five frame nucs on April 9. I’m feeding them 1:1 sugar water with “Amino-B Booster” added in 2 gallon in-hive feeders. I watched them the first week and one hive seemed noticeably weaker and by that I mean way less active. On the 16th I inspected all 3 and each had open and capped brood,eggs,nectar and pollen. The only difference I could see was that the 2 stronger hives simply have more bees,WAY more bees.
My question is: Since the feeders I’m using take up the space of 2 frames...on the 2 stronger hives should I put another deep on with just the feeder in it( or maybe with frames as well) and replace the 2 frames in the bottom box? I don’t think the weaker colony needs the space yet.
My question is: Since the feeders I’m using take up the space of 2 frames...on the 2 stronger hives should I put another deep on with just the feeder in it( or maybe with frames as well) and replace the 2 frames in the bottom box? I don’t think the weaker colony needs the space yet.