Hey Cat,
Well you can do what you want, but i followed USCBEE mans advice and made a circle(out of plywood) that fit the inside of a 5 gallon bucket. Drilled holes through it and covered it in screen, then filled the bucket up with 1 to 1 or 2 to 1 and dropped the circle back down in it. This way you dont have to feed them all that much. Just move it away fromt he hive. Mine stays about 100 feet from my hive(lessens robbing if there are other bees near by). IMHO, it also gets them out of the hive and helps them keep that foraging instinct. Good luck....
Well you can do what you want, but i followed USCBEE mans advice and made a circle(out of plywood) that fit the inside of a 5 gallon bucket. Drilled holes through it and covered it in screen, then filled the bucket up with 1 to 1 or 2 to 1 and dropped the circle back down in it. This way you dont have to feed them all that much. Just move it away fromt he hive. Mine stays about 100 feet from my hive(lessens robbing if there are other bees near by). IMHO, it also gets them out of the hive and helps them keep that foraging instinct. Good luck....