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feed until they dont want it - here is washington thats about the time the blackberries bloom -
being that you have a new hive - feed and rotate the frames so that they dont get honey/syrup bound -it they do they will swarm
when i say rotate i mean to take the outmost drawn frame and swap it with an undrawn frame - so say if frame 6 has syrup in it swap it with frame 7 and put 6 where 7 was and also if frame 3 has syrup in it swap it with frame 2
keep doing this until they have all 10 frames done then add a second box -
also
you are feeding to get them to draw out frames -
it takes 8-9 lbs of honey to make ONE pound of wax - so they need lots of sugar to get that done - keep feeding them
i figure on feeding for about 2 months -
dont change to small jars - in 3 weeks you will understand why !!!!
being that you have a new hive - feed and rotate the frames so that they dont get honey/syrup bound -it they do they will swarm
when i say rotate i mean to take the outmost drawn frame and swap it with an undrawn frame - so say if frame 6 has syrup in it swap it with frame 7 and put 6 where 7 was and also if frame 3 has syrup in it swap it with frame 2
keep doing this until they have all 10 frames done then add a second box -
also
you are feeding to get them to draw out frames -
it takes 8-9 lbs of honey to make ONE pound of wax - so they need lots of sugar to get that done - keep feeding them
i figure on feeding for about 2 months -
dont change to small jars - in 3 weeks you will understand why !!!!