I live in the South Texas brush country. No guahillo, but plenty of other brush species, cactus, mesquite, lime prickly ash, granjeno, hackberry, brasil, ect. I have one hive. I have had it now, for just under two years. Last year I noticed that the bees did not draw very much comb and requeened them with a VSH queen, from lines that a buddy of mine also has. For him, in South Louisiana, they draw comb great.
Well this year came along, I feed a couple bee pro patties and a few gallons of 1:2 (water:sugar) in the early spring. Now the flowers have been blooming, and every cell is full of eggs, larva, pollen, or honey. I am still not getting any new comb being drawn. I have added new supers with new frames, even put a couple new frames in the current honey stores and two frames of uncapped honey in with the new frames. No luck.
The colony swarmed last week, and have some queen cells, hopefully all will be well there, but my question is this: When and how can I feed syrup that will stimulate the pulling of new comb?
Well this year came along, I feed a couple bee pro patties and a few gallons of 1:2 (water:sugar) in the early spring. Now the flowers have been blooming, and every cell is full of eggs, larva, pollen, or honey. I am still not getting any new comb being drawn. I have added new supers with new frames, even put a couple new frames in the current honey stores and two frames of uncapped honey in with the new frames. No luck.
The colony swarmed last week, and have some queen cells, hopefully all will be well there, but my question is this: When and how can I feed syrup that will stimulate the pulling of new comb?