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This is my first season as a beekeep, as you will soon be able to tell.
I just installed two packages of bees today around noon. I had one hivetop feeder with another on order but not yet arrived.
On one hive I put the hivetop feeder, with the telescope cover on top (no inner cover). But on the other hive I put a gallon ziploc baggie with about 3 quarts of syrup, laid down on top of the frames. I put two small pieces of wood on each corner of the hive deep to rest the top on, to raise it up a little bit because I don't have an empty hive deep to go on top of the one with the frames and the feeder bag. The telescope cover couldn't sit flush on top of the hive body because the feeder bag was to big and the bees needed to be able to get to the syrup).
DUH! The bees in the hive with the feeder have all gone over to the other hive and are robbing it like crazy, because they can get in under the cover. i have one hive with a queen (in her cage) and a few attendants, and another with a queen (still in her cage) and the bees from two packages all over it.
Right now, I am waiting to see if they sort themselves out. I can still go get another package of bees with out a queen to put in the first hive, but I won't be able to do that until May 28th.
Any advice?
Thanks!
Diane
I just installed two packages of bees today around noon. I had one hivetop feeder with another on order but not yet arrived.
On one hive I put the hivetop feeder, with the telescope cover on top (no inner cover). But on the other hive I put a gallon ziploc baggie with about 3 quarts of syrup, laid down on top of the frames. I put two small pieces of wood on each corner of the hive deep to rest the top on, to raise it up a little bit because I don't have an empty hive deep to go on top of the one with the frames and the feeder bag. The telescope cover couldn't sit flush on top of the hive body because the feeder bag was to big and the bees needed to be able to get to the syrup).
DUH! The bees in the hive with the feeder have all gone over to the other hive and are robbing it like crazy, because they can get in under the cover. i have one hive with a queen (in her cage) and a few attendants, and another with a queen (still in her cage) and the bees from two packages all over it.
Right now, I am waiting to see if they sort themselves out. I can still go get another package of bees with out a queen to put in the first hive, but I won't be able to do that until May 28th.
Any advice?
Thanks!
Diane