"....a full mason jar every day! Did we feed too much?"
I feed mine a quart every 2 days depending on how they store the honey syrup. If there is a laying queen on an
established hive I will only feed them enough to fill the frames to the outside honey band. If it is a new nuc I will feed them more to get the population going. But definitely over excessive if all the cells are filled up. Maybe to feed them once every 3 days
to reassess the hive situation. And if resources are coming in then don't feed them as often so that they can use up
some of the hive resources for the queen to lay more.
I feed mine a quart every 2 days depending on how they store the honey syrup. If there is a laying queen on an
established hive I will only feed them enough to fill the frames to the outside honey band. If it is a new nuc I will feed them more to get the population going. But definitely over excessive if all the cells are filled up. Maybe to feed them once every 3 days
to reassess the hive situation. And if resources are coming in then don't feed them as often so that they can use up
some of the hive resources for the queen to lay more.