Good idea, Roland. You are not that crazy after all! Haa! Have to add that one.
Spraying the frames with a paint sprayer would be a snap. Figured it might take an hour
or so. I think this one will work, Ben.
I use jugs on top but, today they just squirted it all down the frames and out of the hive. there was rivers running from a few hives. I think the pressure change and heat causes it. It happens sometimes.
I was taught not to feed warm syrup on a cold day. Can cause the bees to fly. Fill the feeders with the cold syrup if you feel they need it. They'll get to it.
Time is an issue for me, I currently still work a full time job and I use every single moment to do something related to the bees, I manage to fit in some time to get on beesource and sleep occasionally LOL
I will be mixing my syrup up today and keep it in the 5 gal pails as long as I can before dumping into my tote, there will be some Honey frames with granulated honey and wet frames from last years extraction + some dry frames with pollen. I haven't much choice but to hive them with somewhat warm/cool syrup. The patties will be warmed up a bit before putting on the cluster though, that is easier than moving the tote inside
Hopefully this is the last time I will have to buy packages !!
Oh and the frame feeder is the 3rd frame in, not against the outside.
I am going to use Michael Palmer's method of being sustainable and run a lot of nucs in my operation, our climates are very similar according to the videos I have seen. AlsoI think it just makes more sense to me
When I say warm I meant at room temperature. It is better than taking syrup colder than that.
I still think living in a snowing country it is better to keep the bees inside a small shed away from the
elements. Then you have something to compare to. Inside a hollow tree is a lot different than inside a 1" box.
Maybe next year you don't have to buy bees anymore. Have you consider using locally survivor queens to head your
packages? We do it here all the time asking to buy qc or mated queens on CL.
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