I left a good deal of goldenrod on my hives for winter and also fed 2:1 syrup. When checking my hives yesterday, they are plenty heavy with stores which seems to be a good problem to have. My biggest hive will continue to take syrup if offered even though it seems to have plenty of stores.
Few questions:
Should I continue to feed this hive? Moisture has not been a problem and the winter has been mild. Queen is continually laying (eggs, larva, capped brood present)
Let’s say early spring there is still a good deal of honey stored. I will need those drawn combs for spring flow. Do I extract those (I’m sure some is capped sugar syrup) to feed back? Will it keep till the next fall?
I feel that being my first winter, I fed and left too much resources (if there’s such a thing) in fear of losing bees to starvation. All being said, they look to be doing fantastic.
Few questions:
Should I continue to feed this hive? Moisture has not been a problem and the winter has been mild. Queen is continually laying (eggs, larva, capped brood present)
Let’s say early spring there is still a good deal of honey stored. I will need those drawn combs for spring flow. Do I extract those (I’m sure some is capped sugar syrup) to feed back? Will it keep till the next fall?
I feel that being my first winter, I fed and left too much resources (if there’s such a thing) in fear of losing bees to starvation. All being said, they look to be doing fantastic.