Stores, syrup, and deciding which colonies actually need it.
Two ratios, one rule about honey supers, and a handful of mistakes that cost colonies. Which sugar is safe, how to mix 1:1 and 2:1 by weight or by volume, when each ratio is fed, which feeder suits which job, and how to feed without starting a robbing frenzy.
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The figure depends less on the bees than on the length of your winter. Typical stores for mild, temperate and cold climates, what a full frame of honey weighs, how to judge a hive by hefting it, when to check, and what to do if a hive comes up light.
Read the post »Autumn feeding done to a date feeds colonies that did not need it and leaves short the ones that did. The hive tells you which is which, if you wrote it down. Syrup ratios, how much a colony needs for winter, when to stop, and the reading that decides it.
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