![]() You can place such frames above the inner cover, or on top of the colony. If you have “junk” honey (honey you don’t wish to extract or honey that has crystallized in the combs), score the cappings to make a “mess” to stimulate the bees to move it into their storage pattern. You can remove and store honey-filled frames in the freezer and make your extracting decision later in fall or put honey supers on one colony if you wish to treat other colonies for mites. Do not rob colonies too heavily when removing honey to extract. The easiest way to feed honey is to redistribute honey from colonies that possess heavier stores to those light on stores. Should honey be fed? Honey can be fed to fall colonies if you know it is from colonies free of disease, particularly American Foul Brood. If colony brood nest is still sitting high in the colony mid-Aug/early September, I recommend beginning supplemental feeding soon. Ideally, an ample ceiling of fully-ripened honey will be stored above the brood nest enabling bees to eat their way upward through the overhead stores as winter progresses (See Diagram left). ![]() To raise Fat bees the colonies need to be FAT with honey.įor improved wintering success, it is important to ensure the brood nest is situated low in the colony before fall ends. It is the best management option to insure the proper fall configuration and promote raising FAT fall bees. When colonies are light on food stores, feeding a heavy sugar syrup or not extracting stored honey can improve winter survival. ![]() Feeding bees in the fall is unquestionably a way to make the difference in whether a colony survives overwinter or not.
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