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Guard Bee
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Location: Coventry, UK
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 Posted: Wed Oct 09, 2019 8:12 pm Post subject: Winter food? |
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I have 5 hives. 1 has been especially productive, and a couple not so much.
I've taken as much honey as I want for my toast, and I'll leave the rest for the bees in the winter.
I was thinking of moving some of the combs / frames / honey - with out bees - from the strong productive hive to the less productive hives, so they've got a bit more feed for the winter.
Good or bad idea? OK or not?
Thanks a lot for your comments. |
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catchercradle
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Location: Cambridge, UK
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So long as you are sure the strong hives are disease free, I don't see any problem with this.
I haven't done so as my bees always seem to get enough stores from the ivy this time of year. So long as we don't get an early frost which kills the flowers off. |
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| catchercradle wrote: | So long as you are sure the strong hives are disease free, I don't see any problem with this.
I haven't done so as my bees always seem to get enough stores from the ivy this time of year. So long as we don't get an early frost which kills the flowers off. |
Thank you very much. It was reassuring that there were no absolute 'no no no' responses, so I did it yesterday. Now I await and hope. Thanks again. |
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