Honey Bees, Filling the Frame Feeder
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- Опубліковано 13 вер 2024
- Filling up the inside frame feeder with sugar water for the honey bees. You can buy a similar type of frame feeder below (the one listed below is a different style that uses a lid and ladder system, but any simple frame feeder will work too):
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Thank you for this! I bought one of these feeders and I finally have a hive deep that I can put it in. I wasn't sure what the process was and what the chunk of wood that came with it was for. Thanks to the video and the comments, I'm all good now. I love the internet!
Glad it helped, cheers.
Very helpful.. Answered several of my questions regarding a frame feeder. Thanks for posting !
Glad it helped, go bees.
Just some suggestions... To fill your feeder and not disturb the hive too much, simply move the top cover corner to expose the feeder corner. Fill by putting your syrup in a plastic pitcher. So much easier.
Also, simply adding 2 long pieces of thin wood - like long plain non-painted chop sticks or 2 pieces of untreated wood cut 1/4" x 1/4" makes a great feeder terrace for the bees to feed without falling in. You can buy these for a little over $2. Easier to clean and keeps bees from drowning.
Ok I'm a beekeeper as well ,and I came across a frame feeder video last night.
It was partially filled with hay and sugar syrup.
This would allow the bees to feed without drowning at all.
I will start this idea in the spring and see how it goes,secondly if your using a large outer feeder and aren't bothered about robbing and are using it as a feeder that anything can feed from.
Try filling the bottom area where the syrup pools with small glass pebbles,this also will stop the bees from drowning
Using hay in the feeder is a great idea.
When you go into your hive. Always leave the internal feeder in there to prevent robbing when you pour the sugar syrup in. Remember that you need an even balance or ration during the wintering down period and month. 2 cups of water to 1 cup of sugar for promoting honey storing. 1 cup of water to 1 cup of sugar for energy expenditure. However, other bee nutrition for combating bee starvation is using your sugar syrup mix with pollen patties or agrisea nutrition. Agrisea should only be used in little amounts as you don't want to overfeed since bees can only hold 1.1 litres of syrup in their hive. In conclusion I just wanted to point the sugar syrup feeding because most people would take out their internal 1 frame feeder not knowing this will promote robbing. Mainly if the syrup is spilt.
Thanks for the info!
Nice video my friend! just to share some experience using that feeder and adding a little bit more to our friend kunfuminou, if you use a screen, bigger than a mosquito one, I warranty you 99% succes in not letting the bees drowning there, other think I did is, I put a piece of square wood in the center, those feeders has the tendency to bend in the middle leting free space betwheen the next frame and consecuently giving space to the bees to create false combs. take care!
@kungfuminou Thanks for the tips. I use light, thin wood strips now for the frame feeders, and I also have a tophive feeder that I use in the fall, which is much easier to fill and leave for longer periods. Cheers
i used thin wooden sticks many to almost cover the surface
Ahmad Ashaab good idea. I’ve switched to ziplock bags on top of the inner cover, simple and easy. Cheers
where is the lid to your feeder and the ladders needed so the bees don't drown?
These type of frame feeders don't use lids, and they have 'ladder steps' on the inside of the plastic frames. The styrofoam chips prevented the bees from drowning (you can also use straw, haygrass, etc). I've since switched to feeding sugar water in perforated ziplock bags placed on top of the frames. The bees take it much faster and it's very easy to do. Cheers.
@@cleverjoe ah ok, that explains it
@@RobGraham048 I updated the description for the linked frame feeder.
I was looking through your videos because I am new to beekeeping I am trying to find out how you got your bees?
Thanks for the question. The apiary was started with a single nuc purchased from a local supplier. A nuc is a starter hive, usually with four frames of bees and a mated queen. Here is the video of that first installation : ua-cam.com/video/8lZpdEesD5g/v-deo.html
@@cleverjoe Thank you so much!
Would be better... if the feeder would be hanging in the box and the syrup would be poured through the kettle...
Agreed, that what I use now, or more often I simply use a zipper lock bag on top of the inner cover.