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Feeding Bees-Keeping Your Hives Alive!

Claire Jones — Fri, 02 Dec 2016 00:47:12 +0000

When to Feed Bees Feeding bees is all about stretching the food stores so that bees don’t starve from lack of nectar, especially during the cold winter months. Feeding bees is essential at different stages of keeping bees.Newly installed bee packages also need a boost of sugar water until they get their house in order. As a gardener […]

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Let’s talk Feeding Stations

Nancy Buffington — Tue, 24 Mar 2015 23:45:46 +0000

In my last post I talked about feeding stations for my bees. Instead of disturbing the bees and to save time I decided to set up feeding stations made from food grade buckets filled with sugar water. I did not want to assume just because they were bringing in pollen they would have food stores too. I […]

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Bee Feeding Stations

Nancy Buffington — Wed, 04 Mar 2015 11:34:06 +0000

I have decided to set up feeding stations in my bee yard and I want to share my experience with you.

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