Well we survived our first cold snap. The temp went down to 15 degrees night before last, and 25 degrees last night, but now we have a warm spell. Since I didn't do so well with feeding the past month, I am jumping on this last minute opportunity to get some syrup in the hives. Each hive got a quail feeder full of 2:1 sugar syrup. I'll be adding more in a few days. I am thankful for the warm weather we are being blessed with!
The problem with feeding though is robbing. I highly suspect that at least one hive is getting robbed. I have all entrances reduced down to a one-bee-at-a-time hole, but still there is chaos at the front of the hive. I think it is time to shut all hives down for a few days. Robbing is one of those things which causes me the most displeasure as it relates to beekeeping. It is (in my humble opinion) one of the most difficult scenarios to deal with in beekeeping.
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