Wednesday, October 17, 2012

Bees - Getting Ready for Winter

These mouse guards are already in place on the big hives.
These mouse guards were added to the  small hives, and also the cardboard, which aids in the prevention of hive raiding, and keeps them warm in winter.
The small hives need to be fed sugar water to make them able to last the winter.  Here are the 3 empty jars.
They are filled with sugar water and replaced within the hive.
Even some of the big hives are not heavy enough and get supplemental sugar water feeding.  We want the bees to be able to last through the cold weather of winter.


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