Ok bit late in the day to be asking advice
about over wintering my bees but I have been given so much conflicting advice that in actual fact Al I've done in the end is ...
Remove supers ,place mouse guard over entrance ,feed sugar syrup and some gentle treatment to keep varoa at bay.
I'm concerned that they are only in a brood box ,both colonies !
One colony is a swarm given to me and the other a nuc from June .They both seem to be doing quite well.Should I feed with fondant ?.
Also other bee keepers talk about overwintering on a brood and a half ? Does this mean I should have put a super under the brood box with no queen excluder
Advice please thanks
Really hope I haven't messed this up
about over wintering my bees but I have been given so much conflicting advice that in actual fact Al I've done in the end is ...
Remove supers ,place mouse guard over entrance ,feed sugar syrup and some gentle treatment to keep varoa at bay.
I'm concerned that they are only in a brood box ,both colonies !
One colony is a swarm given to me and the other a nuc from June .They both seem to be doing quite well.Should I feed with fondant ?.
Also other bee keepers talk about overwintering on a brood and a half ? Does this mean I should have put a super under the brood box with no queen excluder
Advice please thanks
Really hope I haven't messed this up