From the NBU
"Bee Inspectors across the UK are reporting that many colonies look low on food reserves and are in need of food, especially those colonies where honey has been taken off and replacement food been given back. The sugar syrup should be made by using 1kg of sugar to 650ml of warm water or commercially ready-made bee syrup used. Please monitor you colonies throughout the autumn and feed as required to ensure they do not end up starving. As a rule, standard full size British National colonies will need around 20-25 kg of stores to successfully overwinter.
For further information, please see the ‘Best Practice Guidance No. 7 - Feeding Bees Sugar’ on the following BeeBase Page: http://www.nationalbeeunit.com/index.cfm?pageid=167
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My bees have little forage although some pollen is now coming in. As an illustration of the NBU's concerns, I checked a 5 frame nuc at the weekend and it had about a palm-sized patch of stores in the corner of one frame and nothing else at all. If I had left it another week ......
"Bee Inspectors across the UK are reporting that many colonies look low on food reserves and are in need of food, especially those colonies where honey has been taken off and replacement food been given back. The sugar syrup should be made by using 1kg of sugar to 650ml of warm water or commercially ready-made bee syrup used. Please monitor you colonies throughout the autumn and feed as required to ensure they do not end up starving. As a rule, standard full size British National colonies will need around 20-25 kg of stores to successfully overwinter.
For further information, please see the ‘Best Practice Guidance No. 7 - Feeding Bees Sugar’ on the following BeeBase Page: http://www.nationalbeeunit.com/index.cfm?pageid=167
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My bees have little forage although some pollen is now coming in. As an illustration of the NBU's concerns, I checked a 5 frame nuc at the weekend and it had about a palm-sized patch of stores in the corner of one frame and nothing else at all. If I had left it another week ......
May your bees read the same books as you do.