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December Holiday Party -Dec 16th Join us for a fun get together. Bring the family. Hope to see you there!
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November already, and the holiday season is right around the corner! Your bees should be bedded down for the season, but don’t forget to monitor their food supplies and provide some type of dry sugar or fondant, if needed, and make sure they stay dry! Happy beekeeping! Norm Food Stores November Through Early Spring by Judy Scher One of the most important winter chores is to lift the hive body from the bottom to check if it’s light in weight. If so, it is low in honey stores. In the winter and early spring your bees will starve if they consume all of their honey reserves or they move to the edge of the hive where they no longer contact honey frames. If you have a light hive when the bees are too cold to fly, feed a solid source of pure carbohydrate in the form of fondant candy or sugar patties. It is very easy to apply on one of those on 50 degree days where you can quickly lift the hive cover and place the candy directly on the frames or inner cover. Bees love fondant more than any other candy in winter months. It’s soft, therefore easily and rapidly consumed. It’s fun to make – just be sure you don’t eat it before you get it to your hives! *Reminder: Bees will not consume sugar water if temperature is below 50 degrees, use sugar cakes/patties or candy canes. Judy_Sugar_Patties.pdf
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