tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-818083065326199225.post2211971650117247270..comments2023-10-03T10:59:54.876+01:00Comments on Yatton Area Bee Project - YABeeP: Jenny has Bees from a Box!Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-818083065326199225.post-43279194506520778932009-06-18T20:29:02.271+01:002009-06-18T20:29:02.271+01:00Great post Jenny, many thanks and please keep us a...Great post Jenny, many thanks and please keep us all updated as things develop. <br /><br />It was a great learning experience for me too as I'd never loaded a package of bees into a hive - it was easier than we feared but I apologise for giving you kittens when I played butterfingers with the queen!!!<br /><br />NOTE TO READERS: Jenny was advised to feed the bees only because they were a package. Please do NOT fed a swarm as they planed to leave their hive and stocked up on honey before leaving. A package is different. They are pulled out of the hive by the selling beekeeper so are totally unprepared to set up a new home - quite barbaric really as well as expensive. <br /><br />As a sustainable/natural beekeeper you learn to do all you can to prevent feeding sugar to your bees - better leave them more of their own honey, after all they made it for themselves! Sugar's not a natural substance for them to eat so we only give it in emergencies. If you must feed sugar then use cane, not beet, sugar - Tate & Lyle usually mark the type on their packets - pesticides are used in British cane sugar production! For summer/autumn feed emergencies use a 1 pint water to 1 lb sugar mix (1 litre to 1 Kg).YABeePhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13413137562556284527noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-818083065326199225.post-21888213775241145852009-06-18T19:51:24.843+01:002009-06-18T19:51:24.843+01:00Congratulations Jenny, I'm pleased to see they...Congratulations Jenny, I'm pleased to see they're settling in!<br /><br />Regards<br /><br />NickRectoryGardenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09045467678729302711noreply@blogger.com