How To Feed Your Hive During The Winter

Bees

Hive update: How to feed your hive during the winter months.

Feeding your hive

During the winter when there is little to no nectar sources, it’s important to make sure your hive has enough food and water to make it through to spring.

I picked up this bee feeder at tractor supply, you could also make one with a little help from Pinterest.

Using organic raw sugar or organic raw honey, mix with water and place in the bee feeder. These honey jars had crystalized honey at the bottom of each jar that was almost impossible to get out. I poured hot water and mixed them until the crystalized honey dissolved and added them to the bee feeder.

After you have added your sugar water or honey water mixture to the feeder, top off with more water and secure the lid.

The only issue I ran into when adding the bee feeder to the hive entrance is that I had to remove the entrance door. This can be easily fixed with a little DIY on your part. Simply find a piece of wood that would fit in the entrance of your hive and make a new door/opening for the bees.

We aren’t expecting anymore snowfall and living in the Southern California desert our weather is warm enough that I can get away with placing the hive entrance over (as seen above) to block out some of the wind. You could always cut the hive entrance door in half and remove it when the feeder is attached.

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