I'm now feeding sugar syrup to two bee tree sections both cut down by the same tree company. I realize that these hives may not survive the winter, but I'm trying to convince them to move up into hive boxes that I have set on top of the cut sections with drawn comb to entice them.
The second bee tree was felled last weekend and I couldn't get to it until Tuesday. I covered the whole in the top of the tree with a piece of plywood (with a hole cut in the center) and then set a hive box on top of that. I didn't take a good hive cover with me and used an upside down bottom board.
I am feeding sugar syrup to both bee trees with baggie feeders on top of the frames, surrounded by an empty box and then a top over all of it.
The way the bottom board fits (or doesn't) on the hive box on the newest tree makes an entrance at the top. I noticed yesterday that the bees are using it as an entrance. On my other bee tree, the hive box has no entrance - only the opening to the tree hive below. Should I put a better top on the hive box, eliminating the upper entrance? Or should I leave things as they are with the upper entrance?
Linda T in Atlanta