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BEEKEEPING LEARNING CENTER => EQUIPMENT USAGE, EXPERIMENTATION, HIVE PLANS, CONSTRUCTION TIPS AND TOOLS => Topic started by: newbee07 on June 19, 2007, 11:36:09 pm
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Has anyone ever thought or have fed the bee away from the hive like with some sort of container holding sugar water with a cover over it to protect it from rain and leaves. Would this work or a waste of time?
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(http://www.cebelarstvo-kozinc.com/pod/opravila/0014.JPG) a thousand liter tank and by-drop dosage with 12-14% sugar water. it has to be at least 100meters/yards away from the hives, but you should check about your "neighbour" bees.
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chicken wateres are used often
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Like this -> http://forum.beemaster.com/index.php?topic=6865.msg52440#msg52440
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http://www.myoldtools.com/Bees/beefeeder.jpg
Just put gravel in the bowl...
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>Has anyone ever thought or have fed the bee away from the hive like with some sort of container holding sugar water with a cover over it to protect it from rain and leaves.
http://www.bushfarms.com/beesmisc.htm
Look at the bucket float.
A lot of sticks work pretty well too.
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A while back Mr. Bush had posted a feeder for me that was on the top and could be used with a top entrance also. Could you please repost the link? I would need to remove my SBB to use the Jay feeder. Thanks in advance.
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http://www.myoldtools.com/Bees/beefeeder.jpg
Just put gravel in the bowl...
Wow, and I've been excited because (finally) my girls have chosen my dog bowl with sand like this and I see seven or eight bees in there at a time! they previously preferred the cast iron smoker inserts that would fill with rainwater. I tricked them, though...I moved the bowl by the smokers, so when the water in the smokers evaporated, they found this great source right there.
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That's syrup in mine...
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>A while back Mr. Bush had posted a feeder for me that was on the top and could be used with a top entrance also.
Any top feeder can be used with a top entrance by simply putting shims under the feeder (if it's a box) or the inner cover (if it sits on that).
> Could you please repost the link?
Was it a Rapid Feeder maybe? That would be on www.beeworks.com
> I would need to remove my SBB to use the Jay feeder.
True.
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I thought it was a pic that showed some of your NUC's set together for winter perhaps. Thanks for the input Michael.
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http://www.bushfarms.com/beesnucs.htm
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That would be the picture alright Michael. I guess my next question would be are the NUCs shown top entries? If so are the mason jars mounted in the migratory covers?