During fall of the year, how much concern is it to overfeed a colony, and end up with a honey bound hive?
I only have the one hive, and it is a cut out from an old house. The cut out was on the 22nd of August. The colony was supplied with four frames of brood from the cut out, three or four drawn frames of comb, and two or three frames of foundation in the bottom brood box. What they have done with that, I am unsure. About three weeks after the cut out, I pulled one of the frames that originally had brood from the cut out, and it was sealed into the frame, good brood pattern, and surrounded by honey. I did not look further into the bottom box. The top deep, which was supplied for room, had four drawn comb frames and six new foundation sheets. They have destroyed two, and most of a third of the drawn comb. It had some wax moth damage, and mold.
They are taking sugar syrup, and I jusy this pas wednesday placed a top feeder on the hive. They have taken two gal. since Wednesday at 4:00 pm. I do not want to overfeed them, but I want to make sure that they are well fed as well.
Any advice.