2/21/2024 0 Comments Bees hibernate![]() You need the following equipment: two wax paper lined cookie pans, a candy thermometer, a pot, mixing spoon, kitchen scales and stove. This mixture is a complete nutritional food source for the bees - energy, protein, minerals and vitamins.īee candy is rather easy to make. For me, bee candy is a sugar candy with pollen substitute added. Bee candy can be placed on the top of the frames in the top of the hive or it can be poured into the inside of an inner cover (without a central hole) and placed on the uppermost hive body. I like to use bee candy to winter feed my bee hives. This is an important reason for having a supplemental source of food at the top of the hive for the bees to find during long periods of very cold temperatures. When bees are in their cluster, they only move up and down within the hive, so a cluster can starve to death even though there maybe frames of honey off to the side of them. ![]() The is a constant process for the cluster of bees until the hive temperature reaches that magic number of 50. As these bees tire, fresh bees move into the center to replace them. F, honey bees form a cluster with the bees at the center consuming honey and vibrating their muscles to generate heat for the cluster. When temperatures within the hive drop below 50 deg. Honey bees do not hibernate during the winter, but instead consume food reserves to stay warm throughout the winter months. With the recent long period of below normal temperatures, have you thought about whether your hive of honey bees is needing food? Now may be a great time to give your bees supplemental food or a winter feeding.
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