Today was mainly mixing sugar syrup. Hundreds of pounds of sugar get mixed into water in a contraption worthy of McGyver. Actually it’s a barrel with PVC piping, valves and a sump pump to circulate the water and sugar.
Here’s what I read from the hand written syrup formula:
1:1 Syrup (end Spring)
12.5 gallons water
100 lbs sugar
4 cups vinegar
1.5 cup healthy bee
1:1.5 Syrup (mid-Sept)
9.375 gallons water
100 lbs sugar
4 cups vinegar
.4 cups healthy bee
1:2 Syrup (mid Oct)
6.25 gallons water
100 lbs sugar
4 cups vinegar
Healthy bee is a supplement with essential oils and other stuff.
After mixing syrup, hives were inspected according to the notes from prior weeks. Some hives were split. Saw swarm cells so put them into a queenless colony and placed it facing the other direction beside the colony with a queen. Some colonies needed more space so added frames with foundation and drawn comb.
