With the sun out today it was actually quite pleasant in the beehouse. BONUS! 7 out of 8 alive! Actually popped the tops today... Everyone but one was right at the inner cover. (Remember for me that means they're through 2 deeps and one supper).
So... Out with the emergency feeding! Most of the colonies were right under the inner cover hole. In these cases I take scoops of their own crystallized honey which I saved from last fall... place it on a paper plate... And place it near the hole.. And put some in and around the hole. Then I put on a super box with no frames to create a space, then outer cover. They were very anxious to have it... every one was feeding.
There were two colonies that were off to the side. For these I put the paper plate and honey right on top of the frames and put a 1" spacer, then the inner cover and outer cover. I did that to get the food closer.
After honey harvest... I take all the very waxy cleanup honey and reserve a bucket of it for just this reason.
Of coarse I didn't pull any frames. Even though I see bees, it doesn't mean they are viable colonies. No queen.. No hive. Won't know that until I get my first inspection...
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Thursday 2/27 update. MORE PLATES OF HONEY! my non-beekeeper helper made me some SPACERS yesterday...which allowed me to get this mornings' plates onto the top bars. THEY WERE PRETTY ANXIOUS to receive them :) there sure is a lot of FROST in the hives.
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