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StrawHouseRanch
True Blue Farmgirl
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Paula
Holt
Missouri
USA
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 Posted - Dec 17 2011 : 7:53:25 PM
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December 17, it was sunny and nearly 50 degrees today. My bees were very active, going on their cleansing flight and buzzing the chicken yard. I made up a batch of sugar syrup and Honey Be Healthy for them and poured it into their feeder tray. The girls bellied up to the bar so fast that I had to slow down while pouring in the syrup so that I didn't drown any of them. It isn't as good as real flower nectar, but it will keep them from starving. When we have warmer winters, the bees are more active, which makes them more hungry. So they tend to eat more of their honey they have stockpiled because there is nothing to feed on outdoors right now. When it gets down to freezing, the syrup is no longer effective. So hopefully they will eat the syrup and save their honey for bad weather.
Paula
Farmgirl Sister #3090
Yesterday is History, Tomorrow is a Mystery, and Today is a Gift.
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YakLady
True Blue Farmgirl
652 Posts
Natalie
Montana
USA
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Posted - Dec 17 2011 : 11:30:33 PM
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Very interesting! I hope to have bees next winter :)
We are also having a warmer than average winter. It got up to 40 today... And very little snow, my house has maybe gotten six inches total, broken up and mostly melted off. We're just waiting for the real winter to kick us in the pants when it gets here.
~Natalie~ Just a farmgirl in Western Montana. http://mtnme.blogspot.com
Starting a family and raising Tibetan Yaks, Nigerian Dwarf Goats, Laying hens, Muscovy ducks, and a few dogs. |
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Simply Satisfied
True Blue Farmgirl
427 Posts
Emily
Montana
USA
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Posted - Dec 18 2011 : 06:25:07 AM
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It is nice you can help them out a little. Seems we all enjoy a freak warmup day in the winter.
Emily
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forgetmenot
True Blue Farmgirl
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Judith
Nora Springs
IA
USA
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Posted - Dec 18 2011 : 9:58:16 PM
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Aren't bees just amazzzzzing!
"Courage is not the absence of fear, but the belief that something is more important than fear." Ambrose Red Moon |
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one_dog_per_acre
True Blue Farmgirl
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Trish
Sandpoint
ID
USA
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Posted - Dec 19 2011 : 02:51:30 AM
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Oh no she didn't :oquote:
Originally posted by forgetmenot
Aren't bees just amazzzzzing!
"Courage is not the absence of fear, but the belief that something is more important than fear." Ambrose Red Moon
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Active Honeybees
