Comments on: Emergency Feeding

By: Robo

Robo — Tue, 11 Jan 2011 17:37:03 +0000

Robert,

If you have ever made candy, you know that it still retains a tremendous amount of heat even after it has hardened. The temperature you would have to add the honey at to get it mixed in, would greatly increase HMF in the honey.

Secondly, when bees are starving, there is no need to entice them.

It is your call, but I would highly recommend against it. I don’t see any value, but do see the danger of higher HMF.

Rob…

By: Robert Tinker

Robert Tinker — Tue, 11 Jan 2011 17:08:08 +0000

I was wondering about stirring in a little honey in the mixture right at the end just as the cooling starts to entice the bees or would it be detrimental?

By: Robo

Robo — Sat, 30 Oct 2010 23:54:31 +0000

Arkmonnk,

My frames are wider than a standard and weigh ~10lbs when full. Can’t answer your direct questions because I still make 25lb sugar batch at a time.

By: Arkmonnk

Arkmonnk — Fri, 29 Oct 2010 12:50:12 +0000

Robo, for the candy board poured into the hive frame, how much sugar and water is needed to fill one frame?

By: Mr. G Beekeeper

Mr. G Beekeeper — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 07:10:16 +0000

I’m so happy I found your awesome sight. This January I had some bees running out of food, but gave them 2:1 sugar:water. I don’t know if they have made it this far, but I really wish I found your site earlier. I was definitely concerned about them needing to evaporate water in the colder temperature.

By: George

George — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 16:25:22 +0000

Well just want to say that the candy did harden and three frames was 20 pounds. Well see how bees make out now. Frost has started.

By: George Cardona

George Cardona — Sat, 03 Oct 2009 23:10:12 +0000

Well I added water can’t say how much enough though to get it back to what it was before and stirred for long time got up to 253 F according to the laser thermometer and it started to get thick again so took it off heat and let it continue boil on it’s own and when I noticed it was not much noise I took it down stairs and put it into my three frames hope they harden as it seems stove top can’t do it.

By: Robo

Robo — Sat, 03 Oct 2009 22:01:48 +0000

George,

It sounds like you are either not using a hot enough burner or trying to make too much at one time for th`e size of your burner. It takes a lot of heat to keep it boiling. If it starts to crust on top, it is ot getting enough heat.

By: George Cardona

George Cardona — Sat, 03 Oct 2009 19:37:39 +0000

it dried out on me and just no good going to add more water

By: George Cardona

George Cardona — Sat, 03 Oct 2009 19:33:34 +0000

How long is this to boil it has only gone up to 250 and no higher I am cooking it in canning pot on high gas stove getting thick on top