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Adjust Hive Configuration and Add Feeders

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Honey Bees: How I prepare My Bees for Winter

What happens here

Based on the inspection, determine if any supers (hive boxes) are empty or mostly empty. These should be removed to reduce the space the bees need to heat and defend during winter. If the honey stores are insufficient, prepare a top feeder or other feeding solution. In the video, a feeder rim (a shallow wooden box with a screened section) is placed on top of the brood box. This provides space for feeding and ventilation.

Goal: Remove unnecessary supers, add a feeder rim, and ensure the hive has appropriate space and resources for winter.

Tools and materials

  • Bee Smoker
  • Hive Tool
  • Feeder Rim

What they say

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we're gonna close it up and call it good so at this point we're gonna put our super back on the top and these are all medium supers ten frame medium sit her back up there she's full of honey a good 60 pounds will install our hive top feeder will be installed with the screen part down the hill so all the nectar flows that way or the sugar water flows that way next thing

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