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  • Come in and shop
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  • Services
  • Wax Dipped Beehives
  • Small Cell Bees
  • Winter Feeding
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HiveFive Apiary & Bee Supply

Winter Feeding at HiveFive Apiary in Tappahannock, VA beekeeping

Feeder Shim

Ventilation Holes

Ventilation Holes

Beehive feeder shim

You can use 1x2's from your local lumber store. I cut an old medium box into three shims.

Ventilation Holes

Ventilation Holes

Ventilation Holes

Beehive feeder shim

I like to drill a few 1/4" holes at an angle in the shim for some added ventilation. If the bees think you overdid it, the'll just fill them with propolis.

Newspaper barrier

Ventilation Holes

Newspaper barrier

Feeding sugar to winter bees

Lay a peice of newspaper on the frames and place the shim.

Adding Sugar

Seal up large air gaps

Newspaper barrier

Feeding sugar to winter bees

Pour about four or five pounds of sugar right onto the newspaper and spray lightly with some water.

Sugar

Seal up large air gaps

Seal up large air gaps

sugar on winter bees

This is a little different shim with a wire bottom.

Seal up large air gaps

Seal up large air gaps

Seal up large air gaps

vent holes in a feeder shim

Since I popped the tops on the hives after the bees had sealed them up  I repaired  my damage with a little latex caulk.


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