First Time Bulk Feeding Bees. Cheap and Easy Setup. 

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Costco sells a 50lb sugar bag for 26 dollars comes out to 50 cents a pound. That’s the best deal I found. Good luck

Wow! Very innovative! You may want to check with Bob Bennie about treating with Apiguard this time of year. I was going to do that last week and he told me it would shut down the queen and that's something that's not good at this time of year. Have you done mite checks? With all those splits you may have a very low count and not need to treat. Bob told me to treat with Oxalic Acid twice about a week apart. I think his last video(s) talk(s) about this. My last mite check counts were low but, it's time for me to check again. I'm also concerned with the lack of drawn comb in your hives. I know what its like to lose all your bees in the winter. I had to start over this spring. Currently have 42 colonies, most are double deep ten frame that have good food stores. And, I'm sure worried about some of mine that are still nuc size splits. Glad I found your channel, you have some really good ideas. Love the sugar syrup pumps system.

I'm paying almost $18 for 25lb bags of sugar at Walmart. It was a dollar less just one month ago.

The transition from a hobby to a business is a lot of work and often having setbacks is just part of the process. I went from six to twenty-seven hives in one year and was feeding all summer to draw wax in a double deep setup. Some of the first queens were crap from poor mating but I'm replacing them as I get better at grafting.. About the sugar, I buy it all year long and store it in totes to have a good supply when its needed, I used Rural king, grocery brands and Walmart is the best price for me.

Hey Jared put your plug in the lid from the inside and it will lower the amount of fermentation.

Thymol keeps syrup from fermenting you can Google the recipe easy

Save the wood plug when you drill the hole in your lid, use 1 screw and glue and put them on the wood blocks to cover the hole in the lid when you are not using buckets.

I worry about your 5 frame double stacks. You dont want any bare foundation in those going into winter and time is slipping away. They need to get those drawn out and full of stores in short order. I would make sure to keep the pollen patties on them which makes them want to rear brood and thus the need to draw comb. They will also need continuous sugar water being supplied. It takes an enormous amount to draw comb and store. I probably fed some of mine last year 8 gallons + from August into sept then 2-4gallons of 2:1. That allowed them to draw all the frames out build up a nice cluster. You mentioned they are only eating a gallon per week... mine can suck down a gallon in 2 days so im not sure whats going on there. I appreciate you taking the time to put the video out!

$14.88 for 25 pound bag at sams club.

Apiguard killed 2 of my hives

Where are you located at?

"Motherlode " company in California makes and sells frame feeders and give a real good deal, guys are great to do business with. I use buckets too but frame feeders work better on cold days. I've appreciated your videos, Scott ,taft,tn

Apiguard will shut your brood making down, I don't think you want to do that at this time of year. Would like to invite you to my Friday night bee Chat 8pm Est at Sawmill Charlie's bee farm.

Great video. One of these days I will get my 55 gallon drum mixer/feeder made. Right now I just don't need much sugar syrup at one time.

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Jared I think you will find if you cover your feeder bucket with another box and lid other robbing bees can’t get to them , the fact that they were leaking and bees could get to it started the robbing , lesson if you cover those buckets with box covers and lids problem solved ,also I think a lack of a nectar flow is why they were so hungry for it as well and yep they will rob the heck out of what ever they can find in times when nectar etc drys up or isn’t much around, bee keeping’s fun , and the bees are great teachers to shows we don’t know everything lol. Happy bee keeping .👍

I started back in 2017, I have seen sugar go up 78% since then. Equipment, on average, has gone up 30 to 50%. Every time I see a new startup beekeeping business, I wonder how they are going to afford it. Honey price has not kept up with inflation. Gasket on lids, very important. If you want comb, don't let the feeders go dry, every cell needs to be full plus their guts to start their wax glands.

so you paint? I see you have a drill, get a drywall mud mixer to mix your sugar, super quick and easy! I feed bout 80 colonies making sugar water exactly the way you do, have been for years, I use 2 gal buckets with lids with pour spout on the side the bees can suck those buckets dry. don't worry bout the seepage that's part of feeding with buckets. good luck in keeping bees!

I'm kinda worried about your syrup leaking problem. I'm also new to beekeeping and made 11 splits this year, but i lost 3 of them to the bees robbing each other out. I always put the little bucket that i used to scoop the syrup out of the barrel beside the hives so they can eat the rest of the syrup out of it. What i didn't think of was, that bees get into robbing mode when they find large amounts of syrup outside of theire hives. When the syrup is eaten up, the bees start to go after the other hives which can result in the collapse of some colonies (which seems the case for some of your colonies)

Check out Dominos sugar they have a 2 to 1 in Charlotte NC for like 10 bucks for 5 gallon bucket Need to take buckets or tote for the sucrose they have from left over tankers

Best way keep those robber away is to get more empty boxes on top and inner feed. I know its more work and money, but its the best way. It will also keep the ultra Violet rays off thos plastic buckets.

Use a 1 15/16 bit to drill the hole it fits better an doesn't leak. When you wash your buckets don't take the lids off clean them from the hole they will leak around the lid if you remove the lid..

Spread some beeswax on that foundation and the bees will aggressively fill it out!

Hey great video series. One thing I do is add about 10 drops of peppermint, spearmint and tea tree oil to my 55 gallon drum when mixing. It really helps the syrup last a long time without going bad.

Glad to see that you’re posting your progress. Great video! Keep plugging along brother.

Make sure you always keep any stored syrup sealed, bees will find it and drown if left uncovered

Have you checked online for bulk sugar?

I keep an eye out for sugar deals on facebook groups. Sometimes you can get pallets when a distributor has to trash a batch. I got 1,000 pounds for $375 last fall. Leaving it sit in the garage until spring.

How is everything going? Happy New Year, sure would like to see more videos and an update of how your doing. Thank you

Great setup! thanks for the info.

Deal with a restaurant supplier.

Maybe add a 45 degree elbow to your water inlet fitting to create a vortex to help move the syrup.

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One thing to consider with all plastic foundations is when you scrape the wax off you can end up with shavings of plastic getting scraped off too. That was the determining factor for me to go wood frame with plastic foundation. Good content!

When you get your next frames/foundation you should reach out to premier and get the heavy wax foundation with them. They draw that out faster on syrup than any other ive used!

I have 13 colonies and am tax exempt for my bee business in Texas. We started off as a side gig and got a tax exempt number from the state for items used in the beekeeping business. I haven't tried using it to buy sugar at Walmart yet. I recommend check if you qualify for something like this in your state because it ask adds up over time.

hey man if you put some honey bee healthy in with the sugar syrup the mixture will last longer and wont ferment

“Sugar is expensive “ no shit !!!! I remember when 25lbs bags were 5-6$ each now the cheapest I can find them are Walmart at almost 18$ a 25lbs I’ve contacted the sugar beat factory’s in southern idaho to see if I could get bulk sugar from them but it’s even more expensive than Walmart I enjoy your clips

Awesome video man! Love them