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--></style></head><body lang=EN-US link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue"'>In your inspections, what do their food stores look like? If they're on a honey flow, and they are putting away lots of nectar and building comb, you may not need to feed. If they are constantly making comb, the feed will help them to do that? How many frames? How are you configured? Deeps, mediums, shallows???<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>From: </span></b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>hive <hive-bounces@lists.sdcbeeks.org> on behalf of Dorothy Brown <dorothycfi@msn.com><br><b>Date: </b>Sunday, June 21, 2020 at 6:12 PM<br><b>To: </b>"hive@sdcbeeks.org" <hive@sdcbeeks.org><br><b>Subject: </b>[SDCBeeks] Question about feed new swarm<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>A friend and I hived a large swarm in Los Alamos about 6 weeks ago. They are in his Langstroth hive in Los Alamos. We kept them supplied with sugar syrup until they slowed way down on how much they were taking. They were given plenty of drawn comb, and they have a good brood pattern. They are bringing in pollen and seem to have some nectar. Just this weekend, we offered them syrup again, and they are going through at least a quart a day. When I stand and watch them, the have a good flight path, as if they are working a food source. My question is whether we should continue feeding as long as they are taking it all? People water for all-season bloom, so the blooming plants (salvia, cat mint, lavender, Russian sage is just about to start) are likely to be producing nectar. I see honey bees and other pollinators taking nectar. Maybe there isn't enough.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>Thank you for any insights. I have never had bees resume taking syrup this late in the season.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>Dorothy<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal>_______________________________________________ hive mailing list hive@lists.sdcbeeks.org http://lists.sdcbeeks.org/listinfo.cgi/hive-sdcbeeks.org <o:p></o:p></p></div></body></html>