On Fri, 20 Oct 1995 08:15:14 -0400 you wrote:
 
Is it possible to refill the zip-loc bags?  I use a bottle similar to
a boardman
feeder, or a pail.  Placing them inside an empty full size box, on top
of the
inner cover, but underneath the outer cover.
 
>On Fri, 20 Oct 1995, Logan Vanleigh wrote:
>
>> I have two colonies in E TN that are a bit weak on stores and feel I may
>> need to feed them possibly thru the winter.  Having just returned to
>> beekeeping I have no frames of honey to give them.  I seem to recall a
>> discussion some months ago about in-hive feeders 'on the cheap'.  I don't
>> have division board feeders.  Are there reasonable (all opinions
>> appreciated) home-made alternatives for providing in-hive feeding during the
>> winter.
>
>Our bee inspector's (Bart Smih's) favorite method  of supplemental feeding:
>   Use a 1 gal. ZipLoc bag filled 3/4 with sugar syrup.  Close top
>getting as much of the remaining air out as possible.  Lay the bag flat on
>top of the top bars and cut a slit in the middle (top side) of the
>flattened bag.   The syrup will not run out!  The bees climb on top of
>the bag and suck the syrup out until the bag is completely empty.  Put a
>shallow super over this arrangement and cover the hive.  Easy, huh?
>
>John Moyer, Maryland Beekeeper
>