a simpler method is to get some heavy duty gallon zip lock bags and place 3
quarts of syrup in each of two for each hive. Place these on top of the
brood chamber in a shallow super and make a small cross cut in the top of
each about 2-3 inches long with a sharp razor blade.. It is easy and the
bees will easily get the syrup.. The trouble with the perforated can is what
size holes,expansion and contraction with temperature forces syrup out and
down on to the brood sometimes and you can't see how much syrup is left, but
the plastic bags eliminate all this.
 
 
 
 
 
At 12:07 PM 4/8/97 -0600, you wrote:
>I am getting ready to install my first packages (2) of bees this coming
>Saturday (I'm very excited and nervous).  I know that I need to feed
>them plenty of syrup until our first flow.  I am planning on just
>sitting a bucket of syrup on the inner cover with a super and top cover
>over it.  I plan to put some sticks or something in the bucket for the
>bees to land on.  I have heard of drilling a bunch of little holes in a
>bucket lid then inverting it, but I cant see any reason not to do what I
>previously described.  Could someone please tell me if my method will
>work or am I missing the boat completely?
>
>Thanks for your time
>A rookie in Utah
>Rett Thorpe
>
>
Dan Veilleux  Columbus, Ohio USA
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