> Lessons learned (again) ..... and to avoid pushing strong  colonies to get
even stronger with spring feeding.
 
Does this include not feeding any pollen sub at the tail end of winter into 
 (and/or through) spring? If the answer is that it depends on the size of  
colony, then could you describe what size would need feeding and what size 
would  be sufficiently large to NOT need it.
 
Being a novice beekeeper (and not having confidence that I could judge  the 
amount of stores correctly) I fed sugar bricks over the winter and then in  
late March began offering pollen sub (Global Patty), too. I had no winter 
losses  and all my colonies are doing well, in fact as you noted .perhaps too 
well,  as they have required a lot of labor-intensive management to prevent 
 swarming.
 
My goal at this point is just to figure out to how keep healthy bees in  
strong colonies so I am managing for that alone, not specifically for honey or 
 increase.  I am in northern NY.
 
TIA, for any suggestions or comments you care to make.
 
Nancy
 
 
In a message dated 6/10/2014 8:25:20 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
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Lessons  learned (again) this spring are to put spring nucs in
full sun (we had a  cool spring) and to avoid pushing strong colonies to get
even stronger with  spring feeding.

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