I have found that if the spring is cold and wet that bulk feeding
is not very successful. In the fall the weather seems almost irrelevent -
the bees rob everything in sight!
 
        The hivetop feeders seem  better in the spring and since I have
them, I now use them in the fall too.
 
        When I was using the bulk feeding method I cut holes in the side
of the barrels and wired the lids on so that the cows ( the bees were in a
pasture on a dairy farm ) could not get at the syrup. The holes were large
enough to provide access to the bees.
 
Donald Aitken
11710-129 Street
Edmonton Alberta Canada
T5M 0Y7