Hello All

Thanks for all the replies I got to the above question. I tried it after I
got an e mail which said it would be OK but to be careful of spillages which
I was. The advice could not have been more incorrect. If I had only waited
for the later e mails which strongly advised against it I would have been
far better off. Isn't it a pity that hindsight is never around when you need
it!!

I fed the bees just after dawn. Just after I had fed them the first e mail
arrived warning me not to do it. There was no problem from the bees for the
first three hours or so and then mayhem broke out. Bees flying in large
numbers, every hive being buzzed by robbers yours truly stung incessantly.
Later that day I had to leave Dublin on business so I do not know how the
saga progressed, or how long it took for things to quieten down.

To those who said do not feed at dawn, thank you kindly. To those who said
feed at dawn, take the advice of someone who now knows, and do not do it.

Sincerely

Tom Barrett
49 South Park Foxrock
Dublin 18
Ireland