Pour Some Sugar on Bees

The bees that people get in their apiaries are not really wild and obviously not tame. They have been bred to have certain traits, like gentleness. We will have "italian" bees in our hives. Our neighbor asked if they drive Ferraris. Yes, they do. But because we invest in these bees, we want them to have a chance to survive so, in the spring, when the nectar flow is low, we can help our bees by feeding them sugar syrup. Once spring and summer are in full flow, the bees can get enough food for themselves.

A friend of mine gave us a happy beekeeping gift: a 25 lb bag of sugar! How sweet of her.

Making sugar syrup