Our BBKA Chair raised the question of feeding in her coronavirus letter and that prompts me to ask:
I was about to cut out and melt down a load of granulated frames that have been sitting the garage from last summer (Smells OK - no mould). I am just thinking I should hold off and if I wanted to give it to them in Spring what do you think is the best way. Stick a super with the frames on top of a QX on the brood box, put it under the brood box, left capped, cappings scrapped a bit.......?
If it gets to autumn and there's a problem sourcing syrup/sugar then I think I'd scrape the cappings and put it under a cover board with a small hole, seal the normal entrance and give then a temporary entrance cut into an eke immediately on top of the new coverboard (i.e. from the bottom up - sealed off OMF, super, cover board with small hole , eke with entrance, brood box etc.). Any improvement on that?
Even if you haven't got any granulated frames you have been meaning to do something with; you are sure to have some soon - rape is out already in my area...
I was about to cut out and melt down a load of granulated frames that have been sitting the garage from last summer (Smells OK - no mould). I am just thinking I should hold off and if I wanted to give it to them in Spring what do you think is the best way. Stick a super with the frames on top of a QX on the brood box, put it under the brood box, left capped, cappings scrapped a bit.......?
If it gets to autumn and there's a problem sourcing syrup/sugar then I think I'd scrape the cappings and put it under a cover board with a small hole, seal the normal entrance and give then a temporary entrance cut into an eke immediately on top of the new coverboard (i.e. from the bottom up - sealed off OMF, super, cover board with small hole , eke with entrance, brood box etc.). Any improvement on that?
Even if you haven't got any granulated frames you have been meaning to do something with; you are sure to have some soon - rape is out already in my area...