1. Provide the colony with 1:1 sugar syrup, high fructose corn syrup mix or Pro Sweet to encourage the bees to build wax comb. 2. Feed pollen substituting patties (Ultra Bee or Bee Pro) and syrup until they no longer consume it. 3. Increase the size of the entrance reducer when cong...
The cost to maintain an established beehive is one of the lowest for any business. A beekeeper must purchase sugar for syrup, pollen patties, varroa mites treatments and hive beetle traps, if needed. These costs are negligible. Even if the beekeeper has to replace an entire colony or repair ...
Squash plants have separate male and female flowers on the same plant. Bees must transfer the pollen from the male flowers to the female. Don’t use insecticides in the garden or you will risk killing off your pollinators. If you don’t have bees, you can hand-transfer pollen with a sm...
First I put in the wooden board, followed by part of the sugar and the pollen patties. Then I covered the patties with the rest of the sugar, and patted it down firmly. The next morning, the sugar was hard and I was able to remove the wooden board. This hole gives damp air a way...
If your plants are flowering but not producing fruit, there may not be enough bees around for pollination. Hand-pollinate flowers with a cotton swab—gather pollen from the male flower and dab it onto the golden stigma in the center of the female flower. Cross-pollination. Squash plants easil...