{"id":425,"date":"2021-02-17T10:10:28","date_gmt":"2021-02-17T10:10:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mbka.fredo.co.uk\/?page_id=425"},"modified":"2021-02-19T11:37:33","modified_gmt":"2021-02-19T11:37:33","slug":"feeding-candy","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/mbka.info\/?page_id=425","title":{"rendered":"Feeding candy"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>SPRING FEEDING WITH CANDY<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Spring feeding is not essential unless you suspect a hive is running low on stores of honey.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Only give small amounts, say a piece 75 x 75 x 5mm, and wait for this to be eaten before adding more. These thin pieces can be placed on top of the brood frames in a central position where they are accessible to the bees in cool weather. The thin slices should fit in a bee space or use a small eke.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Candy is preferable to sugar syrup in the spring to avoid introducing water and a high humidity into the hive. Candy however will absorb moisture. In wet\/cold weather candy on a hive can become wet or very wet. This may even begin dripping which could kill a small cluster; hence only a small amount recommended.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Candy feeding is usually started in Feb\/March as the bees begin to become more active and can be continued with small amounts until the warmer weather and flowers of late April\/May.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>An alternative to candy is fondant which can be bought from beekeeping suppliers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:100%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table><tbody><tr><td><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"112\" class=\"wp-image-427\" style=\"width: 150px;\" src=\"http:\/\/mbka.fredo.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/bees0031.jpg\" alt=\"\"><\/td><td><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"112\" class=\"wp-image-445\" style=\"width: 150px;\" src=\"http:\/\/mbka.fredo.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/bees0033.jpg\" alt=\"\"><\/td><td><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"112\" class=\"wp-image-428\" style=\"width: 150px;\" src=\"http:\/\/mbka.fredo.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/bees0032.jpg\" alt=\"\"><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SPRING FEEDING WITH CANDY Spring feeding is not essential unless you suspect a hive is running low on stores of honey. Only give small amounts, say a piece 75 x 75 x 5mm, and wait for this to be eaten<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-425","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mbka.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/425","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mbka.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mbka.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mbka.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mbka.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=425"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/mbka.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/425\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":463,"href":"https:\/\/mbka.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/425\/revisions\/463"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mbka.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=425"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}