It’s that time of year to give the bees a quick heft to check that they have enough food to last them through until the spring flowers arrive. Although I heft the hives each year I am still never confident that there is enough food inside, even for those that feel they have a reasonable weight. So I decide to do what I usually do and that is feed each hive with some fondant, with the rationale that if they don’t need it they won’t eat it, and that is better than them starving. This year I have elected to make the fondant rather than simply buy it which is what I usually do.
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