My waree hive was weak so I began feeding it sugar water this spring. I lost a lot of bees to the flooding here and they only had one box of comb built. I stop feeding my langstong hive for I thought it had a lot of honey reserved, This is my second yr, I lost my langstrong hive but the waree hive is going strong building in three boxes now. Not completely drawn. I have been feeding sugar water with supplement. They were taking sugar water quite a lot but have slowed down, they just finished the quart off took them about a month. I notice ton of bumble bee forging about not a lot of honey bees. I just want to do the right thing,, sure getting honey be great but my main concern is keeping my hive strong. I have been checking for mites, I hate using any pesticides, I put a IPM board under it with Vaseline and it has been catching a few beetle and some larvae and have beetle traps inside as you know it is nearly impossible to check lower boxes without damaging combs...Been thinking doing a sugar roll just to make sure but sometimes to much bothering them I think does more damage,, sorry all the info just want to take good care of my girls I live in the lower part of sc
