""Iddee, do you have a favorite way of feeding your bees from Dec 21 to bloom, (if needed) ?""
Sugar water is best if the temp. of the feed can be kept above 55F. 12.7 C.
Otherwise, I like sugar cakes. I stole this recipe from the internet.
""" Take a 5 lb bag of white sugar
Mix it in a bowl with 7.5 ounces of water and a few drops of an essential oil mix. our honeybee essential oil recipe below
Mix the water in well
Spread into the foil pans, or drop onto wax paper or paper plates and make round sugar mounds.
Depending on how warm and humid your house is these dry overnight or a few days. Sometimes they crumble and crack, I think this is due to the moisture content of the bag of sugar you are using. Chunks of sugar cake are fine, the bees don?t care, really.
It is key to measure the water precisely, i use scale; it makes a big difference. if you add too much water it doesn?t dry right, i think."""