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Mild winter lite hives:Emergency feeding

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buzzbee:
Many of us are having an extremely mild winter with hives getting light way too early.There are a few different methods for applying feed.
Robo has a link here for a sugar brick:
http://robo.bushkillfarms.com/beekeeping/emergency-feeding/
And Ray Marler describes the Camp method in a reply here:

See reply 7 here by Ray Marler:
http://forum.beemaster.com/index.php/topic,23695.0.html
And this video also  explains the dry sugar method employed by Mountain Camp:
http://youtu.be/C0NOAslznCo

If any one has other methods I will sticky this topic,as this seems to be a widespread situation this year.

Poppi:
Thanks Buzzbee...   great timing!!!   will look at the info...    John

PeeVee:
I saw this last year for a fondant with marshmallows.

I forget were and who was the original poster.

Mashmallow Fondant
This is the Fondant that Tommy Nelson made for us last night, needless to say I was VERY impressed with the results. Here is his Blog,  http://aspenhoneybees.blogspot.com/ 

•         1 lb of small marshmallows
•         2 lbs of powdered sugar
•         4 table spoons of water (or maybe 3 tbs of water and 1 tbs of Honey Bee Healthy)
•         A little Crisco

1.       Grease a large bowl and a wooden spoon with Crisco to keep the mix from sticking
2.       Add 1lb of marshmallows in a large bowl
3.   Add 2 lbs of powdered sugar in a separate bowl for easy pouring later
4.       Heat the marshmallows for 1 min 30 seconds in the microwave.
5.    Add 4 tbs of water to the melted marshmallows
6.       Knead the marshmallows into a ball in the bowl with the wooden spoon while mixin in the powdered sugar.
7.       Grease an area/table with Crisco to keep the mixture from sticking
8.   Grease your hands with Crisco
9.       Knead the ball on the table with your hands when the mix starts to cling to the side of the bowl
10.    Roll the finished ball on wax paper and cut to size (about the size of a pollen patty)
             11.     Place on the top bars of your hives

Cost = About $4
Time = About 10 minutes for about 4 hives…

Poppi:
Don't think smellows and PS with cornstarch is a good idea??

Bleemus:
I have heard that powdered sugar from the store has corn starch in it to prevent clumping and is harmful to bees.  You need to find a source for baker's sugar which doesn't have it.

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