Happy Holidays to you all!
We have had some pretty cold weather here in December (down to single digits) but there was a warm spell right before Christmas with high in the 50s. The bees from my one hive (the combined hive from the fall) were out flying, so I took advantage of that to open the top of the hive and check on the food I had given them earlier. I didn't check on the frames as I didn't think it was that warm. I quickly opened the top and place additional food.
I had left them with a bunch of sugar cubes and one patty of Bee-Pro+ (which is a balanced patty sugar and protein). Many of the sugar cubes were still there but some had been eaten, and the patty was gone. So I replaced the patty with another one.
My main question is if it is OK to feed this type of patty in the winter (the package says that feeding this type of patty is not weather dependent), or if I should stick to basic sugar patties without any pollen/protein stuff in them.
I am happy the hive is still there alive and looked OK, though our winter is still long ...