| not sure what "trays" you are using... or if it is too much water, my guess is, in August there are plenty of wildflowers and they don't need it. I can share what I do...for winter: cook the 2 parts sugar to 1 part water until all is dissolved, let it cool, put in ziplock/hefty style baggies, put in a dish/tray on top of the inner cover, inside an empty super...(cut a few slits in the top of the baggie), then put the hive lid on. I'm in Oklahoma and we have crazy days where it is 60-70 degrees in January and February and the bees love to come out... so in the fall when I have too much fruit, I make "hard ball stage" candy-syrup from sugar and juiced pears. Then when we have these weird warm days I put the syrupy candy out on specific designated rocks in the orchard for the bees to enjoy. It encourages more cleansing flights. |
