You can staple some #8 steel mesh to the bottom of the holes to keep bees from getting into the top hive body. That way you can change the jars without bees being up there.
Salty Dog: yes you can and it generally works fine. However you should take extra care to make certain that you have seated the jar deep into the opening against the screen. Otherwise, the bees will not be able to reach the holes with their proboscis. I have tried both screened and unscreened holes. I prefer to leave them unscreened, but screened has it’s obvious advantage.
With so many jars when temperatures change from day to night that change will warm up or cool down the liquid in the vacuumed jars it cool down the sugar syrup and that will push sugar syrup down to the hive I was staying away from this feeding system for that reason my bees now making too much of the comb inside my top feeder so was just looking around
Im a first year beekeeper, please forgive my ignorance. The inner boards i have now have the oval cut in the middle for ventilation. Could issues arise from not having the top vent ?
Andy: I am not a physics/science guy so I will answer the best that I can. The holes are very small. Also, the contents are a fairly viscous sugar/syrup solution. When you turn the jar upside down, a vacuum forms in the jar and the sugar syrup does not run out into the hive. Another reason I recommend buying these lids instead of making them yourself. You want to make sure the holes are the right size.
@@patrickmccalman207 I have a similar set up but I do not invert the jar through the hole.I invert it over a couple of laths. Quite bit of syrup runs out on top of my board. I am sure the bees probably clean it up but I don't know the outcome when it runs down on the frames. I am just stating out so I may be concerned for nothing.
Correct. I guess I did not consider that because I always have some laying around and can be repurposed. The hive body over the jars is not necessary, but I recommend it to prevent robbing in the event you do not have a tight seal where your jar is seated.
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It seems that it would, but inverted mason jars containing sugar syrup is a very common method of feeding bees. Very small pin holes are made in the lids. When inverted, a vacuum is created that keeps the syrup from running out of the holes. The bees stick their proboscis in the holes to gather the syrup.
It causes a vacuum. It's like pouring gas out of a gas tank without the vent open. The gas pours out very slow. Syrup water is even thicker so it greatest a tighter suction.
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You may want to drill a hole in the center and staple on some hardware cloth for ventilation.
Perfect, simple and easy to follow. Thank you
You can staple some #8 steel mesh to the bottom of the holes to keep bees from getting into the top hive body. That way you can change the jars without bees being up there.
Salty Dog: yes you can and it generally works fine. However you should take extra care to make certain that you have seated the jar deep into the opening against the screen. Otherwise, the bees will not be able to reach the holes with their proboscis. I have tried both screened and unscreened holes. I prefer to leave them unscreened, but screened has it’s obvious advantage.
Outstanding, thank you.
With so many jars when temperatures change from day to night that change will warm up or cool down the liquid in the vacuumed jars it cool down the sugar syrup and that will push sugar syrup down to the hive I was staying away from this feeding system for that reason my bees now making too much of the comb inside my top feeder so was just looking around
For the bottom box, do we put a container for the bees, when they do their honey for their winter survival? Or do we leave the bottom box empty?
Im a first year beekeeper, please forgive my ignorance. The inner boards i have now have the oval cut in the middle for ventilation. Could issues arise from not having the top vent ?
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How the top of hive get ventilation ???
If you’re poking holes into the lids how does all the syrup not just run down and drowned the hive?
Andy: I am not a physics/science guy so I will answer the best that I can. The holes are very small. Also, the contents are a fairly viscous sugar/syrup solution. When you turn the jar upside down, a vacuum forms in the jar and the sugar syrup does not run out into the hive. Another reason I recommend buying these lids instead of making them yourself. You want to make sure the holes are the right size.
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@@patrickmccalman207 I have a similar set up but I do not invert the jar through the hole.I invert it over a couple of laths. Quite bit of syrup runs out on top of my board. I am sure the bees probably clean it up but I don't know the outcome when it runs down on the frames. I am just stating out so I may be concerned for nothing.
it will only come out when the bees want it, its called a vacuum.
The size of the holes is the same for 1 to 1 or 2 to 1 syrup ?
Same hole size
The price of the hive body adds to the total
Correct. I guess I did not consider that because I always have some laying around and can be repurposed. The hive body over the jars is not necessary, but I recommend it to prevent robbing in the event you do not have a tight seal where your jar is seated.
Stay away from man lake!!!Keep building your on..or at least try little bees honey farm or Texas bee supply dang want you be surprised at cost and shipping..ceracell feeders
That will pour syrup over your bees, why would you do that?
It seems that it would, but inverted mason jars containing sugar syrup is a very common method of feeding bees. Very small pin holes are made in the lids. When inverted, a vacuum is created that keeps the syrup from running out of the holes. The bees stick their proboscis in the holes to gather the syrup.
It causes a vacuum. It's like pouring gas out of a gas tank without the vent open. The gas pours out very slow. Syrup water is even thicker so it greatest a tighter suction.