If you want the bees to survive the winter safely, you need to take measures to protect them from the cold, you can put a layer of straw on the bottom of the beehive, spread a plastic sheet on the beehive, keep it warm and moisture-proof, and feed the bees a week before the wintering period, you can provide them with honey. Honey water made from a mixture of pollen and sugar. Here's some information about how bees survive the winter and how to feed them:
1.Keep warm: Bees need a warm environment in winter. You can place the beehive in the shade of the sun all day long, and the nest door should be placed in a single row, covered with a thick shade, just to keep the honeycomb warm and not to keep the beehive warm. When the minimum temperature is above 0, the bee cluster is exposed, and it expands upwards freely, when it is lower than 0, it is covered and clothed, and when it is lower than -5, a cotton pad is added, a corner should be folded, and a sponge that absorbs enough water is placed on the bee cluster.
2.Feeding: In winter, bees have a relatively large demand for food, so we must prepare enough food for the bees. Before wintering, it is necessary to replenish the feed, such as honey, sugar, etc. The time of supplementary feeding should be in the evening or at night, and the syrup bees fed that night should be eaten that night to avoid causing robber bees. The feeding time should not be too long, and the honeycomb spleen is generally fed and covered within a week to more than ten days of wintering.
3.Feeding method: In the process of feeding bees, we need to provide them with artificial feed and natural feed. Artificial feed is made by mixing boiling water and sugar at a ratio of 1:0The 8-ratio is mixed and then added to the sweet syrup with vitamins or salt to provide adequate nutrients for the bees. The natural feed is a delicate mix of pollen and honey that is then carefully poured into the hive's nest spleen.
4.Management: When raising bees in winter, you can put two beehives side by side to raise the temperature of the environment, and use a coldproof cloth to completely seal the beehives on rainy days or colder nights, but pay attention to the ventilation of the beehives, so as not to block the hive door and make the bees die of lack of oxygen.