Candy Board For Bees

For the bees should they want an upper entrance i simply placed an imirie shim below the candy board.

Candy board for bees. With the built in upper vent you don t have to worry about snow covering up your hive s lower entrance. We look at it as a cheap insurance policy to give your bees a little extra help throughout the winter. It is a one piece candy board that provides food ventilation upper insulation and an upper exit entrance to help bees remain healthier during the winter. This would prevent the outer cover from smashing the bees.

You want it to be in about the middle so that the center of the candy boards can be supported. Along with feeding the bees the candy boards also acts as a moisture absorbent absorbing some of the moisture that naturally occurs in the hive through the winter. Finally i got the hive back together and strapped it down with the hurricane strap for the vicious winter winds. This shim has the added benefit of providing some space between the candy board and the brood frames in case the candy board sags in the middle.

Here are the steps for installing bee candy boards once the covers are off. Someone said it insulates ventilates and feed i lates. Then set the candy board on top. In the warmer weather honey bees will drink sugar syrup but the new england winters are much too cold for that and other methods of feeding have to be used.

The candy board has quicly become a must have on all our hives.