I transferred bees this morning to my first hive. I used your feeder and am I ever impressed. It took them a while to discover it, but now they are draining it dry. Thank you so much for this wonderful tip.

This is so informative i really love watching your ideas about bee keeping keep up the good work

I am finding lol your videos soooo helpful. Our top bar hive has arrived and we need to put it together and we get our bees in April so am thankful to be directed to your channel and also have your book xx

Great idea Phil, easy to prepare away from hives, no spillage, clean and quick.

I love your bees

This is fantastic! We're having wild temperature fluctuations lately as robbing has been occurring as well. I will certainly give this a whirl soon!

Thanks Phil: I used a 2ltr carton and filled it with 50/50 sugar water. Also added a cedar strip to the ramp. Seems to work fine for a new split TBH.

Just seen this, my bees keep drwoning in feeders on top of bars so I am going to try this thankyou so much

Simply geniously simple!

I love this idea, thank you!! I'm going to start my second hive shortly, a Warre hive, and will be using this method.

Chapó, por este video, eres un genio.un saludo desde España.

Genius

Here because of Roger Patterson's Webinar about Winterising Bees.

Great tip!

Listening to some experience is not necessary for the better as I was told to boil water then add the sugar! Lucky before doing this my study’s found boiling sugar water can make the syrup toxic for the bees!! So I have been simmering the water then adding sugar, however seeing your lovely vides again, I might think again 🤔

Very nice Phil. Simple and very efficient. What was the sugar water ratio.? I am thinking this would make a great feeder in one of those queen rearing or mini nucleus

Great tip! Do you ever add a drop of minerals to your sugar water?

This is a great idea but dont do it when your syrup is any less than a 2 to 1 ratio, sugar to water. I have just used this method on a summer feed of 1 to 1 and because the syrup is thin, I have lost around 200 bees through drowning. The principal is really good but take care to make sure the sugar syrup is thicker, (which, I suspect Phil Chandlers mix is) otherwise losses will occur.

phil, i keep hearing that sugar water is not so great for the intestines of the bees..what is you view on that since I see you use it often?

I’ve not yet started with top bar beekeeping, but I think I’ve got most of the theory in my head now. My understanding is that the follower boards are meant to contain the bees’ comb building and, to an extent, help to encourage combs parallel with the bars. If you move a follower board away from the existing comb far enough to accommodate the length of a tetrapak, aren’t the bees then likely to build random comb within their new-found space? Or is it the case that the time you supplement their food doesn’t correspond to the time they are expanding?

I lost about 100 bees in about a week due to drowning using this milk carton method. I went back to a jar. I don't usually feed, except I got a new package of bees.

I was looking for the video you did for emergency winter feeding with the fondant recipe. Is that one available on this channel?

Great idea as are all that I have watched. But I would think that white sugar would not be good for bees. Thanks for all you post

Fabulous idea! For feeding in the winter, where would you place this box? Also, I read that bees don't like wool, how does that fit with using wool as insulation?

Thank you for this. How long will this sugar solution feed the bees? How many times do I repeat this process? What is the ratio of sugar to water in the solution?

Hi, iam write from italy, what did you put on the flor into the hive? And why? Thanks bye

Great idea! BTW, can we do it using brown sugar, instead of white one? What do you think?

I guess you call it an eco floor but you probably know what I mean.

What on the floor of the hive?

How do you feed if there is no room to place a feeder inside due to all the comb? Also, how do you manage for small hive beetles? New top bar beekeeper here.

Hey Phil. Awesome video. I am a huge fan. I tried out the feeder. I feel like I made it exactly like the video, but I had a lot of bees drown in it. Probably 50? Did I do something wrong?

Where in UK do you get insulation material you have please

I guess the bio floors are working well for you since you are still using them. Do you think the bees are healthier with the bio floor?

What is the container called

And no drowned bees!

Be careful if trying this - I got a lot of drowned bees, and several other commenters have said the same.

Is here someone who sell native black bees queen?

it's hard starting bee keeping. one doesn't know nothing yet! good carpentry, stick to the rules, listen to experienced people.