We need to feed the bees…if we had some

I would love to call myself a beekeeper. I am really doing that but I don’t have any bees yet. You can’t be a dog owner unless you have one so feel like I am a bit of a fraud at the moment.  However I am able to chat on about bees quite alot now, I might even be qualified enough to do a school fete with the beekeepers association and answer simple questions!

Our apiary manager suggested that when we get bees we might like to feed them. With sugar.
Now this probably makes sense to seasoned beekeepers who know that a warm snap earlier in the year woke the bees but didn’t provide enough forage for them after it turned cold again, but it all sounds a bit manufactured to give them fondant! A cheaper version than the one from Lakeland I am hoping!

Of course, this is all academic, we don’t have any yet! We are still non beekeepers. And anyway, I have to sort a pirate outfit for the cubs carnival float.