After carefully examining my hive, the beekeeper decided that there was not enough food inside to maintain new upcoming brood. His recommendation was to feed them from the top cover to keep the neighborhood bees and ants from taking over. I boiled 8 pounds of sugar to one gallon of water and let it cool. After punching some holes in the top of six mason jars, I proceeded to cut out the hole for the jar to fit inside. In a couple of days I’m going to add one frame of honey inside the top super for additional feeding.
