Adding food stores

The club hive was checked for food (honey) stored for the upcoming winter months. It was found to have inadequate stores of the honey necessary for winter survival. Being early October, it was not too late to get some syrup (2 parts sugar one part water) fed to the bees. They will pack the empty comb in the upper boxes with this and any other food they can scavenge prior to the real cold that will be
coming in November. The rule is that you should stop feeding bees any liquid food on October 15. Bees may be able to dehydrate liquid sugar after that date, but there is a risk of adding too much humidity to the hive. With the inability for the bees to dehydrate syrup during extreme cold added to the inability to make cleansing flights, the
liquid could cause dysentery and kill the hive.

The hive should be checked again  in November.  A candy board (solid sugar) may be a necessary addition.