Feeding Time

On Thursday decided that I needed to feed the bees, give them a helping hand to get the brood frames full of stores, ok the post is a bit late!
I should really have done this when I first got the bees but I decided that they seemed to have plenty of stores so no need.
Feeding is quite simple or the book tells you! There are plenty of different types of feeder, I have a contact feeder, a bit like a 5ltr plastic paint pot with a lid that has a 5cm diameter hole in it with a very fine metal mesh over the hole. the idea is pour 2kg of cane sugar into the feeder, then add 1ltr of very hot water, stir until sugar completely disolved and then leave to cool before putting in hive.
It certainly looks very runny, ok I'll test turning it upside down over sink so hole is face down, the sugar solution poured out! It didn't look like slowing down so thought I had better add a bit more sugar, ok that's better.
I aded an empty super on the hive on top over the top board uncovered one of the holes in it and inverted the feeder over the hole.
Tonight I will have a look and see how much they have consumed, apparently they can get through a lot!