What, you may ask, are candy boards? Excellent question! Candy boards provide food for our bees during the winter, so that our colonies can survive through the harsh winter months.
While making candy boards isn't a quick process, it is relatively simple. A mixture of sugar, corn syrup, water, and cream of tartar is heated and prepared, and then poured into wooden frames, as you can see in the photo below:
When the mixture hardens, it turns white, and then the board can be added to a beehive to provide nourishment for the colony until spring.
All in all, a satisfying project for a Sunday afternoon! :-)
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