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Beekeeping · BK-05
Hive Feeding Record
A free printable hive feeding record — what was fed to which hive, when, how much, how it was given and whether it was taken down, with your own mix written in.
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One page. Choose your paper size — both versions are laid out identically, so neither one gets shrunk to fit.
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What this sheet is for
Know what a colony has already been given instead of guessing, and see which hives are repeatedly needing feed when the others are not.
Who it is for
Beekeepers feeding syrup, fondant or candy at any time of year, and anyone sharing the care of an apiary with somebody else.
How to use it
- Fill in the apiary and season once at the top.
- Write a line every time a hive is fed, with the hive number from your register.
- Put your own mix in the strength column — the sheet does not assume one.
- Record the amount as you measured it, in whatever units you use.
- Come back to the line when you next visit and note whether it was taken down.
What is on the sheet
One page, top to bottom:
Printed under the title: What was fed, to which hive, when, and how much — a running record of feeding for one apiary, kept so the feed a colony has already had is a fact rather than a guess.
Your mix, your amounts. No recipes, strengths, quantities or seasonal rules are printed here. What to feed, how strong to make it and when to stop depend on your climate, your forage and the colony in front of you — take that from your association or your own experience, write your own mix in the strength column, and use this sheet to record what the bees were actually given.
Write-on lines: Apiary or site · Beekeeper · Season or year
Feeding — one line each time a hive is fed
Table, 12 rows: Date · Hive no. · Feed given · Strength or mix · Amount · How fed · Checked on · Taken down · Notes
Questions
Why is there no syrup recipe or ratio on the sheet?
Because what to feed and how strong to make it depend on the season, the climate, the forage and the colony, and beekeepers who disagree about it are all keeping bees successfully. Your association or your own experience sets the mix; the sheet records what the bees were actually given.
Why record how the feed was given?
Because a contact feeder, a rapid feeder and a frame feeder are taken down at quite different rates, and without that column an unexpectedly slow week looks like a problem with the colony rather than with the feeder.
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