Hey Bleeker, your girls look happy and healthy!!!
I've been feeding mine the sugar water solution. I have to find out about the Honey B supplement to add, it's getting too late for it this year, next year though. I did know that the verroa don't like menthal smells, so this fall I had put in the hives, an all natural product that was like a bag balm consistency and had a menthol smell and was used as a verroa mite deterrant and "bee calmer". But that was a little on the pricey side, like 18.00 a bag and one bag per hive..I didn't follow recommendations on that... (I divided it up )
Other than that, it's hope for the best. I'm hoping for one more good day so I can check them out again, to see if they've made any honey with all that sugar they've been consuming or hopefully not used what little they did make to store. I'm just afraid that they aren't gonna make it. I don't want to start all over next year. All I wanted to do was get one more swarm to add to the bunch not get 3 swarms to get going again...Time will tell...
Enjoy