Laurence Edwards shows how to feed bees syrup without drowning: fill the feeder with dry straw so they can climb to the liquid safely. After a week, the straw stays bone-dry and zero bees have drowned. Just pour syrup over the straw and refill as needed.
Now I fed these bees about a week ago. I filled the feeder up with straw, and I'll show you inside now to show you that the bees do not drown using this method. Honestly, it is the safest method in the world. You do not get a single drowned bee. If I take this straw out, you will see no dead bees in the feeder and completely bone-dry straw. To top it back up, even simpler, you just pour the syrup directly onto the feeder over the straw And the bees will come up and safely work that straw, work that feeder. They are not going to get drowned.
