That Time Of The Year

Well it's that time of the year again, when we feed and medicate our bees. On September 13 we put in two Apivar strips in each colony, between the supers to help fight against Varroa mites. As well we put on the third super so they can start getting it drawn out to fill up with food for the winter. Today I gave them each 3 liters of syrup (1 part water - 2 parts sugar). This will help them this winter, as well I added Fuagmilina-B, an antibiotic used overwintering colonies for nosema apis infections, which can kill a colony. I did an early mite count, we had 5 on the left and 3 on the right in a 23 hour time frame, and from what I have read this is low and good. I'll do it again next week as that will be the half way point for the exposure to the Apivar strips.

They look tall, it's just the top (4th) super is housing
the syrup pail.