This Stoney Acres candy board feeder is the winter feeding solution for 10-frame Langstroth honeybee hives. In the coldest months, when foraging is impossible and stored honey reserves run low, a candy board provides emergency dry-sugar feed that bees can access without breaking cluster — meaning the colony stays alive through the late-winter starvation window that kills weak hives.
The feeder sits above the brood box and below the inner cover, where bees can move up to access dry sugar (mixed with a small amount of water to form a moldable block) placed directly on the board. The all-weather wooden construction holds up to the moisture and temperature swings of winter hive conditions, and the design pairs naturally with the rest of the Stoney Acres 10-frame Langstroth hive kit Lehman’s catalog stocks.
Winter loss is one of the biggest threats to backyard beekeeping success — even strong fall colonies can starve out in February if a cold snap extends past their stored reserves. Adding a candy board in late fall is cheap insurance against losing the entire colony. Handcrafted by an Amish beekeeping family in Ohio. USA made.
