From now on it’s best to leave the bees to their own devices. They will not be making many flights out of the hive except if there is some late pollen available eg Ivy flowers.
With all the wet weather we had in October I have a feeling that my bees may not have stored sufficient pollen and nectar for their survival for the next four or five months. I will be feeding them syrup (eg Ambrosia) for another few weeks until it is too cold to go outside without a sweater on. Feeding syrup is OK as its water content is about the same as honey; whilst feeding your bees homemade sugar syrup contains more water than the bees can handle at a time when the colony’s workforce is being depleted. The syrup can go mouldy and is useless for the colony.