I hope you didn't think I was going to pay tribute to Robin and his merry men for there contibution to beekeeping. They have nothing to do with it! But, we can apply a certain principle here. That is," robbing from the rich to feed the poor." What better way to be certain that late bloomers, nucs, swarms, ect. are well provided for. In this method full frames of pure, good, wholesome honey are given directly to colonies that are poor or in need. I find that it is best to provide this out of the supers. It can be done cumulitively from several colonies or a complete super from a few split up(depending on # of colonies in the yard). Also slapping a super of honey on top of another works too. Some beekeepers get wrapped up in the cost or potential loss of profit here. But often these same beekeepers when back feeding sugar syrup don't subtract the amount of feed fed back from the crop harvested and adjust accordingly. Also when feeding back issues such as did the colony take down enough syrup? Is the syrup cured properly? Fermentation? Spills? Extra trip? You know what I'm talking about. You figure in all your time, the price of fuel (have you looked at this lately?) cost of the sugar, oops I spilled some, feeders, oh no fermentation. The cost of the honey vs. sugar isn't so bad. Also you have bought and paid for the honey in the comb. The sugar you got to reach deep into that empty pocket. Another good point of the robinhood method is that it is lends well to biological beekeeping practices. I hope some find this an useful alternative to the currently popular feeding methods. I also will be dabbling with fall brood equalizing in conjunction with his method. But thats another idea..........