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It’s just the opposite in our climate, the bees won’t build the outer frames because it’s too hot ,the bees like to be cooler when it’s 112 degrees Fahrenheit or 44.44 degrees C if you are metric, if my bees don’t have all of their frames drawn out by march they won’t touch the outer frames that season because they want to be cool and not toasty 😝🤘🏼

Hey sorry to hear that you lost your hive, good luck with your nuc!

Thanks for the tip!

Thanks for the feedback :)

I watch Fred Dunn, can't say I've seen any of Kamon Reynolds stuff, but it's really good/helpful content. Thanks for the suggestion

I won't rule it out as a possibility, but the fact that they swarmed makes me suspicious. I'm confused why they would swarm with a new queen if the old one died.

@@ShorewoodBeeNice I’ve been keeping bees for over 50 years and I’m still learning and still getting surprised by bees and seeing things I’ve never seen so , be prepared for never knowing bees 100% lol I have an example , this fall was the first time in my life where I was doing fall cleaning and putting nucs and boxes away for the winter and I had picked up two 5 frame nucs out of my Apiary and I sat them outside my honey shack and two days later I noticed a baseball size ball of bees and I went to just brush the bees off and put the frames away and I will be damned if there wasn’t a fresh mated queen the first week of November and she had 2-1/2 frames with full brood patterns and by the end of November the nuc was full of bees, honey and more winter bees , the baseball size ball of bees with a good queen and the fact that there was enough resources left in November in southern Maryland to fill the nuc made me A) shocked B) more shocked and C) fall isn’t too late for a split if you have drawn frames. This is just an example of never knowing 100% of what bees are capable of , it ended up being one of my best and favorite colonies, they are extremely gentle and feral!! You will probably be able to catch bees around your property now that you are keeping bees , bees attract bees so I would put an empty hive out in your yard and you could very well catch your feral bees , just put 3 drawn frames in it and eventually you’ll probably catch a swarm in your yard :)

@@DavidWilliams-wr4wb Dang! I'll give this a try! Would be really cool to catch a swarm!

I really do appreciate the advice, I'm excited to try things a little differently this season.

Thanks for the tip! I'll definitely try that this season

Great question. You can extract the honey by taking a frame of honey, cutting the wax caps off, and then processing it using a honey extractor, which is a sort of centrifuge that spins the honey out of the comb. Alternatively you can do what’s called the crush and strain method, where you crush the honey comb and put it in a strainer over a bowl. That method is probably the oldest method known for collecting honey!

I always keep an eye out, but sometimes it’s just not possible to find her quickly enough or even necessary, depending on your inspection goals.

I’m always looking, ever since I rolled a queen 50 years ago I never want to do it again 😅

Hey! I'm afraid I don't know much about the Indian climate with regards to bee keeping. My best advice would be to seek out a local bee keeper who knows your area to offer more specific advice. Good luck!

Hey! Thank you so much for following along! I am still keeping bees, although this colony did collapse when it got really cold this winter. I'll be starting again in the spring with a nuc, and will start posting videos again then about it, so stay tuned!

@@ShorewoodBeeNice Awe too bad. Looking forward to following you starting a new colony though. Trying to gather as much info as I can before I get myself my first colony. I worry most about the varroa mites. Been looking into all sorts of none chemical treatments like heat treatment. Bees survive higher temps than mites. Also looking into queen cages with drone frames inside. This will draw most mites into the drone frames that you can then put into the freezer before they hatch. Id like to not use any chemicals for mite treatment. I have a couple of good yt vids if interested. But thank you. Looking forward to videos of your new colony.

@@ShorewoodBeeNice you should start at least three colonies, because if you’re trying to get through winter inevitably you’ll have colonies collapse /die and if you have 3 your odds go up to have at least one to three colonies the next season and you’ll have something to work with to do splits with if two of your 3 colonies die you’ll have one to do two splits with the next season and that will make it easier to have consistent colonies in spring, I’ve been losing about 6 colonies a year so I have to do those splits to keep the amount of hives I want to work consistent, as long as you have a few colonies your chances of getting through winter with the amount of bees you want to keep goes up and splitting your overwinter survivors will give you better odds of keeping bees over the winter , I have had friends that only keep one colony and their one colony died every winter and they bought a package every spring to replace their lost colony/ package, the only reason I’m saying this is I watched two friends buy a package every year and they got discouraged after they died every winter, so your odds go up significantly by keeping at least 3 , until you have a surplus of fully drawn frames it is almost a failure 99% of the time to overwinter with just one colony and when you start your season and you provide drawn frames for your package the season will go much smoother and take much less sugarfeed when the frames are already built from the start of the season ,I hope this makes sense 😎

@@DavidWilliams-wr4wb Thank you, this makes perfect sense. I probably don't have the room for 3 right now, but I will look into setting up a 2nd hive.

@@ShorewoodBeeNice if you have room for a bench 16” hi 20”wide by 8ft. Long you can put 4 -10 frame deeps on the bench and boom!!! You have enough room for 4 colonies 😁🍯😎🐝

No problem! Thanks for watching!

Thank you!

Hi, that’s one probable reason that bees do that, but the scientific community hasn’t settled on a definite answer yet for all scenarios. Certainly interesting nonetheless

@@ShorewoodBeeNice czech got a long tradition of beekeeping for centuries, believe me in this, and this is an old public wisdom...not some secret :D

thanks for the insight!

Thank you so much! Totally makes sense, I just wish I could have been there to see it and capture the swarm

I'm not sure how that would work, but maybe! I'd be interested to see if someone has tried something like that

No, I'm in the Pacific Northwest, sorry!

Hi, I use 1:1 sugar water with honey b healthy to stimulate feeding, and pollen mixed in to help encourage brood production

Pollen from a pollen trap or a bit of pollen sub? I haven’t done that, but I like it.

@@joeelam1 Pollen sub, but real pollen would obviously be better!

THANKS FOR THAT WORK.

Thanks for the feedback, I’ll do my best to go easy on it next time :)

I always keep the top of my smoker full of nearby greens (weeds, grass, leaves) keeps the smoke cool and stops sparks etc

That is correct, you'll to stay on top of it

Thanks for your feedback!

lol don’t smoke them out

Thanks for your comment, it’s a stylistic choice. sorry it’s not working for you

Thanks for your comment! I'll try my best to use lighter puffs next time :)

@@ShorewoodBeeNice @MrColtnutz. We can share content.

Hi thanks for your comment. I got it from capitalbeesupply.com/products/pierco-green-drone-comb/ - link is also in the description :)

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Thanks for the sub, I appreciate your watching!

Thank you for you comment :)

I'd be interested to see how the "sugar shake" method works if you do a check later in the season.

Hi thanks for your kind comment! I'd love to do a sugar shake comparison later in the season, that's a great idea :)

Thank you so much for your suggestion! I'll be sure to try that next time :)

when you say water wash, do you mean inspect the alcohol wash, and then drain that and then rinse the bees in just water? (x2?)

@@JeanLaValley I believe that's what they meant, at least, that's how I took it.

@@JeanLaValley exactly, because some mits will stick to the bees body even if both are dead, farther more you can put the dead bees on a paper and count them to have accurate percentage of mits load. One more thing when you shake the frame do not cover the container with towel and let the field bees to fly back to the hive because your target is the nurse bees which still unable to fly yet because the mits are prefering the nurse bees than the field bees Best regards Jean

Hi, thanks for your comment. The colony makes way more drones than is needed, so it’s not a problem :)

Also, queens don’t mate with drones from their own hive.

@@ShorewoodBeeNice Actually they don't if you are using green drone frames. That is one of the benefits of using green frames---that the bees put the drone larvae on that comb and not all over the colony. Also---not all chemical interventions create an issue for honey consumption---OA and Formic Acid for example.

@@ronaldstilwell3464 Nice, thanks!

They still produce drones on other frames, no problem

Thanks for the comment! That's great feedback and I’ll be sure to include it next time

Hi, thanks for your question! I have updated the description of this video to include a link to where I got my green drone comb.

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