Wow, honey in May! I'm in PA too and just stated my YT channel this year after my local gov forced me to take a few years off from beekeeping. Since my colonies are from packages, I'm definitely not expecting honey, but it does seem like everything is coming in early this year.
Where in PA. And how would they make you take a few years off? Packages are a waste of money, in my opinion. You only cheat yourself. Buy good local nucs. Mine are so packed out I need to sell nucs to slow them down.
Yes I'm assuming you are referring to the comment I made about the Queen not laying in the bottom. But I think the issue is either she doesn't want to be close to the entrance or the light. They start winter in the bottom and end in the top following the honey. Some I try to rotate if I see that. But the Foragers end up using the bottom as a place to drop their nectar and even pollen. I have a couple slatted racks, just never used them for the purpose of keeping her laying in the bottom. It's also in the 40's overnight here and she like the heat at the top in the spring. Maybe if the bottom box was insulated, they were sitting on the ground or insulated in the bottom and the entrance was smaller and the foragers had an upper entrance. I could keep everyone happy. But at the moment all that ain't in the budget. I'm just trying to keep the wheels on this adventure. lol I downsized from 140 couple to 80 couple and some nucs but after all the swarms I'm putting back in single and nuc boxes they are growing in numbers again.
Thanks for the honey. Its delicious 😋
Wow, honey in May! I'm in PA too and just stated my YT channel this year after my local gov forced me to take a few years off from beekeeping. Since my colonies are from packages, I'm definitely not expecting honey, but it does seem like everything is coming in early this year.
Where in PA. And how would they make you take a few years off? Packages are a waste of money, in my opinion. You only cheat yourself. Buy good local nucs. Mine are so packed out I need to sell nucs to slow them down.
00:03:25 would slotted racks fix that? 🤔
Yes I'm assuming you are referring to the comment I made about the Queen not laying in the bottom. But I think the issue is either she doesn't want to be close to the entrance or the light. They start winter in the bottom and end in the top following the honey. Some I try to rotate if I see that. But the Foragers end up using the bottom as a place to drop their nectar and even pollen. I have a couple slatted racks, just never used them for the purpose of keeping her laying in the bottom. It's also in the 40's overnight here and she like the heat at the top in the spring. Maybe if the bottom box was insulated, they were sitting on the ground or insulated in the bottom and the entrance was smaller and the foragers had an upper entrance. I could keep everyone happy. But at the moment all that ain't in the budget. I'm just trying to keep the wheels on this adventure. lol I downsized from 140 couple to 80 couple and some nucs but after all the swarms I'm putting back in single and nuc boxes they are growing in numbers again.
@@Warren76317 * 140... one small change is expensive when multiple by that #