Beekeeping | Should You Add A Honey Super In August?
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- Опубліковано 18 сер 2023
- Beekeeping is challenging in late summer because we really aren't sure if we should add another super or not. Today, we'll see if the hive can draw out 10 medium super frames in the month of August, after a nectar flow.
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I have a similar horizontal hive, and I added a super this year. Just remove the hinged lid, and replace the clear cover with a wood framed queen excluder. If you put one on the left and the right, you can lay the horizontal lid across both supers, and cover the middle with plywood.
A roller works best to only add wax to the rim of the cell, wax in the bottom of the cell is a hindrance.
Hey Dave, the wax that you are usine does not look very clean. how clean should the wax be? thanks.
It is actually very clean. It's from my honey comb capping then I strain it through an old t-shirt. How clean should it be? Never use wax melted from brood comb because it has cocoons in it.
It’s important to state your region, because here in Florida it’s quite fine
Gettin ready for Brazilian pepper flow
When you showed your Horizontal Hive, and soon after mentioned your Burns Feeding System, I was wondering how you plan to feed them during winter. And as far as using a super, I think Ricky uses hinges that allow easy removal of the top by pulling out the pin. I plan to do that on mine at some point so I can put a super on each end. Of course I'll have to make a temporary cover for the middle. Looking forward to hearing your thoughts.
I like to use the small 2-3" foam rollers for trim work. I also remove the foundation so I can roll to the edge as I've found sometimes they won't draw out to the edge of the wood.
I modify and sell hive tools. I machine a pattern on the handle, typically hexagons or hearts. I laser engrave peoples names on them too. But one of the main modifications I make to all of them is changing that bevel angle. I machine it to change it from about 15 degrees (factory angle) to 4 degrees. Everyone loves how much easier it is to get between the boxes. Thanks for the info David i look forward to watching the follow up.
Found it. Thank you
Great!
I literally watch your videos to answer all my questions!
Looking forward to seeing the results
Dave, could you point to the "labeling" tape used for the frame marking? Thanks.
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Good experiment, David. See you in September! ;-)
David I can't find the September results of adding a super in late August. Can you help me. Thank you. I'm a new bee keeper and your videos are a great help. Thank you for everything you do. Keep up the great work!
Sorry with 741 videos to look through I suggest you just go to my channel and search around for it.
I added a clean super at the beginning of august and checked it today - they hadn't touched it. But it wasn't a strong hive, they just requeened in July so are building back up again.Thanks for this tip with the wax though, I will apply it to my clean super over the winter sometime, when we have some wax after harvest. It should help get the hive off to a good start next spring.
What if your nectar and pollen flow is insane and never ending? My bees are going insane producing. Over 200lbs in less then a month from 1 hive and going hard still Aug 24. Probably get another couple supers full before having to set them up for winter. Others are splits but growing quickly for next year production.
I can't wait for your update. 😊
Any suggestion for a replacement for Honey Bandit? No longer offered on AMZ.
Would you add a queen excluder to keep her out of the super?
When I asked you the question about adding a super this late in the year I forgot to ask if there is any downside to not adding one?
hi, I split a strong hive about a month ago, the remaining hive was to make a new queen, which I think it should be hatched, mated, and laying by now (?) It has four mediums, with the top one completely full honey and bees brimming on top and front. I'd like to add a super under the fourth one, but worried queen fighting may be going on if they are hatching at this time. Should I worry about this, or just go ahead and add a super. I have one with empty drawn frames. We have a lot of fall flowers in the field coming in soon, unless drought kills them off. Also, the fall flowers tend to produce a honey that can cause dysentery, I read somewhere. Would you be worried about including this fall honey with the wintering hive? Sorry lots of questions, but they're all connected.
Mr. Burns. Question for you. I live an hour and a half away from you. Extreme heat this week as you know and I was wondering about pulling entrance reducers off.
We could add honey super any time but....😉
You just took down the temperature probe experiment 😢
It was supposed to go out at 4pm today not this morning. Look for it again after 4. Same video, no changes. Published time is extremely beneficial for my audience since most are working during the day.
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David, not sure what happened, but the video you posted on Tuesday 8/22/23 has disappeared!! It was an experiment with a fan to cool the hive. Watched half of it and was going to watch the other half later, but I can't find it anywhere now.
Thanks Jessica. It was schedule to go out later in the day and somehow went out before it was time. Thanks for letting me know.
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Learned so much this year from beekeeping. I keep watching your videos David. Got the bees on the flow supers now and each hive has 2 deep brood boxes full. Rescued several hives from downed trees after the storm in town so I've got several hives now and still plan on buying several from you in spring. Hope all is well.
Great to hear!
New bee keeper here…. Is it ok to take that hive into winter with that many boxes? I have one that I feel needs more room but didn’t know about going into winter.
That tape is called Filament tape…
Thanks
@@beek you were right on time with this video, I had 2 hives that were bearding really bad a month ago, now not so much, still bringing in lots of pollen and going through a mason jar of sugar water every other day or so… not sure what to do
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Hi David, you are my main source of info so thank you ! I am almost new to bee keeping. I too just added a drawn out super to my strong hive but also have a feeder on above that along with a queen excluder, hope that is ok and the right thing to do lol ??
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Same to you!
David, what are your thoughts on the use of slatted racks between the bottom board and box? I see you don't use them. Have you tried them?
thank you
I love your attitude. I'm a beginner bee keeper (got full hive a few weeks ago). I also run our homestead, garden, hunt & much more. I just love being outside & I've always loved bees.
Hello David, new bee keeper here. I am in California and as I'm sure you know we are experiencing a hurricane . I have 2 hives, I strapped the hives so they can't blow apart, is there anything tips you could help me with to help protect the bees? Should I feed them before the storm gets here in case it's a few days before they can fly again? Any ideas would be helpful. I also pounder a fence post along side both of the hives and strapped the hives to the fence posts. Thank you
Beautiful picture of your bee yard
what part of the country you live will determine if the bees can fill those frames. In southern ontario our bees are still filling the frames. I always add more wax to the frames.
Have you tried a small paint roller?
Hi David, Your hives look great ! Wanted to ask if you sell the wood pieces to the frame.
Thanks David!
My bees are gone! Why and what should I do now?
So sad. Clean out any dead bees and safely store the hive where other ants, moths and mice can’t get to and try and with the same hive next spring.
Does it matter what direction the front of your hive faces? Based on your hive shadow, I've noticed yours seem to face North like mine.
Will be checking back , beautiful place you have there .
I had actually added a medium last week, because I’d heard when your frames are 70% done then add a box. Which mine were. Because you said your colony must be strong and have fully drawn comb. I went to check if those frames were drawn full now. They weren’t so I removed the medium box and moved the undrawn frames in the deep box to the centre a bit. They were a nuc at the beginning of July. I’ve been feeding them because I wanted them to be big and strong for winter. Alberta Canada. They had started to work in the medium a bit.
This is fab! Really good timing on this video 😄
So glad!
I had three year old foundations (Pierco single wax) and lightly brushed some fresh wax on the frames. Aug 1st put on a hive that was a deadout last winter started this spring with a queen cell. The bees are drawing the wax as the cells fill up, maybe four frames with nectar and 3-4 with some wax drawn. I used a wet frame as a primer through a metal excluder to attract the bees into the super.. Just letting the bees do their thing because the brood box is already heavy. My intentions are to get the foundation drawn, not interested in making honey.
Perfect timing- almost lol I just added the same thing to mine in N. Carolina. But I didn't know to cover it with additional wax. Can parafin wax, like for canning, work?
No please stick with 100% beeswax
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Very cool experiment! I'm looking forward to seeing how this comes out! I appreciate the tip on giving them a little smoke to help them move up and discover the new frames quicker.
I love the knowledge you impart and your encouraging words. ❤