My name is Heather and I am in my 3rd year beekeeping in Michigan. I have been watching you since I started and now I have been new beekeeper mentor for 3 new beekeepers for my 2nd year. I jumped in feet first and have not stopped yet. I am so amazed at how efficient bees really are. I make a mess in their hive because of my wheelchair most of the time and come back to a better cleaner hive. LOL
Hello Mr Tim, My name is Todd from Virginia. I just moved up here from S.W. Florida where all I had to do was catch some bees and keep splitting them and nothing more. Now up here I am lost. For the first time since I started keeping bees, which has been about 3 yrs., I got my first dead out, so I keep watching all the videos I can to lean as much as I can, and you videos are the best. Keep up the good work Sir. And keep the jokes coming, I always look forward to them. Todd South Hill, VA.
Hello Mr Tim, Welcome back. 2nd year beekeeper here in the Atlanta area. You videos played a big role in my being able to extract 75# of honey Saturday. That sure beats the zip I had last year. And yes, I know bumfuzzled as I have been there on many topics. Stay safe.
I love your channel Mr Durham. I've learned so much. Third year beekeeper came into spring with 6 of the 7 colonies I started with. All healthy and booming. So much I learned from you. I wanted to taste your comb honey.. Ordered some last week, it came in yesterday's mail! I've got a hot cornbread muffin coming out of the oven in five minutes, mouth is watering! Thank you for bee-ing such a great teacher. I'm inspired to go get into my hives often just to see what they are up to. A million thanks for all you do. Looking forward to the next lesson (and joke) =0)
Tim, I’ve got 3 swarms in 1 week from around Nashville already and all 3 are doing great. I video all of them to look at and learn from and so other may learn also. Thanks for the videos.
Hey Timothy! I'm back for more laughter as well in honeybee keeping. Would love to meet you in person in near future. Just last week as I was near my bee hive. Got stung near my left eye brow area. Boy! tell you what. Most painful stinger ever. I'd been stung numerous times in arms, legs, thighs, and other parts of body. The pain was like nothing compare to getting hit anywhere near the face area. So what I'd done was loading up on activated charcoal internally for 3x's daily. It took effect and neutralize the venom immediately. Came out of it in 3 days. That is, the swelling was gone. But still sensitive enough that I can be back to normalcy. So what I did and will do from now on. Bought myself a safety goggle. completely covered and protected my eyes. Fool proof from ever getting stung in eye area. Granted it can fog up on you instantly. So I drill bunch of tiny holes in upper part area of goggle. Plenty of ventilation for air flow. Problem solve. Then also use a veil for more added protection. Anyways! look forward to your clean jokes. what gets me laughing is not so much of the story line, but your hilarious laughter as your'e telling the joke line. Many times when your jokes comes to mind. I just chuckle to my self. So how you like them apples! Take care and God Bless!
Mr Tim I sure get plenty of good laughs watching your videos! My wife says I have to quit looking at them in bed, it keeps her up! First person I've ever subscribe to on here. Thanks for your knowledge to us rookie bee keepers and the good laughs! South East Ga!
You gave us a lot of information in this video, a video is worth a trillion words, thank you very much Tim, it's good to know even the pro's get stung on the lip.😀 Perth, Western Australia here, we are very lucky for beekeeping here, no Veroa mite or hive beetle and it is very warm, I have learnt so much from you. I just captured and boxed a wild hive in two brood boxes after doing a 101:Introduction to beekeeping course and its booming, my journey into beekeeping has began and I have you with me, cheers Tim👍
Lookie here, Another from Australia. That is so wonderful not have beetle or mites. enjoy your bees and please stay in touch and let us know how it is going.....tim
north of Toronto , Ontario Canada . Tres are just starting to bloom, you have to look but you can see the opening, lots of rain is washing our new pollen away though.
At 15min mark,I wish you could have heard me,I was giving you a pep talk like you did to your boy when he had that swarm in the vacuum. "Talk to me Tim" lol,good stuff. Might look into a mosquito veil. They are pretty thin,can see through them ok. I hate a face sting,ouch! Good to see another video from you. Happy spring
Hey Mr. Tim...I know that lip sting hurt. Another place is when they crawl up your short britches and get you on the hammer. I don't wear them any more...the manager at Walmart told me I can't be bragging to everybody and letting them take pictures anymore so I just wear long pants and boots now...you're the best Mr. Tim. Love your humor and your videos.
Always entertaining! Thoughts on how to address mold in the hive? New Package - 6 weeks. Just added 2nd Brood box and removed the entrance reducer. Hivetop feeder with less than a gallon of syrup. BeeHive is mainly in shady location in my backyards woodsy area here in sunny CT. Any tips would be appreciated!
Thanks for the CT. I'm thinking the mold you speak of is in the sugar syrup. Put just a little bleach in the sugar syrup. Say a teaspoon per gal.......tim
@@WallsBeeMan The mold is actually on the hive walls and the bottom of the top cover. I try to refresh the syrup as often as possible. I think its a ventilation issue, wondering if i should drill one hole into each box? Appreciate your suggestions...
Mr Tim, I started my first hive a couple of weeks back and I have been researching bees like a madman. I wanted to ask since I checked to see if the queen was released from her cage which was on the 10th of this month I have yet to do any sort of hive inspection. When should the first one be done on a new hive with a new installation of a bee package? I am not sure if this matters but it is a Langstroth horizontal hive. I think they are referred to as a top bar? I started with 8 frames in it and each with a wax foundation. Best Regards, CQ.
Learning lots from you Tim. Thanks! I'm near Seattle Washington and just have a few hives. One that overwintered had a queen cell on the bottom which I assumed was a swarm cell as many books on beekeeping say that queen cells on the bottom bar indicate swarm cells. Have you found that to be true? Now I think the queen was being superseded but the queen cell broke during the inspection. I will check again today.
Darrell Craig we harvest all the honey out of the dead hive, the next day there were bees all over it , I guess cleaning it up , will hat attract a swarm of bees or should I buy more? Thanks
Tim, my hive already has comb in it, I bought a working hive box with comb, my bees are drinking 2 quarts every 2 or 3 days but I didn’t know when to stop feeding them. Thanks for the help
I don't know where you are but most likely you have blooms in your area so they are safe and not run out so you can stop for now. You don't want them to get honey bound. This fall, you want them to have a good bit of food going into Winter
It really doesn't matter. Bee space is important. If there is to much bee space between the top of the top bar & the inner cover, they will build burr comb there in a heavy honey flow, so in this case place inner cover so there is less space there.
In the UK most of us operate on a single brood box (British National) which is a little smaller than the langstroth. It’s interesting to see how people from different regions mange their bees. Have you any preference?
Walls Bee Man thanks Tim. No, there are some that do use doubles or sometimes a brood and a half (with a honey super) but generally we mostly manage on single British National hives. There are some that use what we call a “commercial” or a 14inch by 12 inch which are bigger. Most hobbyists do though just use a standard. There are 11 frames in a BS National and 10 in the honey supers. For me the benefit of a single brood chamber is the fact that it’s less hassle to find the queen and do normal checks. They are obviously a lot lighter to lift if you are moving them around. I love your videos by the way. It’s interesting to see how the techniques differ across the world and how we face different challenges. One thing that we are fearful of over here at the moment is the threat of the Asian hornet. France has suffered quite badly and there were a few sightings last year in the UK. Worrying times for beekeepers.
Ha Tim good to see u hope u are doing good. I lost a lot of queens my self this year. was hard to find any when I needed them but got more coming. Tim that queen of yours is it failing should there be more capped brood in the hive, then there was, are u going to replace her
My plan is to come back after they settled down. If for some reason they had a virgin queen then I want to get her time to start laying and evaluate the situation then.....Stay in touch...........tim
Phil, We try to replace, say 2 of the worst frames out of 10 each year. Most likely these frames will also be the ones that have too many drone cells. Right now, the hive beetle blaster is maybe the best way to keep them under control.
Thanks Tim, I have them under control with my traps, It seems that I am catching a high number. Isn’t this early for them or is this normal for our area? Thanks, Phillip
I managed to attract a swarm from a nearby tree to an old hive that I had. I never cleaned up the frames from this dead hive.. anyway they have moved in..a week ago. I saw they we’re ready to swarm from the tree. Set it up real quick and the next afternoon they moved in. It’s some pretty skanky old combs in there. I see where they are First frames 2 and 3 Tom box and bottom.. leave them be right? I also took a peek and see brood comb in the top box.. on the second frame.. so I’m assuming there is a queen. How am I doing? What’s the next step... Southern California.
Hey Mr Tim. I am new and have two hives. On one hive I did not have proper spacing so now my hive frames they have created burr comb. The population of the bees are great. I am told that I need to scrap and remove the burr comb and have them start over. It makes me feel like I will be starting over because there is lots of brood that will be destroyed. Is there another way to correct or do you agree I need to remove it? Tnks Joe
Joe, you do not need to make a fast decision. Use a long slender serrated knife, start on an outside frame cutting next to the wall then the inside. Get all bees off this frame then cut burr comb off. Repeat on each frame as you get your opinion how this is working. Let me know..............tim
Hi Tim Durham, out of Maryland. I found a frame with about 6 queen cells. I didn't see the queen but may have missed her. Should I take a couple of the frames with the cells and do a split? or leave it alone? Thanks.!!!
thank you. Yes we do except where we have some old solid bottom that we put in use. We do not leave that plastic corrugated slide under the screen. It will only collect trash.......tim
My father and I are in our first year. We have possibly just learned a costly lesson. Long story short.. we installed a package, and the next day noticed the bottom board on upside down. We switched it with the one from our other currently unused hive. I set the board in front of the hive and a bee caught my attention, I made the comment saying is that the queen? As soon as I said that it took off. I guess we will find out if it was or not when we check for eggs in a couple of days, but what if it was the queen? What steps to I need to take or are the bees going to take off?
@@WallsBeeMan Well you were right sir, we opened it up today and were getting worried as we did not see the queen or eggs initially. I took 1 more glance at the frames and found eggs where they had the most complete comb. Didn't expect them to be so tiny! Thats probably why we passed by them originally
Awesome video! Sorry about the sting! Face stings are the worst! How often do you dig that deeply into your hives? I am afraid that I killed my queen last year by being too rough with them..... from south Mississippi.
Checked my first installed package and the queen has been freed. They a got a little comb drawn with some pollen and nectar. Got stung in the hand. It does hurt but it is not crippling. I did not drop the frame.
@@WallsBeeMan I noticed a couple of drones. Do they just kinda fall into the package? I wouldn't think the hive wouldn't allow in drones hatched in another hive.
What about if the queen is not inside the hive? I just cleaned up my hive because had a bunch of larva and wax moth inside. Well, i cleaned up the hive by replacing it with a new box. I also cleaned the frames. I added 3 of the used one in box
My name is Yadira. I'm from Memphis TN. It seems that my bees responded to the new box. They began going inside the box. I'm so sad that they will die if they don't have a queen. 😢
Hives can and a lot of times are so different. If I have too many drone cells, If replace with foundation. It's hard to put a figure on it but if the queen can only use say 60% or less, the time to replace.
Mine did the same I had a lot of brood but no eggs or larvae but I did have swarm cells and a supersedure cell so like move one into another Hive a new one and I checked back 5 days later in the supercedure opened up I'm not so sure about the other how I've been had a swarm cell in there and it opened up can I count on that working for me and just check it in about 21 days thank you Randy Virginia Beach
found my mark queen on ground in front of her hive with half the bees , I picked her up and put her back in the hive and she left 4 days later , there were no swarm cells and she had stop laying so there were no eggs and the larvae were to old for the bees to make a queen , So my question is why did she leave , they were not crowded the still had empty frames and they were a nuc that I put in a 8 frame 3 weeks before???????
I hate to see you got stung on the lip. I can only imagine how bad that smarts. When you are stung once, do bees continue to come to the place of that sting trying to string again? I've had that happen to me and received several stings on the hand. Thank you for sharing your knowledge.
Had to laugh when you got stung Tim, be interested to see a nuc box transferred into an 8 frame box how you yourself go about it , thanks Peter Australia .
Thanks for the Australia. Makes me feel good. Just takes the frames one by one out of the nuc box and place in the hive.......Stay in touch...........tim
Great video Tim, I just got my first hive about 2 weeks ago and my question is when do you know to stop feeding sugar water, I’m in north Florida. Thanks
Feed them until they get their comb built if they take it then feed them more in the dearth if they are light on honey. Then in the fall you should get a flow again just make sure they are packing away enough for winter. Remember it takes 2 times as much nectar to build new comb so that's the important part helping get that comb built sometimes in the spring the flow is good enough they don't need alot of help but the faster they build it the better they will do
Hi I got my first beehive June 2018 and after the first winter it looks like all the bees are dead, there’s a lot of honey still there any thoughts, the box was well insulated for winter.
I think the Beekeepers up North insulate but we don't here. We don't want our bees getting to warm in the Winder. That would be bad. If they are too active in the Winter, not good Thanks.....tim
I live in an apartment, and I sooo wish to taste fresh, raw honey straight from the comb. I never have before, but I sure plan to! I'm afraid of bees, but this makes me want to brave the danger just for the honey. Also, should anyone know where I could buy/ order it online, I'd welcome it. I'm hesitant to because I don't know the quality of most places.
Hey Bryan and thanks for your location. I get this question often. Two basic answers. I really sweet like ten fat men and I'm not as hot wearing less. I think bees don't sting me very much. Why, I don't know. Maybe there is an unknown reason. Also, I think I have got used to getting stung. It's still hurts but I've got kind of used to it.
haha honey bees are weird man. You can keep them for 30 years, know their tendencies and how they act and know the temperaments of different hives and how to read them. Them sometimes one hive just confuses the hell out of you
My name is Heather and I am in my 3rd year beekeeping in Michigan. I have been watching you since I started and now I have been new beekeeper mentor for 3 new beekeepers for my 2nd year. I jumped in feet first and have not stopped yet. I am so amazed at how efficient bees really are. I make a mess in their hive because of my wheelchair most of the time and come back to a better cleaner hive. LOL
that all sounds good. May you enjoy........tim
Hello Mr Tim, My name is Todd from Virginia. I just moved up here from S.W. Florida where all I had to do was catch some bees and keep splitting them and nothing more. Now up here I am lost. For the first time since I started keeping bees, which has been about 3 yrs., I got my first dead out, so I keep watching all the videos I can to lean as much as I can, and you videos are the best. Keep up the good work Sir. And keep the jokes coming, I always look forward to them. Todd South Hill, VA.
Well, you stayed in the South. Give the local pest control companies and the police your number and your a beekeeper...........stay in touch..tim
Love watching you go though your bees i learn alot thanks very much. Your jokes make me laugh too. 👍👍😎
I appreciate that............tim
Hello Mr Tim,
Welcome back.
2nd year beekeeper here in the Atlanta area. You videos played a big role in my being able to extract 75# of honey Saturday. That sure beats the zip I had last year.
And yes, I know bumfuzzled as I have been there on many topics.
Stay safe.
Thank you Joe and please stay in touch....tim
I love your channel Mr Durham. I've learned so much. Third year beekeeper came into spring with 6 of the 7 colonies I started with. All healthy and booming. So much I learned from you.
I wanted to taste your comb honey.. Ordered some last week, it came in yesterday's mail! I've got a hot cornbread muffin coming out of the oven in five minutes, mouth is watering! Thank you for bee-ing such a great teacher. I'm inspired to go get into my hives often just to see what they are up to. A million thanks for all you do. Looking forward to the next lesson (and joke) =0)
Thank you Diane for your kind words.
Stay in touch.........tim
You remind me of Ron White, and I mean that as a compliment. :) :D Thank you so much for your videos. You help us beginners so much!!
I looked it up and he is worth $40 million. I don't ever get my fillings hurt.
Stay in tough..........tim
Tim I am enjoying your videos; very informative for a first year bee keeper. Larry G, North Carolina
Thank you Larry from NC. We actually lived in Durham NC for about 5 years.......tim
Tim, I’ve got 3 swarms in 1 week from around Nashville already and all 3 are doing great. I video all of them to look at and learn from and so other may learn also. Thanks for the videos.
That is great Darrell. Enjoy...........tim
It is good to see you back, you've been missed.
Thank you so Much......tim
I sure Love those videos Mr. Tim please keep making them!
Lord willing, I will and thank you........tim
Hey Timothy! I'm back for more laughter as well in honeybee keeping. Would love to meet you in person in near future. Just last week as I was near my bee hive. Got stung near my left eye brow area. Boy! tell you what. Most painful stinger ever. I'd been stung numerous times in arms, legs, thighs, and other parts of body. The pain was like nothing compare to getting hit anywhere near the face area. So what I'd done was loading up on activated charcoal internally for 3x's daily. It took effect and neutralize the venom immediately. Came out of it in 3 days. That is, the swelling was gone. But still sensitive enough that I can be back to normalcy. So what I did and will do from now on. Bought myself a safety goggle. completely covered and protected my eyes. Fool proof from ever getting stung in eye area. Granted it can fog up on you instantly. So I drill bunch of tiny holes in upper part area of goggle. Plenty of ventilation for air flow. Problem solve. Then also use a veil for more added protection. Anyways! look forward to your clean jokes. what gets me laughing is not so much of the story line, but your hilarious laughter as your'e telling the joke line. Many times when your jokes comes to mind. I just chuckle to my self. So how you like them apples! Take care and God Bless!
Thank you Kerry. Appreciate your writing.........tim
The face area does smart
Mr Tim I sure get plenty of good laughs watching your videos! My wife says I have to quit looking at them in bed, it keeps her up! First person I've ever subscribe to on here. Thanks for your knowledge to us rookie bee keepers and the good laughs! South East Ga!
Thank you SE Ga. Very nice compliment..tim
Put it on speaker so your wife can enjoy
You gave us more information than you think as always great video and thanks
That's good and thank you.......tim
You gave us a lot of information in this video, a video is worth a trillion words, thank you very much Tim, it's good to know even the pro's get stung on the lip.😀 Perth, Western Australia here, we are very lucky for beekeeping here, no Veroa mite or hive beetle and it is very warm, I have learnt so much from you. I just captured and boxed a wild hive in two brood boxes after doing a 101:Introduction to beekeeping course and its booming, my journey into beekeeping has began and I have you with me, cheers Tim👍
Lookie here, Another from Australia. That is so wonderful not have beetle or mites.
enjoy your bees and please stay in touch and let us know how it is going.....tim
You are great! We appreciate you. Sorry about the painful lip bee sting. ❤🐝🐝🐝MI
appreciate that.......tim
I love your vids! I'm up in North Idaho, I always learn alot from you
Thank you for you for your message..............Stay in touch North Idaho......tim
Hey mr walls bee man i really enjoyed watching your videos every night i. Watch and learn from you i live in east tenn Seymour part of sevier county
Thanks for watching!
Lonnie, I do appreciate the hello and please stay in touch...............tim
Hello....
Thanks...
Your very welcome......Have a good one...tim
Good video watch them all. 1000 Islands Ontario Canada.
Thank you 1000 Islands.
Stay in touch...........tim
Hi I’m from Scotland I love your videos
Glad to see you making more videos, Mr Durham.
Thank you.. I notice your bulldurham
Yes sir.
Thanks for the video they are great.
Appreciate your taking time to holler ........tim
north of Toronto , Ontario Canada . Tres are just starting to bloom, you have to look but you can see the opening, lots of rain is washing our new pollen away though.
Hey John, sounds like you are about one month behind us. Enjoy......tim
Tim this might be my favorite joke, thank you so much Tom from Utah
I do like that one as well......tim
At 15min mark,I wish you could have heard me,I was giving you a pep talk like you did to your boy when he had that swarm in the vacuum.
"Talk to me Tim" lol,good stuff.
Might look into a mosquito veil. They are pretty thin,can see through them ok. I hate a face sting,ouch! Good to see another video from you. Happy spring
Thank you Chris and Happy to you as well.....tim
Hey Mr. Tim...I know that lip sting hurt. Another place is when they crawl up your short britches and get you on the hammer. I don't wear them any more...the manager at Walmart told me I can't be bragging to everybody and letting them take pictures anymore so I just wear long pants and boots now...you're the best Mr. Tim. Love your humor and your videos.
Yeah, the Wal-Mart manager probably afraid some little old lady would get embarrassed .......tim
Great video Tim and yes sir I know what bumfuzzled is lol. Keep up the good work
thank you...Stay in touch...........tim
Keep doing videos where you go thru hives and explain things
OK. I probably would think of different things I can talk about..tim
That is a beautiful brood pattern on that swam u caught. are u going to add a box for the new bes that are going to be born
First, I want to determine they have a good current queen.......tim
Always entertaining! Thoughts on how to address mold in the hive? New Package - 6 weeks. Just added 2nd Brood box and removed the entrance reducer. Hivetop feeder with less than a gallon of syrup. BeeHive is mainly in shady location in my backyards woodsy area here in sunny CT. Any tips would be appreciated!
Thanks for the CT. I'm thinking the mold you speak of is in the sugar syrup. Put just a little bleach in the sugar syrup. Say a teaspoon per gal.......tim
@@WallsBeeMan The mold is actually on the hive walls and the bottom of the top cover. I try to refresh the syrup as often as possible. I think its a ventilation issue, wondering if i should drill one hole into each box? Appreciate your suggestions...
I like those plastic top worker gloves you have. Can bees sting through them?
They can sting thru on the top of the gloves........tim
Tim I had one sting me, the other day, right on the end of my nose by the nostril! Woo wee!! 😁. I enjoyed the video.
I forgot about that. When I get stung on the end of my nose, it makes me sneeze for a while
Stay in touch...........tim
Mr Tim, I started my first hive a couple of weeks back and I have been researching bees like a madman. I wanted to ask since I checked to see if the queen was released from her cage which was on the 10th of this month I have yet to do any sort of hive inspection. When should the first one be done on a new hive with a new installation of a bee package? I am not sure if this matters but it is a Langstroth horizontal hive. I think they are referred to as a top bar? I started with 8 frames in it and each with a wax foundation.
Best Regards,
CQ.
After several days, say 10 days or so, you can go into the colony and enjoy....tim
Learning lots from you Tim. Thanks! I'm near Seattle Washington and just have a few hives. One that overwintered had a queen cell on the bottom which I assumed was a swarm cell as many books on beekeeping say that queen cells on the bottom bar indicate swarm cells. Have you found that to be true? Now I think the queen was being superseded but the queen cell broke during the inspection. I will check again today.
If you see just one or two and not a lot, then most likely it was a superseded queen cell. Give them a few days
Stay in touch...........tim
Darrell Craig we harvest all the honey out of the dead hive, the next day there were bees all over it , I guess cleaning it up , will hat attract a swarm of bees or should I buy more? Thanks
sounds like they are cleaning it up.tim
Always enjoy your videos Big Tim. Watch out if you're wearing shorts! Don't let 'em git you on the hammer!
thank you. that hammer sting will get your attention.......tim
Tim, my hive already has comb in it, I bought a working hive box with comb, my bees are drinking 2 quarts every 2 or 3 days but I didn’t know when to stop feeding them. Thanks for the help
I don't know where you are but most likely you have blooms in your area so they are safe and not run out so you can stop for now. You don't want them to get honey bound. This fall, you want them to have a good bit of food going into Winter
How should the inner cover be turned on a hive? Notch up or down; front or to the back.
It really doesn't matter. Bee space is important. If there is to much bee space between the top of the top bar & the inner cover, they will build burr comb there in a heavy honey flow, so in this case place inner cover so there is less space there.
In the UK most of us operate on a single brood box (British National) which is a little smaller than the langstroth. It’s interesting to see how people from different regions mange their bees. Have you any preference?
My goodness UK. I thought the whole world was like us. Does your ( British National ) hold 10 frames. ?
Stay in touch...........tim
Walls Bee Man thanks Tim. No, there are some that do use doubles or sometimes a brood and a half (with a honey super) but generally we mostly manage on single British National hives. There are some that use what we call a “commercial” or a 14inch by 12 inch which are bigger. Most hobbyists do though just use a standard. There are 11 frames in a BS National and 10 in the honey supers. For me the benefit of a single brood chamber is the fact that it’s less hassle to find the queen and do normal checks. They are obviously a lot lighter to lift if you are moving them around. I love your videos by the way. It’s interesting to see how the techniques differ across the world and how we face different challenges. One thing that we are fearful of over here at the moment is the threat of the Asian hornet. France has suffered quite badly and there were a few sightings last year in the UK. Worrying times for beekeepers.
I’ve done both and don’t have an opinion yet
Ha Tim good to see u hope u are doing good. I lost a lot of queens my self this year. was hard to find any when I needed them but got more coming. Tim that queen of yours is it failing should there be more capped brood in the hive, then there was, are u going to replace her
My plan is to come back after they settled down. If for some reason they had a virgin queen then I want to get her time to start laying and evaluate the situation then.....Stay in touch...........tim
Tim are you seeing a lot of drones in your hives? Also, are you seeing a lot of Hive Beetles this year?
Thanks, Phillip Hall
Phil, We try to replace, say 2 of the worst frames out of 10 each year. Most likely these frames will also be the ones that have too many drone cells. Right now, the hive beetle blaster is maybe the best way to keep them under control.
Thanks Tim, I have them under control with my traps, It seems that I am catching a high number. Isn’t this early for them or is this normal for our area? Thanks, Phillip
reply to @@PhillipHall01
Every year can be different
I managed to attract a swarm from a nearby tree to an old hive that I had.
I never cleaned up the frames from this dead hive.. anyway they have moved in..a week ago. I saw they we’re ready to swarm from the tree. Set it up real quick and the next afternoon they moved in.
It’s some pretty skanky old combs in there. I see where they are First frames 2 and 3 Tom box and bottom.. leave them be right?
I also took a peek and see brood comb in the top box.. on the second frame.. so I’m assuming there is a queen.
How am I doing? What’s the next step... Southern California.
Good for you...........Take out the worst combs, maybe 2 or 3 and replace with good frames & foundation. As time permits, keep doing this......tim
Hey Mr Tim. I am new and have two hives. On one hive I did not have proper spacing so now my hive frames they have created burr comb. The population of the bees are great. I am told that I need to scrap and remove the burr comb and have them start over. It makes me feel like I will be starting over because there is lots of brood that will be destroyed. Is there another way to correct or do you agree I need to remove it? Tnks Joe
Joe, you do not need to make a fast decision. Use a long slender serrated knife, start on an outside frame cutting next to the wall then the inside. Get all bees off this frame then cut burr comb off. Repeat on each frame as you get your opinion how this is working.
Let me know..............tim
@@WallsBeeMan Thanks so much for your input.
Hi Tim Durham, out of Maryland. I found a frame with about 6 queen cells. I didn't see the queen but may have missed her. Should I take a couple of the frames with the cells and do a split? or leave it alone? Thanks.!!!
if you leave it alone, you most likely will loose 1/2 of your bees. Split then you can put them back together several days later....tim
do you put sscreen bottom boards on all your hives i enjoyed your video
thank you. Yes we do except where we have some old solid bottom that we put in use.
We do not leave that plastic corrugated slide under the screen. It will only collect trash.......tim
How long do you have to wait to check a newly caught swarm?
My father and I are in our first year. We have possibly just learned a costly lesson. Long story short.. we installed a package, and the next day noticed the bottom board on upside down. We switched it with the one from our other currently unused hive. I set the board in front of the hive and a bee caught my attention, I made the comment saying is that the queen? As soon as I said that it took off. I guess we will find out if it was or not when we check for eggs in a couple of days, but what if it was the queen? What steps to I need to take or are the bees going to take off?
I'm not betting man but I bet your queen is OK in your hive.
Things like this is what makes beekeeping fun.
Let us know..Stay in touch...........tim
@@WallsBeeMan Well you were right sir, we opened it up today and were getting worried as we did not see the queen or eggs initially. I took 1 more glance at the frames and found eggs where they had the most complete comb. Didn't expect them to be so tiny! Thats probably why we passed by them originally
Awesome video! Sorry about the sting! Face stings are the worst! How often do you dig that deeply into your hives? I am afraid that I killed my queen last year by being too rough with them..... from south Mississippi.
Hello South Misisipi. I keep going to the next frame until I have confirmed I have a good queen.
Stay in touch...........tim
Checked my first installed package and the queen has been freed. They a got a little comb drawn with some pollen and nectar. Got stung in the hand. It does hurt but it is not crippling. I did not drop the frame.
Yeah, you don't want to drop the frames with you get stung....tim
@@WallsBeeMan I noticed a couple of drones. Do they just kinda fall into the package? I wouldn't think the hive wouldn't allow in drones hatched in another hive.
NO problem. We'll always see some drones this time of the year....tim
i love the videos tim my question is when are you going to learn to use a hood when you are inspecting your hives
If the really get fussy then I really do use a hat & veil..........tim
Tim let me ask you, why are the big holes in the comb in some of the frames?
Those combs need replaced. Probably burr comb was built between two combs and one got torn.
Tim
What about if the queen is not inside the hive?
I just cleaned up my hive because had a bunch of larva and wax moth inside.
Well, i cleaned up the hive by replacing it with a new box. I also cleaned the frames. I added 3 of the used one in box
My name is Yadira.
I'm from Memphis TN.
It seems that my bees responded to the new box.
They began going inside the box.
I'm so sad that they will die if they don't have a queen. 😢
Hi Tim, What do you think of a hive with lots of drone cells? Had a few queen cells as well. Brad in NJ
Hives can and a lot of times are so different. If I have too many drone cells, If replace with foundation. It's hard to put a figure on it but if the queen can only use say 60% or less, the time to replace.
Will there be a follow up? Would like to know how you corrected.
Thanks, Yes I need to video it when I follow up.........tim
Mine did the same I had a lot of brood but no eggs or larvae but I did have swarm cells and a supersedure cell so like move one into another Hive a new one and I checked back 5 days later in the supercedure opened up I'm not so sure about the other how I've been had a swarm cell in there and it opened up can I count on that working for me and just check it in about 21 days thank you Randy Virginia Beach
found my mark queen on ground in front of her hive with half the bees , I picked her up and put her back in the hive and she left 4 days later , there were no swarm cells and she had stop laying so there were no eggs and the larvae were to old for the bees to make a queen , So my question is why did she leave , they were not crowded the still had empty frames and they were a nuc that I put in a 8 frame 3 weeks before???????
I do not know. Over the years I have seen things happen with my bees & I just did not know what happened or why.. Wish I did............tim
I hate to see you got stung on the lip. I can only imagine how bad that smarts. When you are stung once, do bees continue to come to the place of that sting trying to string again? I've had that happen to me and received several stings on the hand. Thank you for sharing your knowledge.
Yes, they leave a smell, an alarm odor .......tim
this is phil from fla where did you get your fiber glass tops
Phil in Fla. All the bee supply houses has the white plastic tops. Here is one.
Kelly 800-233-2899
Had to laugh when you got stung Tim, be interested to see a nuc box transferred into an 8 frame box how you yourself go about it , thanks Peter Australia .
Thanks for the Australia. Makes me feel good. Just takes the frames one by one out of the nuc box and place in the hive.......Stay in touch...........tim
I am a newbe. What kind of frames do you have?
My brood frames I like the split bottom bar with the wedge top bar. There are so many different kind and some I do not like at all.......tim
Great video Tim, I just got my first hive about 2 weeks ago and my question is when do you know to stop feeding sugar water, I’m in north Florida.
Thanks
Feed them until they get their comb built if they take it then feed them more in the dearth if they are light on honey. Then in the fall you should get a flow again just make sure they are packing away enough for winter. Remember it takes 2 times as much nectar to build new comb so that's the important part helping get that comb built sometimes in the spring the flow is good enough they don't need alot of help but the faster they build it the better they will do
Remember not to extract they sugar nectar it's not what your after for honey
Only feed them sugar to protect them from starving. Do not want sugar in the honey............tim
Brad, Thanks for answering. I wish more people would.
Tony, brad answered good. ...Stay in touch...........tim
Hi I got my first beehive June 2018 and after the first winter it looks like all the bees are dead, there’s a lot of honey still there any thoughts, the box was well insulated for winter.
I think the Beekeepers up North insulate but we don't here. We don't want our bees getting to warm in the Winder. That would be bad. If they are too active in the Winter, not good
Thanks.....tim
I lost 5 hives my first year. But I’m staying at it with some new swarms from this year and a cut-out from last year.
I live in an apartment, and I sooo wish to taste fresh, raw honey straight from the comb. I never have before, but I sure plan to! I'm afraid of bees, but this makes me want to brave the danger just for the honey.
Also, should anyone know where I could buy/ order it online, I'd welcome it. I'm hesitant to because I don't know the quality of most places.
I don't know where you live. You can go to out website and order out comb honey at www.DurhamsBeeFarm.com
Looks like laying workers. Ive had several hives of laying workers and looks identical.
Several hives of laying workers is not good at all
Sorry..........tim
What's with the bald patches on the first box's first two frames?
maybe that was the beetle traps....tim
@@WallsBeeMan No, I saw those, there were definitely holes in the comb.
@@simonblackburn8741 ,Yes. those were combs that needed replaced
@@WallsBeeMan What caused it, do you know?
I’m in sw Idaho
Thank you for the hello Idaho. I bet you live in Beautiful country
Tim
Who Got itchy at 0.49 ....lol 🤣
yes........tim
You got some bees that how no respect for you😂😂
I love my bees....tim
I see you get stung quite often. Why do you not wear protection? At least a viel. A Hammack. Bryan Texas.
Hey Bryan and thanks for your location. I get this question often.
Two basic answers. I really sweet like ten fat men and I'm not as hot wearing less.
I think bees don't sting me very much. Why, I don't know. Maybe there is an unknown reason.
Also, I think I have got used to getting stung. It's still hurts but I've got kind of used to it.
Tim nice to see you sorry about you getting some free BOTOX on your leap
Yeah, now that one did smart.....tim
haha honey bees are weird man. You can keep them for 30 years, know their tendencies and how they act and know the temperaments of different hives and how to read them.
Them sometimes one hive just confuses the hell out of you
Rudski, you said it so very well. There is a lot about honeybees that man does not know.......................tim
Swedish beekeeper says. Lip is no good.
you are very correct. It really hurts on the lip............tim
I know it is hot but I sure wish u would use a veil
When they really get hot, I will start with a veil.......tim
🤣🤣😂😂
thank you.tim
if you have great genetics like i sell you do not need to smoke
Honey bees are like a good women, you take care of her & she will take care of you but don't mess up, you'll get stung
Stay in touch.........tim
@@WallsBeeMan Tim I just love LOVE hearing you go umph umph those girls are loving you. Keep up the great how to get stung videos. Thanks Tim
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