Early Spring Hive Inspections

Early spring hive inspections that include adding homemade pollen patties that contain 100% pollen.
00:00 - Homemade pollen patties.
00:47 - Inside the hive.
02:03 - Colony assessment.
02:34 - Dead bees clogging entrance.
03:27 - Fondant / pollen patty.
04:01 - Beekeeping on a glacier.
04:18 - Nuc buried in snow.
04:55 - Dark poop.
05:26 - Colony prediction (poly hive).
06:01 - When to add pollen.
07:08 - Inside the hive.
07:24 - Smelling the hive.
07:48 - Adding pollen patty.
08:01 - Feeding rim on a poly hive = not great.
09:59 - Colony assessment.
10:35 - Hive #3.
11:25 - Hard insulation.
12:05 - Condensation fogging up the lens.
12:40 - Inside the hive.
14:20 - Colony assessment.
17:16 - Let it rain!
17:34 - Colony assessment (continued).
18:02 - Too much poop.
19:08 - Magic Forest hive #2.
19:33 - Inside Magic Forest hive #1.
20:19 - Inside Magic Forest hive #2 (packed with bees).
21:08 - Colony assessments.
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