your a very practical smart man,I admire just how in tune u are with ur bees and the season and exactly where your at in your time frame what can I say -perfect management,thanks for sharing
Here in northern Pennsylvania we have a tremendous fall nectar and pollen flow and fall swarms are definitely an issue. Need like raising brood under these conditions. Make sure to super up!
Joel Caldwell I have found here in Baltimore it's better to allow the bees to crown the decreasing brood nest with the coming ivy flow...then the winter nest will have a perfect natural honey to winter on...supering only makes more work for the decreasing population and will make a moral issue for the colony...course the fall flow in Maryland is very very sparse and most have to rely of artificial diets in the hopes of saving their bees.
Yeah totally different mentality per the season eh? Once the queen lays that winter nest, is that it? is she done laying until spring? or is there some ongoing brood during the winter as well?
Thank you for the explanation; you give me much to think about. We may inadvertently be inducing the small fall swarms that so many get here because of the way that we manipulate the hives. I believe we see swarms because of honey/syrup bound with no where to lay. We watch the workers backfill cells where a worker emerges before the queen can lay and get a scattered mixture of brood and honey/syrup throughout the 8-9 of 10 frames.
during the summer months, when your putting hive all over the place, do you put out any swarm traps near the areas where your bees are? To try to keep any swarms that do go.
Seems one must be quite in tune to the maximization of flow as it occurs and the pointing of yourself and the bees towards prep for fall and winter. With a keen eye making sure bees have resources they naturally need to survive to be vigorous producers. Thanks
Got you. Thanks for the explanation. BTW, after spinning out those honey frames, do you leave them out to be cleaned up by the bees in preparation for storage, or you just put in cold storage until next season?
one of my hives queen just swarmed. any explanations as to why? was plenty of space. the knotweed just started to bloom and goldenrod still blooming. they had a water source. i live in North Pensylvania, so not all that different from Canada climate.
This method made a lot is sense to me, until I had 3 of 4 hives swarm and die out. I really think you need to take into consideration your area. I am in northern Utah in an urban area with various nectar sources. I’m no expert on agricultural areas but I suppose after fall harvest there isn’t much for the bees and they are less inclined to swarm.
Ian, just a question on the single box raising like you do. During the flow, if you are removing the boxes as soon as they are full so that you can harvest, and the lower box is full of 9 to 10 frames of brood, how does the colony feed itself? I have only run two box systems so there is always 2 or 3 frames of honey and pollen for them. How does it work in single box form?
Thanks Ian. So during the honey flow, when you aren’t pulling the boxes yet, they are feeding from the honey supers while the queen is laying gangbusters with all her extra space below? Is that what I am gathering?
your a very practical smart man,I admire just how in tune u are with ur bees and the season and exactly where your at in your time frame what can I say -perfect management,thanks for sharing
Here in northern Pennsylvania we have a tremendous fall nectar and pollen flow and fall swarms are definitely an issue. Need like raising brood under these conditions. Make sure to super up!
Joel Caldwell I have found here in Baltimore it's better to allow the bees to crown the decreasing brood nest with the coming ivy flow...then the winter nest will have a perfect natural honey to winter on...supering only makes more work for the decreasing population and will make a moral issue for the colony...course the fall flow in Maryland is very very sparse and most have to rely of artificial diets in the hopes of saving their bees.
Great explanation very practical thanx.
Yeah totally different mentality per the season eh? Once the queen lays that winter nest, is that it? is she done laying until spring? or is there some ongoing brood during the winter as well?
Thank you for the explanation; you give me much to think about. We may inadvertently be inducing the small fall swarms that so many get here because of the way that we manipulate the hives. I believe we see swarms because of honey/syrup bound with no where to lay. We watch the workers backfill cells where a worker emerges before the queen can lay and get a scattered mixture of brood and honey/syrup throughout the 8-9 of 10 frames.
during the summer months, when your putting hive all over the place, do you put out any swarm traps near the areas where your bees are? To try to keep any swarms that do go.
Seems one must be quite in tune to the maximization of flow as it occurs and the pointing of yourself and the bees towards prep for fall and winter. With a keen eye making sure bees have resources they naturally need to survive to be vigorous producers.
Thanks
How many new hives/nucs did you make this season.
How much syrup you go through to get them ready for winter.
Got you. Thanks for the explanation. BTW, after spinning out those honey frames, do you leave them out to be cleaned up by the bees in preparation for storage, or you just put in cold storage until next season?
one of my hives queen just swarmed. any explanations as to why? was plenty of space. the knotweed just started to bloom and goldenrod still blooming. they had a water source. i live in North Pensylvania, so not all that different from Canada climate.
Milla, see Joel Caldwell's comment just above in the comments here.
This method made a lot is sense to me, until I had 3 of 4 hives swarm and die out. I really think you need to take into consideration your area. I am in northern Utah in an urban area with various nectar sources. I’m no expert on agricultural areas but I suppose after fall harvest there isn’t much for the bees and they are less inclined to swarm.
Ian, just a question on the single box raising like you do. During the flow, if you are removing the boxes as soon as they are full so that you can harvest, and the lower box is full of 9 to 10 frames of brood, how does the colony feed itself? I have only run two box systems so there is always 2 or 3 frames of honey and pollen for them. How does it work in single box form?
Shane Fairchild
Gotta be quick on the feed when pulling honey
Thanks Ian. So during the honey flow, when you aren’t pulling the boxes yet, they are feeding from the honey supers while the queen is laying gangbusters with all her extra space below? Is that what I am gathering?
Shane Fairchild
Don’t forget, incoming nectar contributes a lot towards daily nutritional needs. But yes, the stores uptop are used as needed.
Ah... yep. Doh! Never mind. Thanks for jogging my memory!
Might try some next year like this.
نشكركم علا كل المعاومات والاشرطة التي ارسلتها الينا ارجو ان تكون صداقة بيننا محمد الشريف الجزائر اعتدرلك لاني لا اعرف الا نجايزية
Well my hive swarmed yesterday August and it’s after I took honey supers off
She had lots of room
And she fucking hit the trees
I from russia. Like👍
Bro now honey is coming