Wet Frames + Cannibalism = Bad News
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- Опубліковано 17 лип 2024
- A workshop in which I walk you through re-hiving an underdeveloped colony and try to figure out what happened.
00:00 - My suspicions (which are correct).
01:20 - Open feeder.
02:04 - History of problem colony.
02:45 - Tentative plan.
03:54 - Snails!
04:12 - Inside the hive (defensive bees).
05:37 - Plenty of honey.
06:20 - No brood.
06:50 - The queen.
07:15 - Notice defensive bees taking flight throughout all this.
07:42 - Why queens stop laying.
08:46 - Components that don't fit (annoying).
09:31 - Digging through old frames.
10:24 - A little bit of poop.
10:39 - Homemade components that don't fit.
11:57 - Why did this happen?
13:24 - Serious moisture issue.
14:25 - Wet frames + cannibalism = bad news.
15:11 - Summation.
16:12 - "Condensing hive" backfire?
17: 33 - Summation (continued).
17:51 - Some queens need natural resources.
18:58 - Cold weather doesn't help.
19:25 - A colony that is on fire (for comparison).
20:24 - DON'T ROMANTICISE BEEKEEPING.
23:55 - The next day (hope).
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Often my frames and entrance reducers are a tiny bit too long so I keep some rough sandpaper near the hives to sand off the edges. It takes surprisingly few swipes to make them fit. Sometimes it's just propolis on the ends.
Not a bad idea. I've had propolis make frames tight, and you can see me scraping propolis off one of the frames for sure, but the box is homemade and too tight. I think one of the frames of was homemade too, and too long. But yeah, having a piece of rough sandpaper in my kit would be handy.
Mold has antibiotic properties and they'll clean it up
What does the anise in the syrup do ?
The anise attracts the bees to the syrup.
You say in the vid that it's too cold for them to fly right now, a bee climbs out when you open the top, and instead of opening the top to put them back - you fling them away. Ffs.
I know. I'm a terrible person and I'm going to hell for that.