1) Honey Bee forage Species Map by zone USGVT 7:05 2) Can I keep Flow Hive Supers with Flow Frames in a freezer all winter? 10:37 3) I have two Flow Hives, one with deep brood box and a deep super. The second has a deep brood box and medium super with no brood present. Any advice would be greatly appreciated. 15:05 4) You recently covered OA Vaporization, but there is an additional area that has puzzled me. I haven't found a good way to treat the Apimaye Hive with OAV. How do you treat the mites for the Apimaye hive? 21:02 4a) Where is the best location to do an OAV treatment with the Apimaye hive? 32:28 5) I wonder if you could do that experiment with a mated queen in a small colony that needs some help and combine them? 34:02 6) I wonder if you have stumbled upon a swarm control method. Since it is pulling bees from other hives, it might delay swarms. 44:50 7) I wonder if you could time this type of thing to prevent swarming? Would this method (qmp attraction) work to depopulate large hives? 49:25 8) Referencing the same queen bee attractant method, "Won't this swarm be at a disadvantage because they were all foragers and no nurse bees?" 54:45 9) Referencing the same video: Would a natural swarm contain some younger bees? Could be a temperament difference between your artificial swarm with many unrelated bees and a natural swarm with related bees? 58:20 10) I dropped a mated queen next to a box, but can't find her anymore. Will it fly into the box again? 1:01:00 11) I know you don't have issues with hive beetles, but if you did would you consider using Swiffer sheets, or what would be your go to in trapping them? 1:05:55
Thanks, Adam! I've added blanket-approval to your comments. You can include links and attachments to your posts and they will not be held for review. :) You are greatly appreciated!
Fred thanks so much for the Q&A this week Just yesterday I went through all my hives and added swiffer sheets then finished watching your video and I went back today and removed all of them and add beetle blaster to each hive with apple cider vinegar in the middle vegetable oil on the outside. This is my second year beekeeping and I’m always learning something new Thanks again
Thank you so much, Rick. I'm glad that you found some useful information here. I was always a little suspicious of those pads, but then I don't have the beetle challenges that many do.
@@FrederickDunn We're seeing that in several families. Even in Bible times Grands filled in...anyway, that's a little far-afield from bees, but many thanks for your videos.
Thanks Fred, I have learned a lot that I never thought about, now I will change a lot of stuff that i have been doing to my bee, the bees and I thank you😃I have subscribed so I can learn more about my bees
Fred-day! Thank goodness! 😊Well it's morning now, 5:24 am 57F and dark outside. Winds from approaching storm Lee started earlier this morning, with gust today and tomorrow predicted to be up to 40mph. Just a breeze right now. I am approximately 60 miles from the coast and don't expect much rain here. I have my coffee and it's time for the show....glad I'm not the only one still dealing with swarming.... Thanks for another thought provoking, Q&A. Have a great Bee week!
Another great vid, Thanks Fred. Looks like its winter prep season for the bees. Pulling top supers today after I used my new "bee escapes" yesterday $$, Hive-a-live fondant came in the mail a few days ago, checked my foam board wrap/covers for the hives that I'll place mid-October/November and our bee meetings are starting up again soon. Great time of the year!!
Great nuggets of information and as always, it's a learning chance for people. Everyone should keep in mind that location matters, it just makes sense to think of it that way really. I've grown a little envious of that PA. weather really. My SW MO, weather is a challenge that I'm willing to take up though, thanks for the episode, it was great as always!
Great Q&A Fred!! The NASA forage link was also very interesting. On the feeding question.....Hive Alive fondant is my choice. I just received another case so I'm ready for Winter!!! But as for "sugar bricks".......if that's all you have available, better to have live bees with sore tongues than dead bees. 😉 Will also be interesting to see how your Swiffer sheet info is received by many of our friends down around the gulf who have huge SHB issues and swear by these micro-plastic sheets. FYI....I retired as a Maintenance Manager from a micro-plastic company that made products like these. Most folks don't realize how many products are actually made from micro-plastics. Thanks as always!!!!
Hi Keith, I absolutely agree with you on the sugar. If it forms a brick, then it's better than starvation so that's a toss up for me. The micro plastics in cloth are definitely something that's being looked into far beyond beekeeping. I also realize that people need meaningful ways to cope with small hive beetles, but I'd personally look beyond synthetic cloth for that. Learning that it's making its way into the honey as well as the bee digestive system among other parts of their bodies gives me some concerns. Huge issues that we can take baby steps in resolving... :) Always great to see your comments.
Re: “Pheromone Herding” When I flew in 5 bee weaver queens this spring, i also was filling mini styro mating nucs with workers to mate some queens I produced through the Nicot system. I noticed that a pile of random workers were mobbing the EMPTY queen cages the bee weaver queens were formerly in, so instead of pouring cup loads of bees in the tiny hives, which is annoying because I’m lazy, I just put the empty queen cages in the styros, and they basically filled themselves! Laziness, not necessity, is the true mother of invention.
And that's a perfect way to collect your attendants. Although with queen finishing, nurse bees are easily collected and placed in those tiny nucs. But, it's a great feeling to just collect the volunteers!
O'my! That sounds like that plastic microfiber residue is very similar to the asbestos microfiber residue! If so! Yes, sir! I would think that it would also be limited use in the near future!
Not quite as dangerous as asbestos, but there is quite a lot of push-back against the synthetic fiber cloths and the microplastics that seem to make their way around. Inside a hive is one place I'm comfortable keeping them out of. I hope you'll read the study.
I used a wooden slatted rack between a apimay bottom board for wooden hives. Then put an apimay deep on that. Served two purposes, i wanted a slotted bottom rack, and it gave me a place to drill a quarter inch hole in the bottom rack for oav.
Your incredible photography alone makes Backyard Beekeeping Questions and Answers a must watch! Most fondant recipes call for heating sugar syrup to quite high temperatures. I have read that heating sugar produces hydroxymethylfurfural (HMF), which may be harmful to bees. Any thoughts?
True, that's why I don't heat any honey bee resources simply because I don't want to take that chance. Nothing wrong with producing "cold" fondant. The Hive Alive fondant is not heated, for the reason you've stated.
Look at that jacket you have on, I havent worn sleeves for 3 years since I left Kansas for southern florida, its mid-90's today, but it is suppose to be. Cant wait for winter we normally drop to 70's thru the days, cant wait
Fred, Thanks for the tip on the Apimaye hive/Lorobees vaporizer answer. I just purchased the Apimaye nuc and was wondering how to use OAV without melting the hive!!!
Thanks for your weekly Q&As! You mentioned at the start that you have new queens pipping in your observation hives. You are not concerned about them at this time of year? I ask because i have a hive that struggled all season with a poor queen or no queen and they've finally raised a peanut on a donated frame. Thing is, the weather has dropped to the 60 s here in Quebec. We might have 30 days left to forage. Goldenrod is pretty done and asters are going strong. I debated buying them a queen but couldn't bring myself to pinch their creation. Is there any hope? I suppose if they fail I can do your escape board method to combine them with another hive.
Hi Christie, because they are established hives they aren't really in much trouble. If they were a brand new install then we'd have a challenge on our hands. Brood is still emerging from pupa cells, and the observation hives are better provisioned than they were last year at this time. We'll see how they do, but I'm optimistic that they have enough time to top off their resources and begin a good brood pattern.
Hey Fred. Looking at Jerusalem Artichoke. It is a sunflower species. It is native and produces tubers that taste like artichokes. The plant looks to be nearly Dirt Rooster tall.
I've grown them before, fartachokes we called them...they are a rambunctious plant if they like the space and yes they get quite tall. ours in a wind protected spot were over 8 feet tall.
You might want to check out Fred Dunns Video maybe 3 weeks ago about a study on Swiffer sheets. They are finding micro plastics in the guts and crops of the bees and in their honey. It’s Episode #224 1:08:00 mark. It’s really worth watching. Love your videos keep up the great work!!
@@FrederickDunn Thanks Fred I was trying to send this comment to Nathan at Duck River Honey. In fact I was commenting on his video how it went to yours twice now I can’t figure it out. Thanks for letting me know because I want everyone to see this because I think it’s very important to keep this out of our honey. Thanks for everything you do o really enjoy everything you help us with and the assume footage you give us. Have a great week! Thanks, Clay
Re: queens coming back. During an inspection, I dropped a queen. I saw the general vicinity she fell, which was a 30 degree angle down and to the right into tall grass. It was sundown. The hive was on a saw horse supported 2x4 set of rails. The sawhorses were about 28 in bikes high, and her hive was in a row of 6 hives, third from the end. The queens wings were clipped. I couldn’t find her, and assumed I’d find emergency cells the next inspection in 7 days. I inspect weekly. When the week passed, I inspected to check queen cell development, and there were none.. BUT THE QUEEN WAS BACK!!! She had made her way through the grass in the dark, crawled up the sawhorse leg, walked past 2 hives, and got back in her own hive… case #2- new ish queen, I inspected a hive and saw her parachute off the frame and fly away…. In about 15 min, she flew back onto an exposed frame at the end of the inspection. Case #3. Newly emerged queen. Opened the mating nuc, saw eggs, saw queen. Saw queen fly away. This time I said “meh… she’ll be back”. And she was next time I checked. I have more, but hungry and it’s lunchtime…
i ordered a ptfe dowel off Amazon, 3/4 x12 made my own apimay protection from melting the plastic during OA, holding up well but i like your version too
I'm glad that worked for you! Some of the teflon protection, so I was told, tended to get stuck on the OAV tube, or was very difficult to remove. Did you have that issue at all?
@@FrederickDunn no sir slips on and off minimal melting,i was careful to drill it tight,and full length,incorpirating the threaded nozzle nut in a recess,just like robs version,he also ysed ptfe high temp white rod,i used chop saw to cut to length,...rob mentions adding propolis to keep it stuck in place,....smart guy,i also added a strap to my handle using the existing cap screws ,so the handle isnt flopping around,...worked well,...bee blessed
No No No Fred you would not rather have hive beetles,you need to have one of your hive slimed by them just once and I guarantee you would do whatever it takes to control them because once you have them it is almost impossible to clean the apiary of the infestation!!! Swiffer sheets for the win, plain unscented, full sheet for 10 frame,half sheet for nuc hive. I have not noticed any of the bees trying to remove it but they will seal the edges I also don’t own a microscope😂
Hi Tim, I never ever suggested that you'd rather have small hive beetles. But I do suggest finding better trapping systems than micro-fiber sheets. Every beekeeper will do what they can for their bees. I share what I learn and what you do with the knowledge is completely up to you. Foreign material in hives tends to get the attention of the resident bees and they will usually attempt to remove it so that's another level of exposure. It's not my study, so if you say they are not actually contacting or ingesting the micro fibers then I'm not personally in a position to dispute it. But I do have to share information when I come across it so keepers can make informed decisions.
@@FrederickDunn I’m not disputing the study and the sheets was a quick way of control after losing hives last year and watching how awful it is, I would like to find a healthy alternative in the future the flow hive trays do catch the larva from exiting the hive but that’s a little to late,the beetle traps with oil is messy, I need to figure out a bottom board configuration where the bees will drive the beetles down to the swiffer sheets but not be able to access them!
Hello Fred, great vid as always. Still think a second episode a week would be great but hey that's just me lol. I don't know if you have seen the research from Penn State, that shows using Formic pro alters the microbiome of the pollen in the hive. The research is new so all kinds of questions are now just that, but it does make me wonder. How do we know that all we do for nutrition in the hive is all for nothing if using mite treatments causes any change to the nutrition in the hive? Are we causing more harm then doing good?
I think the less we do inside the hive, the better... unless we can seriously prove that the benefits outweigh the impact on the bees. Thanks for watching, and for your well reasoned comment :)
Great video. Thanks. I looked up QMP at BB WEB sit and no luck. I will research. Today was eviction day for drones. It is so incredible to watch, i did for hours. Im near chicago so i think we be in the same geo. Area. Cept we have more murders each weekend, but that never makes the news. Wonder why?
hi fred,i think georgia pacific dixie*brawny h700 wood pulp hydro entangled fibers*also flax fiber versions may be a better alternate to swiffer sheets....for beetles
Thanks for that, I would definitely be looking into natural fiber cloth in place of the nano-plastic fiber cloths. The more you look into it, the problem goes beyond bees and small hive beetle control.
Not a problem at all for the bees, they tend to seek shelter or are there in the tray to get at the parts that fall through. They don't move into the hive itself.
Hi Fred just listened to your interview with Atrey Manaswi amazing young man. Very interesting study, so in the SHB traps did he just put beer or did he put oil in as well to kill them? Have you heard of Stratiolaelaps scimitus a predatory mite that kills Varroa but not bees?. Francine
Atreya's research includes attempting to isolate the attractant from beer. In solution the way it comes out of the can/bottle, it evaporates too quickly. More work to be done there. Predatory mites can't manage varroa inside the hive, at least now any that are currently known. They can feed on the mites once they fall into a tray or on the bottom.
Hi Timothy, I don't treat packages. I would install the package and wait for 8 days and do an OAV treatment on or before the 8th day for maximum control. My recommendation is to allow them to get settled and begin brood rearing before applying any varroa treatment.
Please, is it possible to activate translation into multiple languages in the UA-cam settings so that the leader can access it? With all appreciation and respect. Thank you
I tried to look on Randy’s site to see what was toxic with the Swedish sponges and couldn’t find anything by looking at his latest articles. Is it toxic to the bees or to humans when they consume the honey? I found out today that I lost my truck gas tank hive that I showed you pictures of. I had no way to trap hive beetles inside the tank. I did treat them regularly with OA vaporization.
Hi James, I'm not sure if Randy posted those issues on his site. I see him next month and we'll talk more about it. There was an approval for backyard beekeepers to use the sponge method without waiting for miticide approval but it was later recended due to the sponge composition. It didn't come from Randy. www.betterbee.com/images/ApiBioxal2eeCancellation.letter.2023_03_22.encl.pdf
I chose InstantVap it's not made by Lorrobees, but they sell them. It's the best design of an OAV system that I could find to date. Steady parameters and consistent delivery of the OA. I interviewed the inventor: ua-cam.com/video/Bry6rcXpmjQ/v-deo.htmlsi=_6SqI0iJTD_uqXW0
Great episode as always, I had to pause at 30 minutes in, thanks for bringing back memories of 1985 USMC bootcamp training. I learned what scuttlebutt was back then. A guy worked with 15 years later who went thru Navy bootcamp a few years later then me didn't seem to have the same knowledge, I called him a scurvy dog and mentioned scuttlebutt, he didn't know what I had called him or what I was talking about. And it embarrassed me so much that I wouldn't call him out on it. He would try to say in front of a group of people that I was in the Navy, and I would say Department of the Navy, I was proud of our Navy, without them I couldn't have ever been a Marine, we are connected. I guess I understood restraint as I was taught in bootcamp more than most Marine enlisted. The off duty stories I could tell are many. I guess this one is meant more for you than the rest of the viewers, unless you want to share it. I was proud to be Dept. of the Navy!
I'm a huge fan of all of the old maritime phrases and the nautical history. When I was the Senior Instructor of our programs, I had a phrase and meaning bulletin board that students walked past so they would understand where those references came from. For example, keeping things above board... Boot-leg... Pipe-down... Three Sheets to the Wind... and on it goes :)
Fred thank you for another informative video. Off subject, please do me a favor and check blood pressure, you look a little red.could be light thank you again
1) Honey Bee forage Species Map by zone USGVT 7:05
2) Can I keep Flow Hive Supers with Flow Frames in a freezer all winter? 10:37
3) I have two Flow Hives, one with deep brood box and a deep super. The second has a deep brood box and medium super with no brood present. Any advice would be greatly appreciated. 15:05
4) You recently covered OA Vaporization, but there is an additional area that has puzzled me. I haven't found a good way to treat the Apimaye Hive with OAV. How do you treat the mites for the Apimaye hive? 21:02
4a) Where is the best location to do an OAV treatment with the Apimaye hive? 32:28
5) I wonder if you could do that experiment with a mated queen in a small colony that needs some help and combine them? 34:02
6) I wonder if you have stumbled upon a swarm control method. Since it is pulling bees from other hives, it might delay swarms. 44:50
7) I wonder if you could time this type of thing to prevent swarming? Would this method (qmp attraction) work to depopulate large hives? 49:25
8) Referencing the same queen bee attractant method, "Won't this swarm be at a disadvantage because they were all foragers and no nurse bees?" 54:45
9) Referencing the same video: Would a natural swarm contain some younger bees? Could be a temperament difference between your artificial swarm with many unrelated bees and a natural swarm with related bees? 58:20
10) I dropped a mated queen next to a box, but can't find her anymore. Will it fly into the box again? 1:01:00
11) I know you don't have issues with hive beetles, but if you did would you consider using Swiffer sheets, or what would be your go to in trapping them? 1:05:55
Thank you Adam. Always appreciated.
Thanks Adam, for all the work you do here, Brice
Thanks, Adam! I've added blanket-approval to your comments. You can include links and attachments to your posts and they will not be held for review. :) You are greatly appreciated!
Fred thanks so much for the Q&A this week
Just yesterday I went through all my hives and added swiffer sheets then finished watching your video and I went back today and removed all of them and add beetle blaster to each hive with apple cider vinegar in the middle vegetable oil on the outside.
This is my second year beekeeping and I’m always learning something new
Thanks again
Thank you so much, Rick. I'm glad that you found some useful information here. I was always a little suspicious of those pads, but then I don't have the beetle challenges that many do.
I love the sarcasm of your 7 year old grandson's bee experience. Just teach him right, you're the granddad to teach him right!
He's very funny and quick witted :) I think he has a bright future!
Re the older bees reverting to their outgrown ''nursery'' roles, when needed.....something like when grandparents fill parenting roles, when needed.
Hmm... interesting analogy
@@FrederickDunn We're seeing that in several families. Even in Bible times Grands filled in...anyway, that's a little far-afield from bees, but many thanks for your videos.
Fell asleep trying to watch last night. East of KC. Thanks for the wink my professor
If I can serve to get you more sleep, I'll take that as a bonus! :)
Thanks Fred, I have learned a lot that I never thought about, now I will change a lot of stuff that i have been doing to my bee, the bees and I thank you😃I have subscribed so I can learn more about my bees
What a great follow up to the ‘queen on a stick’ videos. Great food for thought! Love the cinematic photography as well!
Glad you enjoyed it!
Fred-day! Thank goodness! 😊Well it's morning now, 5:24 am 57F and dark outside. Winds from approaching storm Lee started earlier this morning, with gust today and tomorrow predicted to be up to 40mph. Just a breeze right now. I am approximately 60 miles from the coast and don't expect much rain here. I have my coffee and it's time for the show....glad I'm not the only one still dealing with swarming.... Thanks for another thought provoking, Q&A. Have a great Bee week!
:)
Great episode , great questions , have a fab weekend and week ahead everyone 👍🏻🇬🇧
Thanks, Darren! The same to you! :)
Thanks Fred as always, have a great weekend!!
Thanks, you too!
Hi Fred, thank you for reminding me of the other triggers for a swarm. Great info regarding the orphaned queen experiment.
Glad it was helpful! Thanks, Kennith!
The Cosmos are Beautiful... The NASA map is Awesome... Thanks Fred for sharing all your knowledge with us!
I like that map also! You are very welcome! :)
Another great vid, Thanks Fred.
Looks like its winter prep season for the bees. Pulling top supers today after I used my new "bee escapes" yesterday $$, Hive-a-live fondant came in the mail a few days ago, checked my foam board wrap/covers for the hives that I'll place mid-October/November and our bee meetings are starting up again soon. Great time of the year!!
You are on top of it, Dave :)
Great nuggets of information and as always, it's a learning chance for people. Everyone should keep in mind that location matters, it just makes sense to think of it that way really. I've grown a little envious of that PA. weather really. My SW MO, weather is a challenge that I'm willing to take up though, thanks for the episode, it was great as always!
I do love my location :) however, things can take a turn in a blink :)
Great Q&A Fred!! The NASA forage link was also very interesting. On the feeding question.....Hive Alive fondant is my choice. I just received another case so I'm ready for Winter!!! But as for "sugar bricks".......if that's all you have available, better to have live bees with sore tongues than dead bees. 😉 Will also be interesting to see how your Swiffer sheet info is received by many of our friends down around the gulf who have huge SHB issues and swear by these micro-plastic sheets. FYI....I retired as a Maintenance Manager from a micro-plastic company that made products like these. Most folks don't realize how many products are actually made from micro-plastics. Thanks as always!!!!
Hi Keith, I absolutely agree with you on the sugar. If it forms a brick, then it's better than starvation so that's a toss up for me. The micro plastics in cloth are definitely something that's being looked into far beyond beekeeping. I also realize that people need meaningful ways to cope with small hive beetles, but I'd personally look beyond synthetic cloth for that. Learning that it's making its way into the honey as well as the bee digestive system among other parts of their bodies gives me some concerns. Huge issues that we can take baby steps in resolving... :) Always great to see your comments.
Thanks!
Thank you very much, Maureen :)
Happy to say the BEE FORAGE link from NASA includes/covers Canada. Thanks to the viewer and to you Fred for passing on the link
A great example of how beekeepers keep one another informed, I was so happy to receive that message and information :)
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Thank you so much for your generosity!
Re: “Pheromone Herding” When I flew in 5 bee weaver queens this spring, i also was filling mini styro mating nucs with workers to mate some queens I produced through the Nicot system. I noticed that a pile of random workers were mobbing the EMPTY queen cages the bee weaver queens were formerly in, so instead of pouring cup loads of bees in the tiny hives, which is annoying because I’m lazy, I just put the empty queen cages in the styros, and they basically filled themselves! Laziness, not necessity, is the true mother of invention.
And that's a perfect way to collect your attendants. Although with queen finishing, nurse bees are easily collected and placed in those tiny nucs. But, it's a great feeling to just collect the volunteers!
Awesome channel fantastic Mister Frederik 🤩🤩🤩🤩
Glad you enjoy it!
@@FrederickDunn Very Dear Mister Frederik 🥰🥰🥰🥰
Thanks Fred!! You do awesome work!!!
You are very welcome, always great to see your comments Rodney! :)
O'my! That sounds like that plastic microfiber residue is very similar to the asbestos microfiber residue! If so! Yes, sir! I would think that it would also be limited use in the near future!
Not quite as dangerous as asbestos, but there is quite a lot of push-back against the synthetic fiber cloths and the microplastics that seem to make their way around. Inside a hive is one place I'm comfortable keeping them out of. I hope you'll read the study.
I used a wooden slatted rack between a apimay bottom board for wooden hives. Then put an apimay deep on that. Served two purposes, i wanted a slotted bottom rack, and it gave me a place to drill a quarter inch hole in the bottom rack for oav.
That's also a very good adaptation! Thanks for sharing how you managed that.
Your incredible photography alone makes Backyard Beekeeping Questions and Answers a must watch! Most fondant recipes call for heating sugar syrup to quite high temperatures. I have read that heating sugar produces hydroxymethylfurfural (HMF), which may be harmful to bees. Any thoughts?
True, that's why I don't heat any honey bee resources simply because I don't want to take that chance. Nothing wrong with producing "cold" fondant. The Hive Alive fondant is not heated, for the reason you've stated.
Look at that jacket you have on, I havent worn sleeves for 3 years since I left Kansas for southern florida, its mid-90's today, but it is suppose to be. Cant wait for winter we normally drop to 70's thru the days, cant wait
It was on sale at Sam's Club :)
@@FrederickDunn it looks hot, haha
Fred, Thanks for the tip on the Apimaye hive/Lorobees vaporizer answer. I just purchased the Apimaye nuc and was wondering how to use OAV without melting the hive!!!
Glad to help
Thanks for your weekly Q&As! You mentioned at the start that you have new queens pipping in your observation hives. You are not concerned about them at this time of year? I ask because i have a hive that struggled all season with a poor queen or no queen and they've finally raised a peanut on a donated frame. Thing is, the weather has dropped to the 60 s here in Quebec. We might have 30 days left to forage. Goldenrod is pretty done and asters are going strong. I debated buying them a queen but couldn't bring myself to pinch their creation. Is there any hope? I suppose if they fail I can do your escape board method to combine them with another hive.
Hi Christie, because they are established hives they aren't really in much trouble. If they were a brand new install then we'd have a challenge on our hands. Brood is still emerging from pupa cells, and the observation hives are better provisioned than they were last year at this time. We'll see how they do, but I'm optimistic that they have enough time to top off their resources and begin a good brood pattern.
Hey Fred. Looking at Jerusalem Artichoke. It is a sunflower species. It is native and produces tubers that taste like artichokes. The plant looks to be nearly Dirt Rooster tall.
I've grown them before, fartachokes we called them...they are a rambunctious plant if they like the space and yes they get quite tall. ours in a wind protected spot were over 8 feet tall.
Wow, interesting... I'll have to look into them. Thanks for sharing.
@@FrederickDunn very rambunctious
oooooh...that is some sweet intro music.....
Yes. Loved it.
You might want to check out Fred Dunns Video maybe 3 weeks ago about a study on Swiffer sheets. They are finding micro plastics in the guts and crops of the bees and in their honey. It’s Episode #224 1:08:00 mark. It’s really worth watching. Love your videos keep up the great work!!
Hi Clay, did you intend to leave this comment on my video? Thanks so much :)
@@FrederickDunn Thanks Fred I was trying to send this comment to Nathan at Duck River Honey. In fact I was commenting on his video how it went to yours twice now I can’t figure it out. Thanks for letting me know because I want everyone to see this because I think it’s very important to keep this out of our honey. Thanks for everything you do o really enjoy everything you help us with and the assume footage you give us. Have a great week! Thanks, Clay
Thank you so much, I was very surprised to learn how far those particulates go, and where they show up. @@claybunner1059
Re: queens coming back. During an inspection, I dropped a queen. I saw the general vicinity she fell, which was a 30 degree angle down and to the right into tall grass. It was sundown. The hive was on a saw horse supported 2x4 set of rails. The sawhorses were about 28 in bikes high, and her hive was in a row of 6 hives, third from the end. The queens wings were clipped. I couldn’t find her, and assumed I’d find emergency cells the next inspection in 7 days. I inspect weekly. When the week passed, I inspected to check queen cell development, and there were none.. BUT THE QUEEN WAS BACK!!! She had made her way through the grass in the dark, crawled up the sawhorse leg, walked past 2 hives, and got back in her own hive… case #2- new ish queen, I inspected a hive and saw her parachute off the frame and fly away…. In about 15 min, she flew back onto an exposed frame at the end of the inspection. Case #3. Newly emerged queen. Opened the mating nuc, saw eggs, saw queen. Saw queen fly away. This time I said “meh… she’ll be back”. And she was next time I checked. I have more, but hungry and it’s lunchtime…
That's amazing! I'm so glad she found her way back in spite of those challenges.
i ordered a ptfe dowel off Amazon, 3/4 x12 made my own apimay protection from melting the plastic during OA, holding up well but i like your version too
I'm glad that worked for you! Some of the teflon protection, so I was told, tended to get stuck on the OAV tube, or was very difficult to remove. Did you have that issue at all?
@@FrederickDunn no sir slips on and off minimal melting,i was careful to drill it tight,and full length,incorpirating the threaded nozzle nut in a recess,just like robs version,he also ysed ptfe high temp white rod,i used chop saw to cut to length,...rob mentions adding propolis to keep it stuck in place,....smart guy,i also added a strap to my handle using the existing cap screws ,so the handle isnt flopping around,...worked well,...bee blessed
lookin good cosmos
The deer actually ate a lot of them this year. I'm glad I overplanted as the bees are working them more this year than they have in the past.
No No No Fred you would not rather have hive beetles,you need to have one of your hive slimed by them just once and I guarantee you would do whatever it takes to control them because once you have them it is almost impossible to clean the apiary of the infestation!!! Swiffer sheets for the win, plain unscented, full sheet for 10 frame,half sheet for nuc hive. I have not noticed any of the bees trying to remove it but they will seal the edges I also don’t own a microscope😂
Hi Tim, I never ever suggested that you'd rather have small hive beetles. But I do suggest finding better trapping systems than micro-fiber sheets. Every beekeeper will do what they can for their bees. I share what I learn and what you do with the knowledge is completely up to you. Foreign material in hives tends to get the attention of the resident bees and they will usually attempt to remove it so that's another level of exposure. It's not my study, so if you say they are not actually contacting or ingesting the micro fibers then I'm not personally in a position to dispute it. But I do have to share information when I come across it so keepers can make informed decisions.
@@FrederickDunn I’m not disputing the study and the sheets was a quick way of control after losing hives last year and watching how awful it is, I would like to find a healthy alternative in the future the flow hive trays do catch the larva from exiting the hive but that’s a little to late,the beetle traps with oil is messy, I need to figure out a bottom board configuration where the bees will drive the beetles down to the swiffer sheets but not be able to access them!
Hello Fred, great vid as always. Still think a second episode a week would be great but hey that's just me lol. I don't know if you have seen the research from Penn State, that shows using Formic pro alters the microbiome of the pollen in the hive. The research is new so all kinds of questions are now just that, but it does make me wonder. How do we know that all we do for nutrition in the hive is all for nothing if using mite treatments causes any change to the nutrition in the hive? Are we causing more harm then doing good?
I think the less we do inside the hive, the better... unless we can seriously prove that the benefits outweigh the impact on the bees. Thanks for watching, and for your well reasoned comment :)
Great video. Thanks. I looked up QMP at BB WEB sit and no luck. I will research. Today was eviction day for drones. It is so incredible to watch, i did for hours. Im near chicago so i think we be in the same geo. Area. Cept we have more murders each weekend, but that never makes the news. Wonder why?
try the search word (temp queen) QMP
I'm seeing some dead drone here in central NH as well.
Hi Thomas, it's listed as "Temp Queen" not qmp. I hope that helps.
hi fred,i think georgia pacific dixie*brawny h700 wood pulp hydro entangled fibers*also flax fiber versions may be a better alternate to swiffer sheets....for beetles
Thanks for offering the biodegradable options!
Thanks for that, I would definitely be looking into natural fiber cloth in place of the nano-plastic fiber cloths. The more you look into it, the problem goes beyond bees and small hive beetle control.
What about earwigs? I see them occasionally around my hives, sometimes in the tray below, sometimes under the lid.
Not a problem at all for the bees, they tend to seek shelter or are there in the tray to get at the parts that fall through. They don't move into the hive itself.
Hi Fred just listened to your interview with Atrey Manaswi amazing young man. Very interesting study, so in the SHB traps did he just put beer or did he put oil in as well to kill them? Have you heard of Stratiolaelaps scimitus a predatory mite that kills Varroa but not bees?. Francine
Atreya's research includes attempting to isolate the attractant from beer. In solution the way it comes out of the can/bottle, it evaporates too quickly. More work to be done there. Predatory mites can't manage varroa inside the hive, at least now any that are currently known. They can feed on the mites once they fall into a tray or on the bottom.
Thanks Fred appreciate your help
I think. I’ve seen it before. What’s the link for when you treated a package of bees?
Hi Timothy, I don't treat packages. I would install the package and wait for 8 days and do an OAV treatment on or before the 8th day for maximum control. My recommendation is to allow them to get settled and begin brood rearing before applying any varroa treatment.
@@FrederickDunn yes I think I remember you saying that the stress might cause them to abscond
Please, is it possible to activate translation into multiple languages in the UA-cam settings so that the leader can access it? With all appreciation and respect. Thank you
I tried to look on Randy’s site to see what was toxic with the Swedish sponges and couldn’t find anything by looking at his latest articles. Is it toxic to the bees or to humans when they consume the honey? I found out today that I lost my truck gas tank hive that I showed you pictures of. I had no way to trap hive beetles inside the tank. I did treat them regularly with OA vaporization.
Hi James, I'm not sure if Randy posted those issues on his site. I see him next month and we'll talk more about it. There was an approval for backyard beekeepers to use the sponge method without waiting for miticide approval but it was later recended due to the sponge composition. It didn't come from Randy. www.betterbee.com/images/ApiBioxal2eeCancellation.letter.2023_03_22.encl.pdf
Pro vape also has a battery operated one. What made you choose Loorbees?
I chose InstantVap it's not made by Lorrobees, but they sell them. It's the best design of an OAV system that I could find to date. Steady parameters and consistent delivery of the OA. I interviewed the inventor: ua-cam.com/video/Bry6rcXpmjQ/v-deo.htmlsi=_6SqI0iJTD_uqXW0
Great episode as always, I had to pause at 30 minutes in, thanks for bringing back memories of 1985 USMC bootcamp training. I learned what scuttlebutt was back then. A guy worked with 15 years later who went thru Navy bootcamp a few years later then me didn't seem to have the same knowledge, I called him a scurvy dog and mentioned scuttlebutt, he didn't know what I had called him or what I was talking about. And it embarrassed me so much that I wouldn't call him out on it. He would try to say in front of a group of people that I was in the Navy, and I would say Department of the Navy, I was proud of our Navy, without them I couldn't have ever been a Marine, we are connected. I guess I understood restraint as I was taught in bootcamp more than most Marine enlisted. The off duty stories I could tell are many. I guess this one is meant more for you than the rest of the viewers, unless you want to share it. I was proud to be Dept. of the Navy!
I'm a huge fan of all of the old maritime phrases and the nautical history. When I was the Senior Instructor of our programs, I had a phrase and meaning bulletin board that students walked past so they would understand where those references came from. For example, keeping things above board... Boot-leg... Pipe-down... Three Sheets to the Wind... and on it goes :)
Did you hire Kamon to do your opening music? 😀
I didn't know he was for hire! :) and nope... he's actually probably even better.
Fred thank you for another informative video. Off subject, please do me a favor and check blood pressure, you look a little red.could be light thank you again
Thanks! :) My blood pressure is fine... 120/60 :) I know the light was strange, and I appreciate the heads up!
Righty tighty
Ah than you run across a left handed thread… bleep
Блин мне кажется скоро это будет оч популяррный чел ._.
Спасибо большое, мне очень приятен ваш комментарий :)
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