Thank you for sharing your adventures on you homestead. You might want to feed your double nuc box some sugar water to get it to start working on the upper box. Be carful about starting robbing.
Hey, Kirby. Enjoy watching your videos. I'm in S. Oklahoma. I'm sure we are not as hot as you are but it gets very hot and humid. It hasn't hit 100 degrees here yet but it will in the next week or so. My hive is under a tree and east facing. It gets the morning sun but it's in the shade by early afternoon. I don't work my hive until it's in the shade.
To say the early birds get the worms, you need to come early in the morning to start working on the bee hives. This late in July, there are lack of flowers. All the plant's are fruiting. Find a plant that give lots of flowers, then it's time cut the old one. New flowers we'll grow in its place. Mums flowers can tolerate cold temperatures. Once it start turning brown pinch back flowers new flowers grow in its place. You may just plant them in a pot under partial shade. Easier then digging around.
Thanks for that Blake. I know nothing about bee keeping and am interested in getting bees in the future. We have friends who keep bees and do well and have several hives.
The towels get roughed up by the bees, then the beetles spiny legs get caught in them. I made a playlist of the videos that show the trap. There's probably a better explanation in the first video about it. ua-cam.com/video/W1fjphwhFnI/v-deo.html
Black is the normal color of old brood comb. It is advised that old comb be replaced about every third yr. You can use the frames just fine. As for gloves, I do NOT use gloves at all. I do wear a veil. I normally only get stung once or twice a year. Is it possible you have a strand of Africanized bees?
Sorry you lost that nuc, and I agree that one hive swarmed on you. Both of my hives swarmed this year, even though they had a lot of room. Your intro made me smile. Thanks for that too! Oh, and for top bar hive plans check out biobees dot com, or look at jonpeters youtube video on instructions. I think you will like working with them.
Good luck on maintaining your hives....We're used to the heat but it's been scorching past month!
I learned a lot today about the Beatles and the malls I didn't understand why they were a threat to bees hives but I do now 😊 thank you
Thank you for sharing your adventures on you homestead. You might want to feed your double nuc box some sugar water to get it to start working on the upper box. Be carful about starting robbing.
Good idea. I did think about putting one of the frame feeders in there.
Hey, Kirby. Enjoy watching your videos. I'm in S. Oklahoma. I'm sure we are not as hot as you are but it gets very hot and humid. It hasn't hit 100 degrees here yet but it will in the next week or so. My hive is under a tree and east facing. It gets the morning sun but it's in the shade by early afternoon. I don't work my hive until it's in the shade.
The heat can kill! I notice my bees are more riled up in the evenings. I'll find my routine someday :)
i would checkerboard the frames on the double nuc to get them building in the top
Nice idea. That would help convince them to move up I guess.
To say the early birds get the worms, you need to come early in the morning to start working on the bee hives. This late in July, there are lack of flowers. All the plant's are fruiting. Find a plant that give lots of flowers, then it's time cut the old one. New flowers we'll grow in its place. Mums flowers can tolerate cold temperatures. Once it start turning brown pinch back flowers new flowers grow in its place. You may just plant them in a pot under partial shade. Easier then digging around.
Unless you plant acres and acres you can't plant enough wild flowers to help the bees. It would be better to plant flowering trees and shrubs
sorry about your hive hope they survive
you need a few swarm traps.
Thanks for that Blake. I know nothing about bee keeping and am interested in getting bees in the future. We have friends who keep bees and do well and have several hives.
Please explain how you used the towel as a beetle trap.
Also, did you paint your plastic frames with wax before you installed them in the hive?
The towels get roughed up by the bees, then the beetles spiny legs get caught in them. I made a playlist of the videos that show the trap. There's probably a better explanation in the first video about it. ua-cam.com/video/W1fjphwhFnI/v-deo.html
Black is the normal color of old brood comb.
It is advised that old comb be replaced about every third yr.
You can use the frames just fine.
As for gloves, I do NOT use gloves at all. I do wear a veil. I normally only get stung once or twice a year. Is it possible you have a strand of Africanized bees?
It is entirely possible that there are some Africanized genetics in my bees living down here in TX.
Wise!
what are you driving?
Luke's golf cart :)
Anyone knows if a Bee Hive
may work on a populated city
being the spot 2 miles from
the hills ...?
Where did you get that bee suit? I don't really like mine.
I bought mine at a local beekeeping store. Soon I'll be investing in one that is vented so it's not so hot.
Sorry you lost that nuc, and I agree that one hive swarmed on you. Both of my hives swarmed this year, even though they had a lot of room. Your intro made me smile. Thanks for that too! Oh, and for top bar hive plans check out biobees dot com, or look at jonpeters youtube video on instructions. I think you will like working with them.
I do hope to do the top bar hives once the apiary is moved. Thanks!
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