This New Queen Is Crushing It
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- Опубліковано 9 тра 2018
- The weather has turned the corner and the bees are ramping up for an actual spring flow! I've never had bees DURING a spring flow before and this year is looking very positive. I decide to add new brood boxes to the Italians and reverse hive boxes on the Russians. This is a very exciting time!
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How many deer did you see in the opening drone shot?
21
one deer? running right to left at the bottom tree line?
One or two
I just saw 1 ...but then again I am old lol
where do you get your bees??? I have no one in beekeeping near me..
I haven't been too much into bees but I see how much work goes into it and I'm sure it is delicious to have some of the homemade honey thanks to the bees
You looking great with your bees! Just some friendly advice, Don't split until your hives until mid to late June. This will allow for maximum build up and a great time for a brood brake, "Natural Varro control". Also it will maximize your honey production for the spring. Then you can split, treat for pests, and prepare for the fall honey flow. Splitting a new package early rarely ends with a good outcome. You may end up with two week hives going into winter. Glad to see all is good. Good luck!!
The solar wall And the pollen? What fun! 😃
Hi Jim. If you haven't already, you should check out Devan Rawn's videos on single brood box hives. You could throw on an excluder and your flow frames, giving your bees more room and something to work on. This season I'm keeping two single 5-frame deep hives. Two weeks ago I added exluders and flow frames and they're already about 1/3rd the way through finishing and filling them!
Rockburn I did that with mine last year (in the high desert of central oregon) and regret that I did. The queen had no place to lay and I think that lead to a hive that was too small to make it thru winter. I think what Jim did here makes sense.
Hey man,
I just want to say, I know you are only fairly new to beekeeping but you are my go to for watching beekeeping videos. Watching you and 1 other youtube got me into beekeeping. We are going into winter at the end of this month. But the 1 hive I have has made about 50ish kg of honey. I'm selling the honey to start another 1-2 more hives in spring
Omg, the bees are great! I don't know much about bees but I got hooked because of your videos. Kudos from the Philippines! Keep up the good work! Looking forward to more updates about the bees👏🏻
Hello in the Philippines! Thanks for the kind words.
I've been following your channel for a few months now and I'm happy to hear that your bees (two hives) survived the winter and they're doing well. It's awesome that the new hive is doing so well too :).
Looks like the queen mated with the whole colonie
When you have big time burr comb in the shim it's time to super up. Something that might help is that when you have a lid full of comb and bees like that lean it against the entrance where it touches the bottom board and smoke it hard. The bees run in and then you can scrape the burr comb of safely without killing lots of bees. I do it that way because you really can't tell if the queen is hiding in between some comb. Usually not but better safe than sorry.
I had some fondant on top of the frames when I installed them three weeks ago. I needed the shim there to cover the fondant. In just two weeks, they took ALL the fondant and built up that comb. They don't have a shim now. It was temporary. I added the new brood box to keep them busy and allow them to grow. I plan to drop on a medium super this weekend as our flow is just beginning. I was very careful lifting up that comb!
Awesome weather up here, in Wisconsin too!
My colonies are very strong also this spring. I may split my strong one so they don’t swarm and keep my other 4 so they can make honey. I purchased an Australian queen bee; she’s great. Start early in the morning and work all the way until sunset. Good luck ... nice videos
i spent two days watching your videos good job you make it feel like there all of our bees keep it up looking forward to watching more
That's nice to hear. Thanks!
hIVE just done the same
I'm here in 2019 and just spent the last, like, week, binge-watching this channel at 1.5 speed from Beekeeper day 0. Awesome channel.
These are the moments that keep us being beekeepers.
Well, it's been 2 full years of struggle. I'm happy to have some success at this!
Wow! That Balboa Queen has got some caboose!
Gotta say, I am impressed with how prolific your new bees are. On fairly thin spring resources, they are building and growing like crazy! At this rate, you might get a healthy number of splits just from them.
Here's hoping...
Wow that 8 frame jimmy rigged 2x4 would drive me freaking nuts, This happened a year ago and its not even mine and its still driving me crazy. Could never do an 8 Frame either, 10 is a much better number
would have left the insulated caps and solar wall there for a while longer - I found that all mine have slowed down as soon as I took off the black tar paper and added more boxes. - something about cooling things off and expanding space. - perhaps too much all at once. I'm in same spot 20 miles east of you. but time for splits by end of the month for sure. I have double nucs too. - nucs are an amazing hot beds - incubators - makes sense - get them into nuc boxes - you'll grow faster.
Great news! Glad to seee your hives are doing well. Thanks for the update.
I dont know what it is but im really happy and excited for you, might be that your excitment is showing off in the video. But good work! loving these, even though i dont have bees, never had bees, new to the lingo, but its so awesome to see :D
2 years ago your frames were empty. This year you started your packages with bilt out comb. Don't you think that gave you a head start? Love your videos.
Of course. I was just remarking on where I've come. It feels really good to have filled hives before a spring flow. It hasn't happened before. Thanks for watching!
I'm a fan of putting supers on early if they are not drawn out. Bees are doing great. Keep up the good work.
Thanks, Bud! I will probably add some medium supers this weekend.
Jim, your new hive is looking good. Don't be afraid to split it. I installed a carni nuc 2 weeks ago. I started the 5 frame nuc in double 10 frame deeps (with already drawn Combs), she's laid 9 total frames (not including the nuc frames she came with). Ill split that hive in another couple weeks. On your extra honey frames.... Is it sugar water honey or actual nectar? Maybe just put them in the bulkhead where it's cool and save them for the dearth. It'll give the bees what they need during it till your golden rod blooms. We don't have GR in Idaho. Just a thought. I have about 15 frames of capped sugar water I pulled out that I'm saving for the late summer months. Cheers.
Thanks for the advice. I believe that honey in the Russian hive is all goldenrod. There are about 5 or 6 solid frames. Some of it might be crystalized. After I make up my splits, I'm sure most of it will be accounted for. Great to hear your bees are doing well!
So excited for you that the bees are doing so well!
Maybe this year is the year you finally get HONEY!!!! :) Good luck!! I'm happy for you.
This hive needs a small hole at the top, let me grab my 2 ft long drill.. haha!
Just installed my first nuc today - watching your videos gave me the confidence to try. Thanks, and keep the videos coming!
In regards to splits, you really need to ask yourself what your goals are going into your next winter and also what you want for honey yield this season. If you want honey, just focus on keeping the three hives you have from swarming by providing adequate space early. Just keep ahead of them, super early. Neither of your overwintered hives look like they are even considering swarming yet (in terms of population). If you want more colonies, then start splitting. Split your overwintered stock pretty hard (meaning, take a healthy amount of bees with parent queens in your splits and move to a separate location). I would not split your package unless your goal is simply more hives. I would make that a production colony. Just keep supering!Also, you may end up with a moisture problem in your "balboa hive" using that board on the end to make up for the box difference. If I was doing that, I would have just transferred your medium frames to the deep box. you may end up with some comb drawn off the bottoms of the frames, but you can slowly replace those frames as the colony develops.
This year's goal is to learn to split hives and go into next winter with as many strong hives as possible. I'm also going to try overwintering nucs if I can (a la Michael Palmer). Honey is not the goal, but I'm hoping to add medium supers for a couple weeks to try to get a taste of spring honey before I start splitting. I've never seen spring honey! As for the Balboa hive, I was thinking she'd move up into the deep relatively soon and I'd be able to take the Frankenhive apart before summer. I just want the main brood boxes to all be deeps.
Understood. I use the MP method as well for overwintering nucs. In that case, I would make your splits sooner rather than later (depending on if you are ordering queens or letting them raise their own can influence that timing). I'm in southern PA, and I made my "winter" splits last week which I will let open mate (I have more colonies than you do however). I will probably make splits again later in the spring/summer depending on the flow(s) this year. I use 4X4 double nucs like Palmer, as well as some 5X5 double nucs. I try to build them to at least 2 deeps, i.e. 8 and 10 frames each side respectively before my early summer flow, then I add a QE and super them in common. After the summer flow, I add a third deep and start feeding to let them build up for winter. As always, it really just depends on your flows, how prolific your queens are and your treatment schedules that will inevitably lead to your success come next spring. Best of luck, I will enjoy watching your videos!
Recommendation, once your queen moves up into the deep on the Balboa hive, put a queen excluder between that lower medium and your deep to keep her from moving back down. Make sure you have an upper entrance, otherwise drones won't be able to exit. Once all the brood hatches from the medium, then pull it and lose the QE.
Brilliant Jim ,so happy for you.
Try a poly nuc hive or langstroth poly.
It will give a different perspective on the wooden hives.
You will be able to gauge the difference in growth.
When was the last time you checked up on the swarm trap? Like to get an update on that.
Swarm season is a few weeks away. I'll have an update if anything comes of it. It's been empty for a year. Sorry there's nothing to report!
dude I respect all work you do, I'm getting a fan of your work!!
Man, I have never ever been interested in beekeeping or bees in general. Actually, I have never liked them very much, always had very severe aversion to bees. But, man, you had me marathoning all your bee videos in 24hs. You rock. I had a lot of fun, and who knew? I actually find bees a lot more interesting now. And I would have never guessed that they are kind of friendly and kinda let you mess a little in their hive without attacking you that much (I know you have gear, but they could be swarming all around your face and they don’t do that very much). I liked this very much! Definitely subscribed!
Get at LEAST six "additional" 8 frame Deep boxes ready - start transitioning as you SHOULD well have a minimum of 6 very full hives by fall.
As to HONEY - start saving up several which are full as a wintering over food source and also to assist (only if needed) when you so decide to make a split. With the numbers of bees present, it's going to be expand the number of hives of watch them swarm elsewhere.
Going to all deep 8 frames allows for easier management (save your back) and yet offers sufficient support your colder climate as you can also condense the numbers if needed without a mich-mash of different sizes to work. Once the upcoming flows start in earnest - enjoy your new found wealth and for FUN - ship a couple 4-6 Oz jars to viewers!!!
Best of Luck PS - Mites ARE the Enemy of Hive Health at all times! ZERO TOLERANCE!
*chanting* Flow hive! Flow hive! Flow hive! Flow hive!
Maybe that pollen feeding has really ramped them up
Really love following your bee and hive progression!
Glad to have you along for the journey.
Split your russian and new with this spring flow you will have tons of bees
Amazing job on the bees! Now, production notes: What happened to the signature Veil Flip?? and how bout some Rocky music for the Queen Balboa appearance? Love what you're doing, keep it up and the channel with continue to grow.
I have noted your notes. Thanks for watching!
Hey, your hives look great. In your last year Russian hive I would take that queen cup out. It seems like you are about a month behind weather wise then I am here and I have a hive that looked just like that Russian hive a month ago. I pulled frames and made three nucs. Then it still looked swarm ready after all of the brood emerged. So I found the queen, pulled her out with four more frames and tons of bees. That hive swarmed last weekend about two weeks after pulling the queen. I went back in found most of the empty frames I had put in built out and a virgin queen, pulled her for a nuc, and pulled out three more queens that were about to emerge. I run 10 frame, and have that hive sitting with eight built frames on the bottom, ten empty frames above it, and a new virgin queen as of this morning. I don't know where there are getting the bees, but that hive I still my most active hive in the yard. So, I guess what I am saying is that cup looks like they intend on using it , and it is better to split before the get too much of an idea to swarm. Cheers
the beginning of the video makes you look like a weed enthusiast, not that there is anything wrong with that :D
I was squinting into the sun. I'm not a weed enthusiast. I hate weeds. They are always up in my crops.
Glad to see you another bee video. I got my bees in mid-april. They almost got the bottom brood chamber field. Probably will add the second brood chamber in a week or two. I'm learning alot from your videos. keep up the good work.
Glad to hear your bees are doing well. Thanks for watching!
I’m so Happy spring has sprung for y’all we are practically in summer here in Texas. But yay for Bee videos.
Do you plan to give the “new package bees” a different name once you get familiar with them? Also, I love that you talk to the bees.😂
You are blessed with a large Honey production this Year.
In two Months those hive are going to explode :-)
Watch out for varroa.
Queen Balboa 😂😂😂😂
NICE👍
love your bees video. addictive!!
“I tweet out but don’t get tweets.” Love it. Looking strong, you thought about trying the flow hive, maybe even on the new package...? I saw your video on why it might not work for you but they are looking good.
Woah I’m like 85 miles from Boston
Before sugar and chocolate were discovered honey was the main sweetner and sweets.
I think the difference with the bees this year is a combination of you starting the new hive earlier this year than the others and also the fact that the first hive had no wax only empty frames. It takes 4 lbs of honey or syrup about 1/2 gallon to draw 1lb of wax. this is about 2 deep frames.
Those factors definitely helped, but based on the rest of the season, that queen proved to be a powerhouse all year long. Something special about her!
It's looking good, you might even get to test out that flow hive you got. The solar wall might be helping. I just pulled a couple frames of honey from my right hive and threw a super on it. That hive is pretty busy and needed the room. My swarm hive is going to get a 2nd brood box. Like your package queen, my swarm hive queen is on fire 🔥 ....she is a monster layer. Can't wait to see the next videos you have coming. I have twitter, but never use it. Guess I am old too.😜 my Christmas light show is at bluzervic on UA-cam in case you have not seen it.
Ain't this exciting!
There is burr comb in between your top frame. Maintain your bee space of 10mm. Otherwise, your bees will build burr comb!
It very well could be the solar wall. They feel the warmth, and it spurs the queen to lay. I think I am going to steal your idea! I didn't see any deer, but I am blind like that. :D
Hi Paul, Yes, I believe the wall can't hurt this time of year. Any additional heat on a 70º day will boost the hives. Thanks for watching!
Finally another beevid
I have the worst trouble finding the queen. for example, we opened the same box 3 days in a row looking for her so we could split the hive. each time we spent a minimum of an hour looking thru every frame. Never found her. We ended up just splitting the hive and making sure there were queen cups in the "split'e" and "split'er"
When you video the splits, can you do a recap of all the various terminology: deeps, medium, super, nuc, etc? Pros/cons of each or why use one over another? Why are you moving Balboa to different box types? Thanks! Loving the videos!
I'll be as clear as possible when I do those videos. I'm still learning myself... A lot of terminology is covered here: ua-cam.com/video/gayz2r22kFQ/v-deo.html
I live in Ma as well I have done splits already. the spring flow is already on . if your temps are not in 30's at night split.
Where in MA?
Taunton. did a split six queen cells one frame.
You're a couple weeks ahead of us in Central MA at 1200'.
and this year thats a few weeks behind., awful March and April.
hey vino farm it's nice to see your colonies doing well , if I was in your place I would wait until I put a second box over the new package of bees cause if there are cold nights or you get a week of cold weather the bees tend to cluster and if u have many brood frames those will freeze , just give them drawn comb on the first box and wait to have 6or 7 brood frames and then go to a second box ,they built that birr comb there cause they don't like building too much on plastic ,
There were 6 brood frames out of 8 frames in that hive. That brood is going to be hatching over this week and they seemed ready to expand. The nights have not been very cold and the flow is about to begin.
then its ok ! but I prefer to keep them ''tight '' but it depends on your area and climate
I tend to add space frame by frame when there is still danger for a cold night. For example you could add 4 frames and have 6 up and 6 down. You can put styrofoam at the end of the frames to limit space. I believe tight hives are more efficient too, as bees won't wander in empty frames, clean them etc. I give them only the frames they can cover. Keep up the good work.
Yes, this was a small concern, but it has been nice and warm and that queen was on a roll! I didn't want to limit her at all. I really couldn't believe the amount of brood she produced in under 3 weeks.
Are there in your region any honeydew insects ? Or aphids? Bees go and collect honeydew from them also !
Any suggestions for the new hive name??
Lets see you use the flow hives
Is your Gear List up to date? I like your Jacket/Veil/Hat set-up a lot, but what your wearing looks a bit different than the links in your Gear List. Really enjoy your videos!!!
I've noticed the designs have changed a bit since I bought them three years ago. It's basically the same thing. I wish the vented jacket came with a square veil, but I had to buy it separate. I never liked the fencing veil. I've seen knockoff vented jackets a lot lately, but I believe the UltraBreeze is the original. Shop around if you want... that link is the most consistent route to a solid product, but there are definitely others.
Solar powered bees? What, are they from Krypton or something?
Be carefull you don't cook them
Split them during the flow. They will have a better chance of acepting
Sorry mate I’m kinda the same except I don’t know how to use instagram or Twitter but I do watch everything you put on here and give thumbs up to it.
Fun channel man.
Put your hives on the south side of those trees in the background.
Your girls are freezing in the middle of that windy field. Solar wall or not.
Hi from New Zealand
Robert Strahl They’re where they are because that’s the sunniest part of the property. The edge of the woods is in a valley that gets very little sun. Thanks for watching. What part of NZ? It’s amazing there!
@@vinofarm I'm in the south island. Have you been before?
Robert Strahl yes! South Island is amazing. Where are you?
@@vinofarm I'm in Christchurch. Have you considered putting your girls in a tunnel house?
Don’t have an opinion about the solar wall, but you need a longer drill bit. Was worried you wouldn’t reach the hive.
:)
Is the string blocking the hole?
be careful if it gets to warm they create a lot of queen cells.
Fantastic!
I have already done several walk away splits this year over here in KS and they seem to be doing fine. I have several bee forage plots planted and up and growing too but none have started blooming yet. I'll be planting buckwheat, sanfoin and sunflowers next week.
It's all starting up here. We're later than you, but this year is VERY late even for us. It feels great to be prepared for spring flowers.
What is your goal? Do you want honey or do you want to expand. Decide that before you split. Have you treated for mites yet?
Plan is to expand. Honey is not the goal this year, but I DO want to try getting a little spring honey while it's coming in over the next couple weeks. I've never experienced a spring flow. Starting in late May, I'm splitting and feeding and trying to build up as many hives as possible before fall.
Vino Farm i am in the Hudson Valley and I think we are about 10 -12 days ahead of you. I did two splits into NUCS last week and they are off and running. Our flow is on!
Black Flies! Auugghhh! Drove me out of upstate NY...worse than fire ants!
Another great video! Have a question as a first year bee keeper. My two packages I installed back on May 27th as of today are jam packed out in 2 10 frame deeps. Do you think I should add a ten frame medium for space for now, then when they pack that out the put the excluder and the start the medium honey supers? Sorry long question, I thought of even making another box from both and doing a walk away split but would loose 30 days production, or just order one...any insight would be appreciated!
Phillip LaMaire I don't know where you are or what your climate and/or flow situation is but if you have two 10 frame deeps full, you should certainly add a super for space. If you know you have a flow coming up, maybe add two. In my climate, the next week or so is that latest time I could try doing a split and safely letting them requeen. You might be different.
Vino Farm thank you, I live in Michigan and we have stuff still in bloom and it’s been hotter than our normal temps this time of year. I will split and add space and keep the feed on until I add the honey super. Thanks again!
I also live in massachusetts
What do you do if you have a swarm that is hot and they dive bomb you all the time? Your bees are so chill.
I have not had that problem. The worst bee bombing was when I installed two nucs last year. Those bees had been pent up and were quite aggressive for a few hours. Once they had space, they were fine. Maybe my bees just know me?
Where are you in MA? I'm from Leominster originally. I am guessing you are close to a coast if you have Black Flies that bad.
Hey does anyone know what types of bees to use in a dessert climate (temp from -1°c in winter night to 43ish°c in summer day
It's probably not the solar wall. It's probably a very favorable spring, one that had a clear start in very early May. No fits & starts to stress the colony, they woke up at the proper time and didn't waste energy when there was no nectar around.
8:18 "There's a lot of drones, and there's a queen cup on this frame." That is a YELLOW FLAG. Time to find the queen, and more importantly find out if she's got a decent brood pattern. Was there open brood in that hive, or just a queen puttering around in the Russian hive? That cell looked like an emergency cell, but I can't be sure. I also can't tell if it was chewed out or never finished. The Russian colony might be superseding.
Regarding splitting, the best time to split is right now, just before the flow. You want the bees rebuilding during the flow, and that is also when there are likely to be lots of drones flying for the virgin queen to mate with during her rumspringa. Remember it takes 16 days from the day the egg's laid to raise a queen, usually 14-15 from the date of the split. I wouldn't split the package. I'd split the Italians, who have successfully overwintered in your environment. Of course all this assumes you're not just buying a queen. I'd rather get as much feral genetics into your colonies as possible, but YMMV.
The Russian queen looked fine. All last year, the Russians had constant queen cups on the frames. It's a thing they do. This cup was empty. I'll have a look this weekend to be sure, but I've learned not to get to alarmed at Russian queen cups. Splitting before the flow seems a bit hasty... There aren't many drones out yet. The ones on the brood frames are not born yet. I will talk to my local mentor, but I had a feeling the splits would happen right after the flow in late May.
Well it sounds like you're going to try to let the colony raise their own queen, so you've got that going for ya. Feral drones are going to be carrying acclimatized genes and will likely be more hygienic, at least, than that colony you found last fall that was lousy with Varroa. Those drones are present because they're survivors.
Oh my gosh!!!! I'm so excited for you this year!!! Don't do twitter. Get on facebook ha!!!
Gienie Assink Facebook has been a let down. Instagram is the best. Twitter is something I've never quite been able to grasp, but I want to learn. It's an experiment.
Vino Farm this breaks my heart. I'm not on any of those platforms. I'm too old hahaah.
Well, Instagram is a lot like Facebook used to be before it was overrun with ads and politics. It's just a simple straight feed of photos. A really positive place to hang out. I don't know how into Twitter I'll get but I just want to learn to use it. Facebook is really frustrating to post on because out of 300 or so followers we had, only about 25 people would see things when we posted. They don't serve posts to everyone following you. It's just not worth the time. UA-cam and Instagram go well together.
If you are thinking of supers - are you considering using your flow hive super?
I'm going back and forth on the Flow super for this spring. I'll have a decision on the next video.
Why do you strap the lids on AND put concrete blocks on top? Overkill?
The strap is for the hive and the block is for the cover.
Hey man im not shure how your electrical skills are but what do you think about an arduino/esp projekt with weight sensors so you could monitor stuff like weight of the hives and their growth and also log sunlight and temps. This way you could collect data on which hive growths at what weather etc. Anyway keep it up :)
That's not really my bag... but I like the idea. I'm so busy with a million other things that it's probably not going to happen anytime soon. (But if someone sent me something , I'd plug it in!)
Do you play where's Waldo?
Congratulations! My bees got delayed till next week. :( Quick question on that "8 frame mod". Where that cover joins up to the 8 frame, are you concerned about water getting in from rain? If you are... what are you're prevention methods? I don't have any 8 frame yet, but if my mentor that does 8 frames gives me a hand-me-down, I'm curious if there is more to it than what you showed. Many thanks.
I put corrugated plastic sheets over the tops of the hives that act sort of like umbrellas. See here: instagram.com/p/BibrbXQHQIY/ Hopefully that configuration will only be that way for a few weeks and I can transition them all the way into deeps.
Very nice! thanks!
Why do you change to 8 frame and not put a 10 frame deep on top of balboa? Or dont 10 frame deeps exist?
10 deeps do exist, but my plan is to standardize all my brood boxes to 8 frame deeps so things are interchangeable between all the hives. I have a lot more 8 frame equipment. The Balboa hive was inherited and they came in those boxes. I just never had the chance to transition them. This is the first time in two seasons that they've been strong enough and the timing has been right.
What do you mean by balboa
Russian hive right.. swarmcells are normally on the bottem of the frame. So maybe this Queen isnt good?
Tim Kolner Russians have a habit of keeping queen cups handy and not using them. This one was empty.
Ok.
0:05 to 0:30 what is that music called ? I like it
I am frustrated I wanted to listen to it
Why do you use 8 frame instead of 10 frame box?
HonzaJ several reasons, but the main one being that I have almost entirely 8 frame equipment and I want to standardize my brood boxes so frames are shareable when needed.
8 frame boxes are lighter when full. They fill up faster which is good for our short season. And they may be better in winter for the cluster to navigate when things are freezing cold for months. It's easier to access honey across 8 frames than 10. It's also a tighter space to keep warm.
Thank you for reply.
Do you do anything with the wax?
Just saving it up. After two years of beekeeping, we have about a pound. Enough for a fat candle.
Are you concerned about swarming after seeing the Queen cell?
No, I'm on top of it. The cell was empty. They have plenty of space and there are no signs of swarming.
Love the videos. I recommend planting a fencerow with flowering vine. Especially repeating bloomers like some varieties of Clematis. The bees love it and you can have a tax deductible 'cattle feed' to boot if you run bees even as a small business. Making beautiful gardens helps everyone! FYI for ALL beekeepers! Carolina Jessamine is POISONOUS to bees and people! Star Jasmine captures a bees proboscous and WILL NOT LET IT GO! Avoid these two vines! Since you seem to understand mathematics...........provide a roof......one that gives light at the middle of autumn to the middle of spring.....shade during the hot months........use the azimuth of the sun as to where to place the roof. It gives bees a more manageable temperature during summer months especially and makes the best cured honey.
I'm seeing some high activity in my hives in SE MA as well. Spent about a week and a half fixing bad comb placement and getting them onto the new foundation frames. As for crediting the solar wall I'm not so sure. I have 3 hives in this - a.co/aaL1j4T and have very similar results right now. My 3 hives all started as packages this year so the amount of activity I'm seeing is impressive to say the least and they've only been in the hives for about a month.
I really need the name of that music intro
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Why not strap your lines left to right.. instead of strap them front to back?
Because the hive stands run left to right and I'm tying the boxes to them perpendicularly. There's nothing to strap them to going left to right.
Ha ok. Yeah thats what i tought. But it looks weird :p. I have them strapt left to right only holding the hive. Works great and only when storm come i use an extra one.
The hives looking good this season!
why are you doing more plastic foundation rather then foundation-less ?
I stopped foundationless brood frames over a year ago. I will add a mix of foundationless and foundation frames in the supers, but I prefer the solid foundation in the brood boxes.
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ESPN: New Hive Queen has been suspended for 4 games due to Performance Enhancing Drugs.
I don't know what she's on, but I'll let it slide.
This channel is not for the newbie . Most of the words you used were foreign to me. You looked happy so I assume things are going great for you.
Ha! I still feel like a newbie. Go watch my first year videos. They're slower (and make me cringe) but it might help you ease into the terminology. If you don't understand something, just ask.
I've been watching from the beginning and have been learning along. Watch some of the earlier videos and some of the other bee stuff on UA-cam and it will make much more sense.