Checking the Hive Alive Fondant after 17 days
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- Опубліковано 4 жов 2024
- Today I'm Checking the Hive Alive Fondant after 17 days!
Hi, we're Matt & Sara. Along with our 4 kids, 2 dogs, 1 cat, a lot of chickens and even more bees we have been developing our homesteading lifestyle. After over a decade on our property we are finally debt free and using our new FREEDOM to do what we have always wanted to do (be self reliant)!
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I was just thinking to myself. Tape it up. Tape it up. Glad you got it taken care of at least for now.
😂 when I was editing the video I stop to go out and do it. 😂
Matt & Sarah, We're going to have another dry one per my mom. I was warned regarding my garden , so plan safety with bees and gardening. Can't explain it but she is 89 and from the old tribe Ojibwe . Farmers almanac hinted also. But mom has always been spot on said this year could be worse than last growing wise ,water nights, shade when you can.
Well good thing that we have the drip lines than.
@@mattsara2802 agree I bought extra parts for mine i am expanding ours out.
Nice
Matt, good video. I enjoyed it. Tip: don't use Gorilla tape on your boxes. It will tear off all of your paint and even pull wood splinters off of the box. Ask me how I know this. LOL Blue painters tape works much better and it seems to stick well enough but not to good.
The hive at the end that wasn't eating the fondant is probably to small of a cluster to get up to the top to eat. Hopefully if they can last to next week they have a good chance to make it with our warmer temps coming. Your first two hives look strong.
Thanks. I was wondering about that. I even had the blue painters tape but thought that it wouldn’t stick because of the cold weather.
Dito Russ. I saw the black tape and thought, oh poop. Those small clusters can just be off to the side or where ever. For newer folk it is kind of hard and nonsensical to imagine. As it, heh I put out the buffet, why aren't you all eating lol ? Sure can alarm folk.
Matt, can you do a video of how you attach the tie down. What do you have in the ground that your strap is hooked to?
Yes I can. I strap them to a t post in the ground on some and the others are sitting on a 4x4 and I strap it to them
It is interesting to see how the fondant is eaten at different rates. We had a single coyote track around the barn the other night. Cheers!
That’s No good
That fondant really serves me well!! I believe it is going to help you wrap up winter strong.
Thanks Mike.
That is so strange how that hive did that. My first thought was duct tape or something also. Nice seeing them taking the fondant. I wonder how the Hive Alive will boost them you know. Super curious.
I can’t wait to get into them and see.
Good to see the fondant working for you. We've got tons of pollen coming in, down in south Louisiana. They starting to build strong here
Thanks. That’s awesome can’t wait to start working the bees 🐝
Morning ☀️. Glad the bee's 🐝are doing good. Hope you plan works for you...like you said your doing better this year. Have a wonderful day 😁👍
Thanks Mary. I hope you have great day. 🌞
Oh great a Matt video what a buzz 🐝 kill
😂🤪😵💫😵
What a busy bee 🐝
Good Morning! I'd get out there to take care of the coyotes. Sometimes they can be vicious toward people. A family close to us had a pack of wild dogs (coyotes included) corner their child outside. Mom ran out with an aluminum scoop shovel. Banging it on the ground. She was able to get herself and her son on top of the car. Banging her shovel kept the pack back until help arrived. I'd be on the hunt with my children playing out there. Blessing friends! Have a wonderful day! 💚🌞
O I am.
From the video looks like you're strap might be putting pressure on three corners plus moisture making your box twist. Duct tape fixes everything 👍
I think I am going to be wishing I used painters tape. 😆
@@mattsara2802 you can always just slice between the boxes when you go back in there,and let it weather for a little while and that helps it come apart and off the box easier. Sunshine helps to wrinkle it, and let water get under it. Good luck with it 👍
F-ing coyotes. They can sure eat up our animals.
So you are going to take a shot at your own queens? Fantastic! Provided you have a good one to start off from but whatever you do, you will never, never look back.
The next time I buy a queen that has been mailed, shipped, it had better be Sheba. Oh and out of all the queens we got from Mann lake and Lappe, only a third were good. Poorly maited, damage or to young.
Yes they do. I am hoping to make my own queens. I had the same problem last spring. Hopefully it goes well making my own. 🤷♂️