When Bees Don't Eat Dry Sugar
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- Опубліковано 23 кві 2024
- A short follow-up from the last video when I added sugar to a hive as insurance before I went away for 11 days.
11 days ago:
• Dry Sugar as Insurance
This video was recorded on April 23, 2024, not April 24 like it says in the video. 11 days ago instead of 12 days ago -- big deal.
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That's great news reporting... thank you 😊
One of my colonies actually turned every bit of it into real honey combs IN THE MIDDLE OF WINTER in that feeder space! By the way , how do you propagate your queens?
I either make walk-away splits or I crowd my hives until they make swarm cells, and then make splits with the swarm cells. I don't have time for anything more involved than that. If I can, I try to move the virgin queens to a different location for mating because there aren't many beekeepers in my area.
I plan to breed off the strong colony in this video. Gentle non-defensive bees (#1 quality in my book), low swarming tendency (when I'm convinced they're going to swarm, they just don't), good honey producers that over-winter well with or without hive wrap (I have no love for hive wraps), and good hygienic behaviour -- the bees are constantly cleaning up and dragging out the dead.
I had a great colony a couple years ago, but the swarming tendency was so low, I couldn't get them make swarm cells. That's the only flaw in my system. Ha.