Emily, really enjoy your insights. I'm a new beekeeper in Green Bay, Wisconsin. You understand what winter can be and the challenges we have. Thanks for the very practical, honest advice.
Thank you Emily! As a new beekeeper this topic is very HARD to have an open and honest intellectual conversation about with other beekeepers. They seem to believe that only one way can be successful. I like that you show pros and cons of going with and w/o chemical treatments and share your experiences with both. We all just want healthy bees at heart. the mites suck no matter how you attack them and we need to be honest about all the methods out there.
This is Why we are All Happy to follow U, Emily; it's not just the Impressive amount of knowledge u Happily share with us, but it's ur Appreciation as well, ur just a Good soul Emily and I am Always Happy when I get a notification that my friend has a new video for me to look forward to watching, it's the light at the end of the work day tunnel it really is so Thank U for that and I Appreciate U my Awesome friend👏☺️👏And Talk about sharing knowledge holy🐄that was a Lot of info but Yes it Totally made sense even to a layman like myself😊I particularly liked the honey aspect, that's how it Should be, u and the bees are a symbiotic system, u both are in this together so taking the honey Now and leaving them honey for winter fuel is a Perfect solution, Ur Happy and u Deserve honey since uve been helping them all this time and trying to prepare them best for the winter and They deserve honey too bc...well...they Made it didn't they???🤔🐝🍯🤣Super cool idea about having a Backup hive too Brilliant🤯Well again, Thank U for this Awesome channel and for working so hard on it I know how busy you are so it means a Lot that u take us along on ur Awesome journey! And speaking of, I will see U in the next one my Favorite Keeper😊💛👏 #emilyisthebeesknees #beefitbeekeeping #beefitbeeyard #beefithoney #beefitapiary #beefit #beekind
Hello again. What are your thoughts on caging the queen for two weeks to break the brood cycle. Sorry for bombarding you with questions. This is my 3rd raising bees and I am also doing it chemical free. Thank you Emily, you are the best.
Hi , i am just wondering , what happen to the horizontal hives from Dr Leo? Did you give up on them . This is my 2nd year with them and was looking forward to your input .oh and great job with the video.
I use oa vape in sprin before brood is capped and in late fall when low brood for clean up. Also use hopguard 3 in summer if needed. Safe for supers and easies to the bees that I found.
I have top bar hives. They are filled up with brood. My bees wont have honey available yet in wisconsin. We are behind here. Temps just got warm. Was still in 50's at night last week.
Great video. Love your style and knowledge. Question for you: if I love my queen (new in April) but I want a brood break, can I move my queen to a nuc for 2 weeks, then reintroduce her back to the same hive after that?
@@bunkysbees1294 I know. This is what Emily keeps calling a brood break though. She keeps referring to Mel Disselkoens OTS Queen rearing manual previously seen in her videos. Splits don't offer effective brood breaks in the sense that she says they do. The mite suicide Mel describes in his book...which she is also saying is not observable nor ever tested. Even Mel Disselkoen treats with Oxalic Acid in August. So...not much mite suiciding going on.
@@altaylor293 it was a 6 frame nuc I had just transferred about 5 weeks earlier, I had put a pollen patty on top of the frames I was reading that was a bad idea in June to August as the high activity of hive beetles and this would attract them?
I'd like to see that moment when varroa is chilling on the bees. And that other moment when varroa has problems entering 3 in 1 cell and feeding and breeding all on one.. better learn your bee math. Brood breaks are not for newbies
Good July advice! like the discussion on brood breaks in order to treat for varroa.
Emily, really enjoy your insights. I'm a new beekeeper in Green Bay, Wisconsin. You understand what winter can be and the challenges we have. Thanks for the very practical, honest advice.
Thank you Emily! As a new beekeeper this topic is very HARD to have an open and honest intellectual conversation about with other beekeepers. They seem to believe that only one way can be successful. I like that you show pros and cons of going with and w/o chemical treatments and share your experiences with both. We all just want healthy bees at heart. the mites suck no matter how you attack them and we need to be honest about all the methods out there.
This is Why we are All Happy to follow U, Emily; it's not just the Impressive amount of knowledge u Happily share with us, but it's ur Appreciation as well, ur just a Good soul Emily and I am Always Happy when I get a notification that my friend has a new video for me to look forward to watching, it's the light at the end of the work day tunnel it really is so Thank U for that and I Appreciate U my Awesome friend👏☺️👏And Talk about sharing knowledge holy🐄that was a Lot of info but Yes it Totally made sense even to a layman like myself😊I particularly liked the honey aspect, that's how it Should be, u and the bees are a symbiotic system, u both are in this together so taking the honey Now and leaving them honey for winter fuel is a Perfect solution, Ur Happy and u Deserve honey since uve been helping them all this time and trying to prepare them best for the winter and They deserve honey too bc...well...they Made it didn't they???🤔🐝🍯🤣Super cool idea about having a Backup hive too Brilliant🤯Well again, Thank U for this Awesome channel and for working so hard on it I know how busy you are so it means a Lot that u take us along on ur Awesome journey! And speaking of, I will see U in the next one my Favorite Keeper😊💛👏 #emilyisthebeesknees #beefitbeekeeping #beefitbeeyard #beefithoney #beefitapiary #beefit #beekind
Thanks for sharing interesting information Emily 💜👍
You've got a lot of Sassafras in that yard. One of my favorite trees.
Me to I dig the roots clean/dry to make sweet tea it's so good.
Hello again. What are your thoughts on caging the queen for two weeks to break the brood cycle. Sorry for bombarding you with questions. This is my 3rd raising bees and I am also doing it chemical free. Thank you Emily, you are the best.
Was wondering the same thing.. i saw another video caging for 1 week 🤷🏻♀️
How many hives are you guys up to now?
Good advise. Thankyou
Do you guys sell Queens?
Guarentee is a bold word to use🤦♂️.
🤨I agree 100%🤔nothing in beekeeping is 100%.
I can guarantee that kind of "brood break" won't work. Next year you'll have alot of equipment so you can buy package bees this time and try again
Not treating but are you still testing for mites?
Hi , i am just wondering , what happen to the horizontal hives from Dr Leo? Did you give up on them . This is my 2nd year with them and was looking forward to your input .oh and great job with the video.
I use oa vape in sprin before brood is capped and in late fall when low brood for clean up. Also use hopguard 3 in summer if needed. Safe for supers and easies to the bees that I found.
I have top bar hives. They are filled up with brood. My bees wont have honey available yet in wisconsin. We are behind here. Temps just got warm. Was still in 50's at night last week.
Emily🤨guarantees in beekeeping🤔you know better.😁Have a Great Independence Day.🎉🎆🎉
Great video. Love your style and knowledge. Question for you: if I love my queen (new in April) but I want a brood break, can I move my queen to a nuc for 2 weeks, then reintroduce her back to the same hive after that?
Yes you can
U did so amazing work
Agree with you but you should say Chemical free not treatment free. Brood breaks are a form of treatment.
Well..splits aren't really brood breaks either...
@@JamesLeesBees I didn't say anything about splits
@@bunkysbees1294 I know. This is what Emily keeps calling a brood break though. She keeps referring to Mel Disselkoens OTS Queen rearing manual previously seen in her videos.
Splits don't offer effective brood breaks in the sense that she says they do. The mite suicide Mel describes in his book...which she is also saying is not observable nor ever tested.
Even Mel Disselkoen treats with Oxalic Acid in August.
So...not much mite suiciding going on.
I am Laird Roger from UK
Hive beetles just destroyed my first hive😢.
Hive beetles and wax moths are opportunistic pests. They attack weakened hives. There was another problem that allowed them to take over.
@@altaylor293 it was a 6 frame nuc I had just transferred about 5 weeks earlier, I had put a pollen patty on top of the frames I was reading that was a bad idea in June to August as the high activity of hive beetles and this would attract them?
Why not just reintroduce the old queen??
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Intentional brood breaks for mite control are not a part of treatment free beekeeping. Anthropomorphism overload and sketchy advice as always.
Flying by seat or her pants and misinforming all the newbies. Good stuff
I'd like to see that moment when varroa is chilling on the bees. And that other moment when varroa has problems entering 3 in 1 cell and feeding and breeding all on one.. better learn your bee math. Brood breaks are not for newbies