Beekeeping | 1-5 Year Beekeepers Make These Mistakes
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- Опубліковано 13 лип 2024
- Beekeeping has a sharp learning curve and many new beekeepers cannot last through the first year or two. Discouragement and failure will take them out. They wind up wasting hundreds of dollars and countless hours because of these avoidable mistakes.
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I am a new beekeeper and 48 hrs away of receiving my first NUC. Your videos are GOLD. Thank you David!
Thank you so much Dan for the SUPER THANKS!! I appreciate it!
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I just keep coming across more & more great videos with wonderful information. Thanks David
More to come!
Hi David, from another David in New Zealand :D I'm super stoked to have found your channel...I really appreciated your clear and easy to understand explanations and the depth of knowledge that you are incredibly kind to share. I've recently (i.e. this year) returned to beekeping and am navigating a very steep learning curve...I previously kept bees for a number of years in Australia, and really had it easy...mild temperatures all year round, no nasty diseases/pests/mites, hundreds of acres of mixed bush that flowered in every part of the year...really easy. Returning to NZ, after 13 years I've decided to get back into it and am now faced with wintering down (and we're just entering winter now down here), limited foraging seasons, varroa, AFB etc...but having a wealth of knowledge available from my local bee club and experts such as yourself have made it so much easier than ever before. I think of this as a continual learning exercise and even with the massive amount of new knowledge and experience I need to build up, I'm thoroughly enjoying it all even more than before. So again, thank you, and I look forward to working my way through your back catalogue and keeping up with your posts.
I needed this video sooooo much!! Thank you!! I'm going into my 2nd year and lost my 1st hive in the winter due to condensation 😖
Super-excited to have finished my Queen-rearing class! I’m looking forward to being confident that myself and my Beek friends won’t have to worry about Queens this year! #hivestoheroes #FLWBeeks #replaycrew
4 weeks in, since my interest in bees took off.
Thank you for your dedication and education to us who share the same passion.
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Nice Jason, how has your first 4 weeks been? Time probably for a mite test.
I first check outside of hive. I start on the ground. I look for dead bees and hive beetles in the ground. Hive beetles reproduce in the ground. Then look at stand make sure no chew marks or trails of pest. Then I look for claw marks or fur on hives in the nail boards. Then I knock 3 times before unscrewing cover. My hives face east for morning sun because woods to west. Once open I check langstroph honey frames to right of brood. The honey frames don't touch and if lots of bees they get misted with sugar water/thymol mix. Then move to Lazutin brood frames. Got magnifying glass to look for pest, fungus, deformities, and for egg laying. Making sure floor is dry and clean and floor entrances clear of obstructions. I end with checking the 2 Lazutin frames of resources left of brood. Then find queen or check for queen in a hand full of bees and do powdered sugar test. treat if needed. After I seal it back up. I then will cast brassica and thyme seeds this year around hive. Also brasica mix for deer too. I made a mistake and built a swarm trap out of rough cut oak. It weights as much as my 15 frame 2 by lazutin hives. Trying to catch another early swarm so built another swarm trap. Figure healthier colonies swarm first. Later swarms seem smaller. Lots of old growth around and remote so I let them swarm. I am interested to see how my 2 colony lazutin hive did this winter. Will check on the mustang hive soon only down state hive I have. The bees were removed from mustang trunk.
I love the shirt as I am a retired, 30 year Veteran of the US Army and am now in my 2nd year of Beekeeping. I really love your videos as they are well thought out and extremely informative as well as entertaining. Keep up the great work and maybe one day, I can hit up Hive Life and say howdy.
Hi Kenneth and thank you for your service.
Ur videos are so appreciated 😊
Thank you. Very much appreciated I am learning a lot GOD BLESS
Hi David
Love watching and learning from your you tube videos. I am a very new bee keeper here in Adelaide South Australia and i want to be able to take care of my girls that came to me in a very small swarm. I am hopeful i can see them to spring that in september here down under. Thank you for your helpfull knowledge. Kind regards Daisy
Minute 21:00 (multiple wash mite test)
I want to give this one a try and I expect you correct.
As for my treatment threshold count should I consider the results from the multiple washes or stick to just the 1?
I don't want to allow my own curiosity take away from the accepted best management practices.
Thank you for sharing years of knowledge. I hope you are well.
Ty for all your hard work. I bought two hives and my bees come tomorrow. I’m saving up some cash to take your coarse. God bless
Awesome! Thank you!
Hi David, Thank you so much for all your teaching. I would double check if the Amazon "Flowhive" is a real one or one of the many copies out there. The copies are a bit different and has questionable plastics in them.
Great video David, sorry I missed it live. -5F this morning, strong winds, and gobs of blowing snow, so bee season seems a mile away in northern MN.
Same here Tom, my bees have been clamped down inside for a week now.
I just checked on my hives after this crazy winter. I lost 50 % of them. It was a warm wet, then cold snowy, then warm wet. Then cold snowy. It was a tough winter for them. 😢 I live in the Adirondacks NY. I'll be experimenting with catching swarms this winter!
Really like the shirt…I took the other one for veterans, Hero’s for Hives, thru Michigan State U and appreciated the help for veterans.
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Can you please add pictures to show what you're talking about? For example, how does eggs look like, how does some beetles look like. Otherwise we have to look them up separately
#7 love your videos your super informative! Thank you from Connecticut
My wives grandfather, raised in Arkansas, each summer, would go to a pond. He would wait, watching for bees. Follow the directions they came. Eventually he would find a hive each spring. He would harvest a colony each spring but he never wintered his bees. I guess he didn’t know about winter bee kind boards haha
That is awesome!
Afternoon David. Been beekeeping now going on my 13th yr. Been watching your videos for several years. Over the years Ive learned a lot from you and others. But I'm still learning . My question to you is do you think your on line course would be helpful to me ? I know i still pick up helpful information here and there. I currently keep 32 hives and hope to go to 50 this year. I trust and value your input as love to learn as much as i can beekeeping....thanks in advance Andy
Thanks for your excellent information! My 1st year!
You are so welcome! Good luck!
Love the shirt!!
Thanks!
Wow Debbie, thank you Soooooooooo much for your super thanks of $25.00. I really appreciate it so much.
Hi David , I just started taking you course and have ordered my first colony #7
Fantastic!
Hi David, I've watched so many of your videos, thank you! I'm a new bee keeper in South Florida and got my nuc late(two weeks ago), should I feed my bees?
Greeting sir I really appreciate your your wisdom I would like to take classes thank you very much
hello from Oldtown Idaho
Hey Scott
I am in my 3rd year, I just did mite treatments and have split all my hives, no swarms and very low mite counts. One of my splits virgin queen never came back from mating flight bit just seen another virgin so fingers crossed
how do you get bees to make comb (new nuc) without over filling hive with honey causing bee production to drop
Hi Beeks
Always something to learn xoxo
Always!
Evening all
What’s the best mite treatment
I'm still thinking about the bees coming to a complete stop when you drag a finger across the glass of an observation hive. How do you think a colony would react to the sound of an acoustic guitar played near the hive?
They might break out in a dance routine. 🤣
university of Arkansas has a lot of great information on beekeeping on youtube.
We have had storms here also if I'm late
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i have a hive that is queenless. i have about 2 supercedure cells and about 6 swarm cells. they all have been capped about a day ago. am i safe to pinch all but 2 of them in hopes to requeen the hive naturally ? 1st year bee keeper. thanks
Great question to ask on my livestream tonight (April 20th, 2023) at 7pm central time. Here's the link: ua-cam.com/users/livebznQVxYar8c
I also wanted to tell you, but I figure not to do it on your live chat I did inspection today I wind up losing that other hive that I had. I don’t understand what went wrong but I lost two hives over this winter so I guess I’m gonna start out from scratch again, I don’t know if it was from Mites or did I lose the queen because it didn’t look like there was much brewed in there Charlie , PA great lifestream tonight, David
Sorry to hear that Charlie. Possibly a queen issue in the year and it reduce the number of bees of dearth physiology but then certainly could have been viruses as well. Glad to hear you are getting back on the horse to ride again 👍. Good for you my friend.
Does a cedar box make a differnce on mites
No, I'm afraid not.
Do you reak mend to leave a super of honey on the bees over the winter for extra food for the bees.
Depends. But it can't hurt
I use deeps but remove each frame and brush the bees off the frame.
Yes Teresa, I sometimes do the same even with medium supers. It does save the back.
at 28:10 i felt sad for the bad queen
Its pound. Not hashtag. 😊
So test the hive once a month for mites? That seems excessive.
Hey David brand new to your channel. I’m a brand new bee keeper, I just received my first Nuk 6 days ago. What is the best course to sign up for to help me be successful. Thanks again
Keith.
Oh. I live near Atlanta Ga if that matters.
Excited to hear you’re off and running. That’s great. Probably my Basic Class would be essential for just starting out. Here’s the link: www.honeybeesonline.com/online-basic-beekeeping-course-online/
@@beek Awesome ,thank you
Getting a package tomorrow and it’s going to freeze tomorrow night. Any suggestions?
Wow Liz, that's going to be hard on bees depending on how cold it gets. Feed from a top feeder, wind block, reduce entrance. How cold will it get the night of installation?
How long does the food last? I bought two years ago
Great question to ask on my livestream tonight (April 20th, 2023) at 7pm central time. Here's the link: ua-cam.com/users/livebznQVxYar8c
What if we all stopped treating for mites, and instead, raised colonies that could withstand them?
I tried that. Disaster. There is no way we can survive that number of losses nor would everyone agree to do it.
Can you talk about nosema
I'll add that microspiridian to my list of future videos.
Can I feed my honey to my bee it is dark and strong in taste
Bob, I've been answering your question for a week. YES as long as the honey isn't contaminated with a disease harmful to bees.
year 4 for me - trust but verify...
Agreed
Corn is GMO . The plant is altered to make its own herbicides to kill or keep away insects.
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Respect your decision to buy your own flow hive, too bad the Supreme Court doesn’t share your values.
your map is wrong,,, earthis flat
great info, thx
Don't use rubber bands to secure a queen cage to a frame. The bees can chew right through them.
Thanks!
Thank you so much Christine for the super thanks of $10.00. I appreciate that so much.
Thanks!
Wow Joy thank you so much for the $10 Super thanks. I appreciate that so much.
Thanks!
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@@beek yes sir
Well hello Bear! Nice meeting you in Nevada.