I don't want to be insulting but if there is ever a animated talking bee, I can't imagine a better voice actor for the queen bee than Laryssa. She is what a talking bee should sound like!
Thank you. Great video on lots on subjects. Your schooling shared and the lessons with tips from your own experiences at work and living in Hawaii on how a new person or advanced one on the way of helping and building our bees up along is always a welcome to hear about or see. Management of Honeybees can be so rewarding as any other animal husbandry that I had the chance to encounter while raising a family with wildlife and livestock around while my kids grew up in the mountains. A life with Beekeeping and being proactive with them was a favorite and still is. Thanks
I’m new to bee keeping, how long does it take for your bees to calm down? My bees go crazy trying to sting me when I open the top. I’ll never open them up without a suit. Is that normal in the beginning?
Hi there! I am pretty new, too, but I’ve found they prefer PERFECT weather (warm, sunny, no wind) and that you enter while most are out foraging (thus the nice weather) between 10am and 2pm. I experienced a cranky hive going in at 7 one night, and a glorious SILENT and peaceful hive at 11am another day. In other words, they’ll be much more calm when most of the bees aren’t home:) they also get cranky if even one gets squished and releases alarm pheromone.
Over here in North Carolina. I had queen excluders on in spring in the flow, and my bees wouldn't build above it. i pulled them off, and they started drawing. So i agree with you. My queen excluder now is capped honey in the super i leave for the bees. Thank you for sharing.
Interesting! Thanks for sharing. I don't like to say things like queen excluders keep bea from going into the super because I have no concrete proof to back it up, but I'm not a fan of them.
1st yr beekeeper here and probably a silly question! If I don't use a queen excluder between my deep boxes and my honey supers, won't the queen lay eggs in the honey supers? That sounds pretty gross if I want honey.....
Hi Larissa. You've mentioned many times you don't use foundation, and I think it was because you harvest the wax. I'm trying to do the same thing. As my hive was growing over the first year, I was taking out a couple of frames at a time to harvest all the wax and honey, and then replacing the empty frames. The bees were filling out the combes all by themselves nicely. When I put the 2nd super on top I just filled it with empty frames. Probably a bad idea. The bees didn't take to it much. So I went in and borrowed full frames from the 1st super and "checkerboarded" them both. I also now plan to use a partial wax foundation, in the upper 1/4 of each frame. I guess this is the right idea to encourage bees to take to foundationless frames? I'm hoping to just crush and strain my honey and have more wax for my wife to make candles. Lots to read, any comment appreciated.
I wouldn’t be looking for gains for yourself until the colony is very strong because if theyre constantly having to replace stolen frames its work they could be doing to grow the colony. Take respectfully not commercially
I don't want to be insulting but if there is ever a animated talking bee, I can't imagine a better voice actor for the queen bee than Laryssa. She is what a talking bee should sound like!
thats hilarious
Hah!
Nicely stated and that’s a compliment!❤
Thank you. Great video on lots on subjects. Your schooling shared and the lessons with tips from your own experiences at work and living in Hawaii on how a new person or advanced one on the way of helping and building our bees up along is always a welcome to hear about or see. Management of Honeybees can be so rewarding as any other animal husbandry that I had the chance to encounter while raising a family with wildlife and livestock around while my kids grew up in the mountains. A life with Beekeeping and being proactive with them was a favorite and still is. Thanks
I’m new to bee keeping, how long does it take for your bees to calm down? My bees go crazy trying to sting me when I open the top. I’ll never open them up without a suit. Is that normal in the beginning?
Hi there! I am pretty new, too, but I’ve found they prefer PERFECT weather (warm, sunny, no wind) and that you enter while most are out foraging (thus the nice weather) between 10am and 2pm. I experienced a cranky hive going in at 7 one night, and a glorious SILENT and peaceful hive at 11am another day. In other words, they’ll be much more calm when most of the bees aren’t home:) they also get cranky if even one gets squished and releases alarm pheromone.
Really informative,thanks for your help on behalf of Australian beekeepers.
You're welcome!
YOUR box looks like its about to fall over
Over here in North Carolina. I had queen excluders on in spring in the flow, and my bees wouldn't build above it. i pulled them off, and they started drawing. So i agree with you. My queen excluder now is capped honey in the super i leave for the bees. Thank you for sharing.
Interesting! Thanks for sharing. I don't like to say things like queen excluders keep bea from going into the super because I have no concrete proof to back it up, but I'm not a fan of them.
1st yr beekeeper here and probably a silly question! If I don't use a queen excluder between my deep boxes and my honey supers, won't the queen lay eggs in the honey supers? That sounds pretty gross if I want honey.....
Hi Larissa. You've mentioned many times you don't use foundation, and I think it was because you harvest the wax. I'm trying to do the same thing. As my hive was growing over the first year, I was taking out a couple of frames at a time to harvest all the wax and honey, and then replacing the empty frames. The bees were filling out the combes all by themselves nicely. When I put the 2nd super on top I just filled it with empty frames. Probably a bad idea. The bees didn't take to it much. So I went in and borrowed full frames from the 1st super and "checkerboarded" them both. I also now plan to use a partial wax foundation, in the upper 1/4 of each frame. I guess this is the right idea to encourage bees to take to foundationless frames? I'm hoping to just crush and strain my honey and have more wax for my wife to make candles. Lots to read, any comment appreciated.
I wouldn’t be looking for gains for yourself until the colony is very strong because if theyre constantly having to replace stolen frames its work they could be doing to grow the colony. Take respectfully not commercially
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Great Great! Video💥👏🏾💥 I really learned a lot about checker boarding. This was the best explanation that I have heard so thanks a lot 🥰
Glad it was helpful!
Thanks
Question what about feeding dry pollen like ultrabee ? I myself have an open feeder and I watch them buzz it sitting in a field
Awesome info, as always! Thanks, Laryssa! -Dusty
Hello! I love your videos and i have learned a lot with them. Thank you from Portugal
You are welcome!