How To Increase Honeybee Population Going Into Winter
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- Опубліковано 6 вер 2024
- How To Increase Honeybee Population Going Into Winter.
The secret to increasing the honeybee population into winter is to feed feed feed. Ultra bee pollen, and 2 :1 sugar as long as possible, then put dry sugar. Honeybee population will also increase by killing all the Veroa mites with treatments, kill off most of the hive beetles with beetle barns, put on entrance reducers, make sure honeybee hive is tilted forward, make sure the winter honeybee hive is ventilated.
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Started with one last year, ended up with five. It's addictive!
Well, regardless of one's opinion, the video was not boring if you love working with Honeybees. Hence all the questions for the newbies to the hobby or honey harvesters. This is the way I see it with pollen in winter. If you were living in a wooden building with little insulation and it's freezing cold out you would need plenty of protein to survive. If not you wouldn't be able to go out and obtain your protein to ensure survival. I would bet this lack of pollen is why a lot of colonies are failing. I've seen on different channels of failed hives from overwintering and when they pulled the frames out, there was honey stores but absolutely no pollen stores. These hives had been treated and feed healthy stimulates. Mite counts were checked and near Zero, no hive beetles and tests showed no viruses. But they didn't catch by observation there was no pollen stores. When I suggested that is what killed them, and the bees were dead in the brood box, I was criticized by them stating you don't feed them pollen late in the season. Oh well, but mine produced brood into the first week of January and it a cold winter here. When late February rolled around I already had swarms to catch. And David did state it depends on your geographic area. But I know one Beekeeper that gets replacement brood into December by doing this and the only colony he lost was due to moisture. Just try it on yours and see the difference. Coloraic intake is vital to every creature in extreme cold weather. Just saying!
Its not boring for those who are not bee keepers
@@specialdelivery9196 I agree tee-totally, I was just making and general statement regarding one comment below.🤗
My girls here north of Nashville are still bringing in pollen from somewhere on the warmer days. I have also noticed a decent build up of numbers in the hives. I was worried because I saw queen cells and was forded to do a late split in Late September. The original hive ended up splitting itself anyway so my attempt to prevent it was in vain. Yet both colonies are now very strong.
I wish it was 60 degrees here around Baltimore Maryland. It snowed four inches this past Thursday, but it was fifty degrees today Nov 19, 2018 and the bees where flying and taking Pollen substitute that I put in an empty medium hive for them. Thanksgiving day the local weather person says the high will be 32 degrees. Happy Thanksgiving David!
Thanks David! Nice video!
Maybe down south your still getting increased hives, but up here in Massachusetts it’s freezing with snow on the ground. No increases Until spring
@@davidhaught84 good to know I was going to ask about this. I live in Ma as well.
@@davidhaught84 Bees don't take cleansing flights for weeks in parts of the North.
@@davidhaught84 Yeah up in the north you could go 3 months without any flight. I agree first thing in spring you should feed before trees get up and running. Last year my bees were desperate and took old floor out of our compost bin. To prevent them scavenging garbage I will definitely feed this year.
I completely agree about NUCs. I lost one of my 4 hives and if I had a NUC I could have prevented it. Going to run a few NUCs next year to breed queens and have as a backup. Wintering NUCs is tricky in the north too, have to merge before winter and have at least two boxes. They need more food and like to go up instead of over when its really cold.
My bees have been in a shed for a month already. Gotta get my fix online cause it will be 4 months before i'm in the hives again.
*How to increase my honeybee population. David gives me all his bees.*
*I could find one!! Lolol!!*
Hey David I mentioned a week or so back that Union county had lost all our Goldenrod due to several hard frost. You had mentioned that we probably still had some in remote locations. Since I told you that we've had a couple of 22-degree nights and just yesterday coming back from Whitetail hunting I found one of those remote locations and yes the Goldenrod was still bloomed and I absolutely was amazed. Of course it wasn't an acre of it, but it was a nice little patch. And are honey bees can find it even when we can as you are aware. 😉
Too cold here in Idaho, but we do feed sugar patties all winter. Why are some of your lids on sideways? No bees in those?
Can you feed dry sugar and dry pollen in the top hive feeder at the same time
I am so amazed how many hives do you have in total?
David, by comparison, I live in the Southern Texas pan handle. Our humidity is in the teens most of the year, today was 17% the low was also around 20f but the high this afternoon was 72 and we are forcast for highs in the 70s through Thursday. How would you approach feeding sugar syrup under those conditions? I've been feeding every two to three weeks on the warm forecasts. What would you do. BTW thanks for the great queens back in October. The hit the comb and we're laying on day 4.
Hello, I’m from centra California about 40 miles east of San Francisco. Couple ?s I have 4 hives and expanding. Really appreciate your knowledge and assistance. I’m hooked. Wish i didn’t have to Manage a butcher shop and just do bee’s. But that isn’t realistic. To the ?s how many brood frames do you start a 5 frame Nuc with? And how many shakes do you give? Also did a trap out on a ladies house, took a couple weeks but finally got a Nuc full of bees 3 full frames and queen. But don’t see eggs or larvae. Soon as I brought them home , 2 days ago started subbing and giving them sugar water. How many days would you give her to start laying? I was thinking nothing yet because they haven’t been nourish well till I got them to my home. Sorry for all the questions but appreciate your time. Thank you! 🐝
If you have trouble getting your sugar water to turn clear just put it in clear jugs and place it in the sun for anywhere from 3-4 hrs to one day depending how strong the sun is and it will turn clear.
David , do the night time temps. matter when feeding the 2:1 sugar mix? Our temps. for example next week will from mid. 50's - low 70's for high's and low 50's to low 30's for lows.
I'd love to try a package. However, all advice says they'd never survive the hardship of a Canadian winter. I winter my hives indoors and temperature controlled but it's still darkness at +4 C for 5 months. Hell of a big change. The old timers here before modern insulating materials, higher costs and prices used cyanide to gas all their bees every fall then they'd all start with new packages imported from the US in the spring.
Hey David, I was wondering. Could you also wrap hives with insulating material like the silver stuff that those Hot/Cold shopping bags are made of? Or would that make it TOO warm inside for the bees?
I'm just throwing an idea out there.
How would this increase the risk of swarming? The population would over fill the box wouldn't they? Still learning, and advise much appreciated
@@davidhaught84 so just keep an eye closer to spring if their numbers are large enough to swarm
@@davidhaught84 ! Thanks!
If you insulate your hives and use a electric heater... you wont lose so many bees.
David what is your take on grease patties for winter feeding? Good Bad Indifferent.?
Pollen substitute shortens bee life. Because substitute lacks several nutritional properties that are critical for bee development. Using supplement shortens bees lives up to 2 weeks or more. If fed over a long period of time it will affect brood rearing. It is a short term supplement not a replacement. Search for "Fat Bee Skinny Bee" for an excellent explanation of honey bee nutrition.
@@davidhaught84 I use Ultra bee and it is true. While you are are raising brood they are using ultra bee for their bee bread, then they will be short lived. ua-cam.com/video/DqOqd6gFY8w/v-deo.html
@@davidhaught84 Raising bees to sale is much different than what the average bee keeper does. You are only interested in producing numbers.
@@davidhaught84 What ever works for you as a commercial bee keeper do it. I'm just telling you the science behind pollen substitutes. By the way Ultra Bee contains no pollen but it is 58% crude protein obtained from soy flour and brewer's yeast.
Do you do any treatment for tracheal mites? If so what do you use and when do you do it?
do chickens eat bees (dead or alive) ?
Great Information as always Dave! Thanks for the videos!
David if I make a feeder for pollen will I have to keep a check on it when they have plenty of natural pollen because of spoilage?
Spoilage will not be a problem. Insects and pests can be with no bees to run them off and at night I've had cockroaches and mice get in the feed. Humidity will cause it cake so you may have to loosen it up occasionally.
Well Done David!
i disagree about the bees not touching the sugar. i have already had to put the 2nd batch on about 40 hives this winter. these hives have honey stores and they are not taking it out the front door either.
@@davidhaught84 i only have 7 Italian queens in my yards. i sell Buckfast Caucasians Carniolans USDA and New River Diversified F1 from breeders. Italians rob way to much for my liking.
Wow looking sweet
Wouldn't feeding sugar water when they don't need it cause robbing?
Is this your full-time job if not you must be getting tired, do you work anywhere else?
What is you guarantee on delivery? I'd hate to pay for 3lbs of 100% dead bees.
Great video David, thank you very much! Have you cut off all bee purchases until spring?
Not so much risk in Florida. I am waiting to hear if I can put bees on a property, just wanted to know. Will let you know if I get it.
Jacksonville, was raised in central florida, moved up here in May. It does freeze this far north, I know that. but bees can handle a freeze and a few weeks of cold, no problem. just don't know how "cold" the cold gets to here! yet. lots of ifs ands and buts at this point, but I only want your bees when I can do it. hence my question.
North Georgia is really not but 6 hours I think. But still a number of things to work out, don't think I will have things settled for a while yet. I'm working on it though.
Hi David, I want to get my grandson bees, I live in south carolina... what website should I go on? I want to go to your store so how much should all of your equipment be for beginners? Let me know!
There is a plethora of sites, BYB website is barnyardbees.com, Amazon has starter kits, MountainSweetHoney, Mann Lake, on and on.....There is complete starter kits that come with a hive and all the required tools, you just have to add bees when the time comes. So it really becomes a personal choice and what prices you are willing to pay.
@@chrislowe6977 Thank you so much! My grandson will love it
@@antoinetteliberto4471 glad I could help, please make sure you and your grandson understand. Keeping bees is not like a dog or a cat, where you put out food and water and they are fine. It is a considerable amount of effort during that first year, I am a first year beek with just 2 hives, and I was in my beeyard nearly every weekend doing something most of the time it was just for an hour or 2, but its time you must dedicate. The first few months is checking on the hive to make sure it is growing, you have brood in all stages etc, It is all about making sure they have enough to survive the winter time. Then comes the pest control, varroa & Tracheal mites, hive beetles, wax moths. Believe me it was worth every moment and has been an amazing experience this first year, but it is not a set it and forget it, go get honey and the world is great. It is an investment in both money and time needed to sustain them as pest free and healthy as possible.
I dont even know how he dose not get stung😱😰😨
What is the shelf life of ultra bee
Ultra bee has a 2 yr. shelf life.
I wish you wouldn’t repeat your self so many times and just get to the point. Your videos are great but you drag it for no reason and many times I find myself going to another video because of this.
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Nice video
Do you own dogs? Does this affect them?
Only his dead bee chasin' daug
Awww come on Jerri you know better than to tease a man about his dawg! And this is a southerner - we take such teasing very seriously! (he chases dead bees? seriously?? lol)
@@julieenslow5915 I guess you could interpret it that way.
I'm interpreting your comments aa it would be really dumb to own dogs while doing this lol
sm im
do its not dumb. David has a beautiful dog who often follows him into the bee yard. and he never bothers the bees. just don't get a dumb dog!
First. Thanks David!