It's so good of you to share your mistakes, I am currently trying to learn about beekeeping and seeing videos like this are the ones where I learn the most. Thank you!
I had to feed two seasons ago leading up to winter - it was a wet spring into summer and the local eucalypts didn’t flower (last year was a bumper in NE Melbourne. Anyway I did do some bag feeding end of that first season. I only ever filled the bag half or so full, so that holes would not be under pressure from the weight of syrup. And I only ever pricked about 8-10 holes with a safety pin - never slashed. I just thought the risk of rapid leakage was too great (and if needing to feed, leakage might lead to robbing risk). The bees seemed to get it out ok.
You feed when there is no food left. If you don't harvest the honey you don't have to feed but if you do you have to feed sugar water so they don't starve over the winter. It is pretty awful if your bees die of starvation.
@@steveday4332 exactly. A lot of people have bees for the honey, I do not so they get their honey back. Sugar water definitely doesn't harm them and it is super expensive but the only way to bulk up bees for the winter. We are in Canada so that is the best option. option.
What happened to the middle hive? I've missed a video.
It's so good of you to share your mistakes, I am currently trying to learn about beekeeping and seeing videos like this are the ones where I learn the most. Thank you!
With Heart and Heather, the two hives have survived.
jeeze I thought that syrup bag looked a bit haphazardly cut in that last vid.
You must be thinking of a different hive as I didn’t include putting syrup on this hive in the last video.
@@aussiebeekeeping yah, makes sense, after all I only got the vids to work off.
I had to feed two seasons ago leading up to winter - it was a wet spring into summer and the local eucalypts didn’t flower (last year was a bumper in NE Melbourne. Anyway I did do some bag feeding end of that first season. I only ever filled the bag half or so full, so that holes would not be under pressure from the weight of syrup. And I only ever pricked about 8-10 holes with a safety pin - never slashed. I just thought the risk of rapid leakage was too great (and if needing to feed, leakage might lead to robbing risk). The bees seemed to get it out ok.
my way of thinking is feeding is only taking the natural activty away from the bees , thus weakening the hive and as you've seen creating problems.
As I found out last year when I almost lost all my hives to a lack of feed. Feeding bees keeps them alive.
You feed when there is no food left. If you don't harvest the honey you don't have to feed but if you do you have to feed sugar water so they don't starve over the winter. It is pretty awful if your bees die of starvation.
@@SherryTherese well then your harvesting too much.
@@steveday4332 exactly. A lot of people have bees for the honey, I do not so they get their honey back. Sugar water definitely doesn't harm them and it is super expensive but the only way to bulk up bees for the winter. We are in Canada so that is the best option. option.
B1 & B2, of course.
The middle hive wasn't able to recover, then?
Unfortunately not.
Lucky save for that one.
I agree.
I wouldn't be a bee season if things didn't go side ways from time to time, that's no fun.
I appreciate that you show your miatakes..pretend perfection is very boring to watch
Olie and Molie or Ben and Busby or Tyson and Holy or Gilly and Bevan