🔵Checking food levels & Boosting pre-winter colonies.
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If you overwinter bees here in Hickory N.C. in a single 10 frame hive, how many frames need honey and is it possible.
What about single nuc's , how many frames do they need. I got single nuc;s and they are packed to the rim with bees, but I think it is to late to add supers.
Any advice.
Happy birthday, Kamon.
@Wayne Hunsucker
Thank you very much for your comment.
I never made any sugar boards nor did I hear of it. I have to check it out. Thank you again.
I love how you spend your knowledge and as a very new beekeeper I appreciate all your videos thanks
Can you comment what to do if the top box didn’t get fully drawn out with comb, but say half of it did? What do you recommend for going into winter like that with a double deep.
My bees could over winter like that likely. However you could remove the top box and put all the best frames in the bottom and feed them. Overwintering singles is preferred by many beekeepers
I insulate the lids and also wrap the hives in 30# black roofing felt for the winter. I also have a 4" screened bottom shim that I fill with pine bedding to absorb moisture in the hives. SE PA beekeeper.
Hey Kamon, I am almost 69 and haven’t grown up yet! Stay curious and you will stay young. Thanks for all you do. Stu
Kamon, I'm still trying to wrap my head around the when and how of feeding in the fall. I know hive top feeders are bad in winter because the liquid will drip down onto the bees and kill them. But is it a bad idea to give them some 2:1 in a frame feeder and just keep it there? And pollen substitute...if I offer it to the bees, am I going to induce brooding when they shouldn't be making new population?
How do you get 2:1 syrup to completely dissolve? I always have sugar left in the bottom of the feeder. Thanks for the videos their a big help
Hot water (120-130 F) and a little stirring. I went to 2.5 to 1 on my last two feedings and I did have some sugar left over from when the feeder was empty but after a day the bees had taken that away also.
I heat 170-180 and stir 10-15 min with a drill and still have trouble getting it to dissolve
@@virgilcrites8906 I use volume measurments - 6 cups of water to 12 cups of sugar. Maybe the cup of water weighs more than a cup of sugar?? Maybe there is a difference in water? The last batch I tried 15 cups of sugar to 6 cups of water and the last cup would not dissolve.
Guys, another reason to use the parchment paper/wax paper is to keep the SHBs off of it, especially if it's a weaker hive.
Watched your video at the Conference and boy Kamon you cleanup well !! I get nearly everything from Mann Lake or a local beekeeper in Navasota, Texas. Will get a couple of the books you recommended. Thanks for all you do Kamon as I learn something new from nearly all your videos.
Thanks Scotty. Laurel won't let me out of the house if I don't clean up!
So much fun and great advice. Those patties have me really interested given what you just said about leaving on the back of the truck no lid!!. Well done for helping people out. Love the videos, and honesty in just being present and real. Cheers!
I did my last check on Sunday. Looking good. Very low to no mites, no hive beetles, or wax moths. This Saturday a high 57 low 37. The draught stopped fall flow. Feeding and feeding. Still had 3 frames of capped brood. Plan on insulating with bubble wrap.
That's a good point about taking care of the so-so hives. An extra gallon can go along way.
Does golden rod honey crystallize in TN during the winter. I have heard northern beekeeps claim it does for them. Sell fall honey for $10 a lb and feed $1 a pound syrup that doesn't harden in the winter.
I have never noticed our golden rod doing that but there are several types of golden rod so maybe it does for others! I do really like the pro sweet it puts on weight quick and the bees seem to do very well with it.
Kamon, using Pro sweet do you find that you use half the amount of pro sweet compared to use using regular 2 to 1 sugar water when you feed your hives? I am thinking that if I feed a hundred gallons of regular 2 to 1 sugar water feed that I would only have to use 50 gallons of Pro sweet instead. I know that Pro sweet has almost the consistency of honey. I am trying to figure out the price comparison between regular 2 to 1 sugar water mix and pro sweet. I have about 40 hives and this year I used 1900 pounds of sugar to get them ready for winter and I paid $ 0.33 cents a pound for sugar. A friend of mine is getting a tote of pro sweet from Mann lake and I am going to get some from him to try it.
I was wondering if anyone knows at what temperature do small hive beetles see top laying eggs in a pollen patty
I don't know for sure but they will do it in very cool weather.
@@kamonreynolds well crap
As far as I know, formic acid will mites as well as hive beetles.
So treating in cool weather could kill mites as well as killing mites and if it is cold already new beetles will not fly nor invade the hive.
Hey Kamon,
I sure enjoy watching your videos and hats off to your professional videographer "Lora". You put out so much knowledge to help us with our small backyard apiary. Kamon on your first frame you saw eggs and larvae on was that a queen cell on the bottom of it?
I saw the queen cell as well. It was on the bottom of the frame
Hi Bill, Good eye! Yes it was an old queen cell.
@@kamonreynolds Great, I didn't think you would have missed it. I tried to enlarge the picture but I'm not that techy.
Thank you and please keep up the good work!
So I am in SOCAL and everything I've been reading and watching has said use pollen patty's in the spring to stimulate the laying of brood. Is it beneficial to use it in the fall as well?
Not nearly as much. It really depends on the climate. We feed it at the end of the fall flow to help get a little more brood pre winter.
Thanks for the videos
So I bought a 10 lbs buck of pollen paddy as Mann Lake the guy that helped me recommend I use a low dosage of pollen so the queen won't start laying heavily. I put some in the top feeder and today I notice bees attacking each other and black I don't know what those were around the beehive I don't know if I should take it away and maybe give it to my girls in winter or put it in a different part of my back yard so the other insects won't bother my beehive and its queen. What is your recommendation???
Thank you, it was very informative.
Say hey to your family.
Thanks guys. Good information at this juncture of time.
Thirty-one, Wow, that's young! I never thought I'd be saying that.
I'm feeding patties and 3 to 1 sugar. I add a tablespoon of ultra bee pollen.
The frost broke here at end of May. The soil wasn't warm enough for germination until middle of June. And now snow in the forecast.
I think you have it better🤔
We're still getting pollen in and we had robust golden rod here in lower Mihigan this year
Thanks again for another informative video! I'm curious to get your thoughts on ventilation. I know I've heard you say you prefer to run a solid bottom board and in your videos I do not see any ventilation at the top of the hive.
Hi Kevin I will try to get a video that explains why we do what we do on ventilation soon. The long and short, I personally think ventilation is overrated during the winter here.
Awesome informational share! newbie here and really wanna learn overwintering cant wait!. Got you on FB too. I am fairly sure we are in same county. Got Something going on this weekend disappointed cant get over by Tech
That is a bummer but we will run into each other at some point!
Thanks for another great video. As always I appreciate the information.
Thanks !!
Thanks again for great videos and info. What are you using to get propolis off your hands or clothes? Wife not happy with the clothes! LOL
Don't have a good answer for that one. Still in the dog house over that
Denatured alcohol or Everclear does a pretty good job on hands and tools. May take dye out of clothes if used for spot cleaning, and too costly to soak entire article. Probably best to toss the sponges.
Kamon, good video a lot of info that I needed. How many frames of honey do you think a double deep 8 should need for winter?
RTR!
I like to have 8-9 full frames but smaller cluster won't need as much
If I have full deep of goldenrod, would there be any reason to add anything else over winter?
A full deep is plenty here in TN
Looks like I need to invest into some pro sweet.
what brand veil is that
16 year old kelley veil
Wow I am the first
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