Bee Moisture Quilt Box Build DIY
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- Опубліковано 6 вер 2024
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How to get bees to overwinter is difficult in cold climates this is my take on a ideal moisture box or quilt box to help colonies overwinter using wood shavings that includes a feeder shim for sugar blocks as well pollen patties for easy feeding during winter and spring.
I attribute my success overwintering in zone 5 due to this, a windbreak and proactive mite treatments!
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Really nice build Tyler. I hope it works good for you. Have a good week! See ya!
Thanks John! Yeah I've been pleased with how they have been performing, hope that holds true for this winter as well!
Nice to see you back on the videos. Very interesting. Thanks for sharing
Hey John, Yeah old video actually I just have been so busy but now with shorter days hopefully will get going again! A lot of catching up to do. Thanks for stopping by!
Great job tylor was a good built. Got to keep the honey makers warm
Haha thanks and thats for sure! Thanks for tuning in!!
Welcome Back Sir, I'm very happy that you are doing well 😇👌👍 keep up your OUTSTANDING work and Please Do make more videos Sir ( WE NEED YOU SIR !!!!) Cheers 🍻🍻
I've been on quite the hiatus Dave! Posting a video that has 3yr old footage lol! Hopefully with the shorter daylight and side jobs slowing down I can get caught up on videos and get a chance to view others videos!
@@Tyler_Koehn Yes, I agree with you it is not easy for sure ( Joe From Steel to Wood ) as the same problems than you 🥴 Keep up your OUTSTANDING Job Saving the Bees Sir Cheers
It is great to see a video from you, I was wondering the other day how things were with you. This is a cool project and I like the idea of using trim board
Hey, thanks Joseph! Yeah things have been alright just really busy and haven't made time to get on here. How have you been? Hopefully I will get caught up on things and spend a lil time editing here! Thanks for tuning in!
Soo Really Nice and tyler koehn Really Beautiful! Stay Connected!😍😍😍🤗🤗🤗
Will do!
Unless you are a commercial bee keeper, and truck your bees around to various farms, I recommend you learn more about them. Bees do not like langstroth hives, and they cannot thrive when they are in them. They tend to leave them, aka swarm to find better homes. Bees should never eat sugar or syrup. Bees are extremely sensitive to off gassing and should never be in anything but untreated wood. Thier hives should be well insulated so they keep cool in the heat and warm in the cold. They have natural instincts for overwintering as well as being happy. Learn about them, and you can make them happy. They are also not happy if they do not have room to make drones.
I have never lost a hive, never had a disease nor varroa mite issues. My bees are very happy and I make sure to keep them that way. I keep my bees in Layens hives and natural frameless top bar hives (both are horizontal). I know a lot of bee keepers, and once they see my hives, they dump thier langstroth hives as fast as they can.
Top bar hives are great for getting beautiful honeycomb that goes for premium prices. The Layens frames can go into centrifugal extractors (3 frames at a time). Both allow the bees to overwinter beautifully (zero issues). And both make bee keeping much easier on both the keeper and the bees.
Keeping Bees with a Smile, by Fedor Lazutin is a pretty good book. But keep in mind that he raised bees in a very cold climate and needed a much larger frame to overwinter his bees. Unless you are in the arctic, you will be fine with a Layens sized frame instead of the massive Lazutin frames. Lots of decent videos on Layens hives on UA-cam as well (if you don’t like books).
Good luck…