Hi Mike Richard Noel gave you a shout out you taught him well. you’re talks at the national honey show are some fine speaking I listen to them all the time nearly to the point I know them off by heart. you have taught me so much and gave me the confidence to be a better beekeeper thanks so much.
Mr. Palmer. Thank you sir so much for all the tid bits of information you selflessly give to the bee community. Thanks again from the Kentucky mountains USA. Best of luck in the 2020 season. May it be your best one yet.
I purchased my first 2 packages of bees April 2021 and gave them drawn comb population exploded within 3 months I was able to make 2 splits and a nuc from them Fall flow was so good they all overwintered on the honey and some sugar syrup that I feed just like Michael is showing They are strong very strong and looking forward making some additional nucs from them for next year Thank you Michael
I use a handheld game scale. I made a long, flat metal hook that goes under the side of the bottom board which is attached to the bottom of the scale with a clip. I lift one side of the hive till it just clears the stand; maybe 1/4 inch. The scale locks in the weight. Double the reading for total hive weight. No wrestling the hive, risking it coming apart. Simple and effective. Just my way. Thanks for all the great info over the years.
Great content and very informative. I admire that you are able to manage 1000 colonies with this method, though. It must take an incredible amount of time.
A little off your video. I was wondering how you put the wax in your frames for comb honey? Do you hang them. and how far above the bottom of the frames. If you do. Thanks for all your information very useful.
Micheal it is nice to see you are still stomping around. I was wondering if you were slowing down but you are looking good. Thanks for the advice. Did you have a good honey harvest this year?
@@michaelpalmer9239 Michael, please, show how you winter wrap (veil) your hives. Why do you leave all the boxes? Even 3. Why is your system better in your conditions than one box management? I will translate your video for Russian audience as I've done with your lections. Many beekeepers ask for it. Thank you for your educational work
My thought is 90-100 lbs. Once the brood season is over you want to refill the brood area with honey. So if u feed them until they don't take anymore means the box is full. My advice is for the Northern beekeeper. For your area 60-75 lbs of honey is needed. If you have Italian bees they have bigger winter hives than the carni and require more honey. Hope this helps.
Note: You are a lot further south than MP. You probably haven't hatched out your winter bees yet. If you dump a lot of syrup on now they will plug your brood nest. Spring and fall moves about 100 miles a week on average so I would guess you need to wait at least a month. When you stop seeing much for open brood and eggs then pour it to them fast. My opinion, best of luck.
Mike, is there any particular reason why you don't put the cans directly on the top bars? I converted my whole operation to plastic 2-gallon bucket feeders with the 40 mesh holes in the lid. I just placed the buckets right on top of the top bars. It seemed to work great. I just wanted to make sure there's not something I should know... Thank you.
I like to keep the cans one bee space above the top bars. Then the bees a can cluster under, around, and on the cans...warming it and taking it down quickly. I used those screen buckets for awhile. Bees propolized the screens.
Michael Palmer thank you. I’m in central NC. They have been emptying the buckets in a week and then I take them off. We’ll see how it works. I completely agree with you about giving them everything they need all at one time. Thank you for passing along your knowledge.
After. OA dribble is performed after the colony is broodless. Here in the northern Champlain valley, colonies aren't broodless until late October. By that time syrup feeding has to be finished so syrup is properly ripened.
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for sure. When Michael talks....people listen
Hi Mike Richard Noel gave you a shout out you taught him well. you’re talks at the national honey show are some fine speaking I listen to them all the time nearly to the point I know them off by heart. you have taught me so much and gave me the confidence to be a better beekeeper thanks so much.
Yep, get that syrup into the comb , hold them until spring
Mr. Palmer. Thank you sir so much for all the tid bits of information you selflessly give to the bee community. Thanks again from the Kentucky mountains USA. Best of luck in the 2020 season. May it be your best one yet.
I purchased my first 2 packages of bees
April 2021 and gave them drawn comb population exploded within 3 months
I was able to make 2 splits and a nuc from them
Fall flow was so good they all overwintered on the honey and some sugar syrup that I feed just like Michael is showing
They are strong very strong and looking forward making some additional nucs from them for next year
Thank you Michael
I use a handheld game scale. I made a long, flat metal hook that goes under the side of the bottom board which is attached to the bottom of the scale with a clip. I lift one side of the hive till it just clears the stand; maybe 1/4 inch. The scale locks in the weight. Double the reading for total hive weight. No wrestling the hive, risking it coming apart. Simple and effective. Just my way. Thanks for all the great info over the years.
Great content and very informative. I admire that you are able to manage 1000 colonies with this method, though. It must take an incredible amount of time.
Great tips Mike Thanks for taking the time. PS queens doing great.
A little off your video. I was wondering how you put the wax in your frames for comb honey? Do you hang them. and how far above the bottom of the frames. If you do. Thanks for all your information very useful.
Hi Mike, were you feeding 2:1 in this video?
Micheal it is nice to see you are still stomping around. I was wondering if you were slowing down but you are looking good. Thanks for the advice. Did you have a good honey harvest this year?
Very good. Many colonies well over 100 pounds. Lots 150-200. Best was 240. One colony with 2017 queen made 235.
@@michaelpalmer9239 Michael, please, show how you winter wrap (veil) your hives. Why do you leave all the boxes? Even 3. Why is your system better in your conditions than one box management?
I will translate your video for Russian audience as I've done with your lections. Many beekeepers ask for it.
Thank you for your educational work
@@issentsov If you search his videos you will see how he winter wraps with black tar paper and string.
@@russellkoopman3004 it is not enough
Do you leave them the paint cans in there all winter?
Great video! If you would overwinter in just a single deep in the mid-Atlantic, how much would the weight be!
My thought is 90-100 lbs. Once the brood season is over you want to refill the brood area with honey.
So if u feed them until they don't take anymore means the box is full. My advice is for the Northern beekeeper. For your area 60-75 lbs of honey is needed. If you have Italian bees they have bigger winter hives than the carni and require more honey. Hope this helps.
Note: You are a lot further south than MP. You probably haven't hatched out your winter bees yet. If you dump a lot of syrup on now they will plug your brood nest. Spring and fall moves about 100 miles a week on average so I would guess you need to wait at least a month. When you stop seeing much for open brood and eggs then pour it to them fast. My opinion, best of luck.
Mike, is there any particular reason why you don't put the cans directly on the top bars? I converted my whole operation to plastic 2-gallon bucket feeders with the 40 mesh holes in the lid. I just placed the buckets right on top of the top bars. It seemed to work great. I just wanted to make sure there's not something I should know... Thank you.
I like to keep the cans one bee space above the top bars. Then the bees a
can cluster under, around, and on the cans...warming it and taking it down quickly. I used those screen buckets for awhile. Bees propolized the screens.
Michael Palmer thank you. I’m in central NC. They have been emptying the buckets in a week and then I take them off. We’ll see how it works. I completely agree with you about giving them everything they need all at one time. Thank you for passing along your knowledge.
It might be worth mentioning that a US gallon is different to an Imperial (UK) gallon
If you were to do an oxalic acid dribble on your bees would you do it before or after you did your winter feed out?
After. OA dribble is performed after the colony is broodless. Here in the northern Champlain valley, colonies aren't broodless until late October. By that time syrup feeding has to be finished so syrup is properly ripened.
@@michaelpalmer9239 Thank you for your reply. I can see that now in my hive.
Any tips if my hive isn't well propolised together, and the boxes easily separate?
The hives don't usually come apart. You could weigh each box and add weights for total.
This is genius 🙌
300 followers lol yea right
Nice vid. But please stop shooting in portrait format. Thanks.