I feel ya as far as the rain. I’ve pulled all the honey just because of what you said. They eat it all up. Refocused on feeding syrup and pollen. Will make many summer splits and hope for less rain next year. I’m in north central Texas.
Kamon, Thank you soo much. I am a brand new beekeeper in Southeast Texas. Loving watching this series. I was in my hives yesterday and had no idea what to do with that fat comb full of honey…now I know. It has been raining almost nonstop since early May here so I know the struggle is real!! Keep up the good work!
Started using the apimaye bottoms because of you total game changer for shb control. My hives without the apimaye bottoms have the beetle traps full inside the hive but the traps are totally empty on the hives that use diametatious earth with the apimayes
Thank you again for another great episode! My hive inspections are going great, and I have a lot of production, except for that wonky comb I've been dealing with. I'm looking forward to the next video!
Good grief, my flow is just starting but also at 4,000 feet in the mountains. Thanks for the video. Surely Laurel doesn’t fall for those “brownie points” but don’t call me Shirley…
I thought it was just my area they just wasn't doing what do you usually do the Queens are holding back it started off like it was going to be really awesome they are doing just enough to maintain
It was built out so far it was going to interfere with the frame next to it. Being so thick they would choose not to draw a foundation that corresponds to that section allowing them to access that fat comb.
Hi Maggie if there is a lot of warm good flying days and the bees are bringing in a bunch of pollen then there is no need for pollen patties during that time. Even with comb I like to feed the bees a little. At least enough to get going this may only be 1 or 2 gallons with drawn combs. A lot depends on the weather and what is blooming! Learning what is producing and how well is a skill UA-camrs can't help with but I hope you enjoy the experience! I love trying to figure out where the resources are coming from! Happy Beekeeping!
I love this series because its right in line with what I am doing. I'm a new beekeeper. I have a double deep langstroth that is going strong. They've almost built out all 20 frames. I was thinking about adding the medium super to see if I can get it drawn out. Is it worth it? And if so should I shake the top deep down into the bottom and put the super under the drawn deep with a queen excluder? I'm in South East Tennessee.
It doesn't hurt to put a medium on top. I wouldn't bother with undersupering, and a queen excluder can sometimes hinder bees drawing out a box of foundation. it is better to let them start working on drawing the foundation, then shake all the bees down out of it and put a queen excluder below it once they have started working on it.
How are you able to work with the bees without getting stung, I'm from Suriname and here we can't work without protection. As I'm watching i learn a lot more about them but the question is can i use the same methods?
Enjoying this series! I f I want to begin beekeeping next spring, after using this year to study, when should I get all the equipment and order bees? Any recommendations on the necessary equipment to get started?
You can order the equipment at any time that way you have time to get it assembled, painted and the site set up etc. As to ordering bees, if you plan on ordering a 3lb package you should go ahead and get on the pre-order list as they fill up quickly once you get near winter. However I highly suggest you do a few things first: 1. Join your local beekeepers club 2. When joining this club see if there are any mentors that would be willing to let you come help them with their bees 3. See who all in the club sells locally raised Nucs (Nucleus Colony) and get on that waiting list for first thing in the spring. I suggest getting a local raised overwintered nuc over a package of bees as you get a lot of advantages with a nuc that you do not get with a package of bees. I hope that answers your questions. Please let me know if you have any others.
@@BackBeeBrokenBeekeeping Thank you. I have joined my local beekeeping association since February. I've been studying everything. I will work on getting a mentor and get on some waiting lists for bees. Thank you for your recommendations!
How do you force them to draw that out? Last year I had a new package and I fed them (1 to 1) and they stopped taking the feed and also refused to draw everything out.
@@michaelholland1012 yeah I did that, but then the bees over drew the corners of the frames (and eventually the whole frame as the brood hatched) like they did to Kamon in this video, instead of drawing out the foundation. My theory was my foundation just didn't haven enough wax. But I had no wax to wax them with yet.
@@Ittiz Join your local beekeepers association and not only will you have access to all the wax you can ever need, but you will also find a local mentor to help you succeed.
The flow was poor but I am having a great year! We have been doing this long enough we will adjust and adapt! After driving a semi for years I will take this poor honey crop over that seat any day of the week!
@@kamonreynolds yes I don’t blame ya there so tell me as I’m in Canada we have a winter fall spring and summer I know you do as well what I don’t understand is why you can’t have a flow all year around were it’s always nice in your area ? May sound stupid but I don’t get it you can’t grow all year round ?
Well most plants produce nectar and pollen in spring. Pretty much only invasive plants (like the honeybee) produce at odd times not normal to Tennessee plants. The world is an odd place!
Why would you have that entrance guard on the front of the hive, you are restricting the flow of bees and therefore they produce less honey, the entrance should be wide open
You are only restricting flow if you see bees building up at the front waiting to come/go. If not you are actually making the hive safer as it is easier to defend, thermo regulate etc.
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Thanks for this great series Kamon and Laurel. I wish I could do such great camera work!
Thanks! Laurel says thank you for the video compliment!
I appreciate your and Laurel's work on teaching your Bee keeping skills. I know it takes time and you could be doing other things. So thank you.
I feel ya as far as the rain. I’ve pulled all the honey just because of what you said. They eat it all up.
Refocused on feeding syrup and pollen. Will make many summer splits and hope for less rain next year.
I’m in north central Texas.
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Kamon, Thank you soo much. I am a brand new beekeeper in Southeast Texas. Loving watching this series. I was in my hives yesterday and had no idea what to do with that fat comb full of honey…now I know. It has been raining almost nonstop since early May here so I know the struggle is real!! Keep up the good work!
You are very welcome! Thanks for the encouraging words and for watching Carrie! Happy Beekeeping!
Thank you for doing this series, very cool to follow along...looking forward to the rest of the season
Thanks for watching!
*Great stuff, Kamon. I like this follow along series. Rain has ruined many states looks like. Thanks, brother*
Be careful not to twist that hive tool into a pretzel. 💪
Started using the apimaye bottoms because of you total game changer for shb control. My hives without the apimaye bottoms have the beetle traps full inside the hive but the traps are totally empty on the hives that use diametatious earth with the apimayes
Thank you again for another great episode! My hive inspections are going great, and I have a lot of production, except for that wonky comb I've been dealing with. I'm looking forward to the next video!
The same thing happens with groomed off mites. Which is why we used screened bottom trap boards.
Yep! Gone!
I like big bees and I cannot lie
Great series !!!
I love those old Kelly inner lids
Here in north Texas, it has been rain all the time
Phấn hoa được trộn sẵn ah bạn chỗ mình thường dùng phấn hoa khô
Good grief, my flow is just starting but also at 4,000 feet in the mountains. Thanks for the video. Surely Laurel doesn’t fall for those “brownie points” but don’t call me Shirley…
No expert here at all but I’m outside Clarksville and it’s my best year to date amazing difference a few miles and weather does.
I’m in Giles county. It’s been a slightly average maybe slightly below.
Looking Great
The gallon feeder you used at the end of the video, Where do you buy that and what brand is it? Cannot find it on Amazon.
I think Greg at nature's image farm website sells them
Any 1 gallon bucket. drill the lid and inset a tint plug.
@@illumi-Nate Yup. Mr. Binnie sells the tint plugs too.
Did I miss something? Why did you scrape out honey at about 10 min?
Seriously? Your flow is already over?
Little trickly of Linden coming in but May was a wash and June is seldom special.
I thought it was just my area they just wasn't doing what do you usually do the Queens are holding back it started off like it was going to be really awesome they are doing just enough to maintain
I must have missed something. What was the purpose of scraping off the comb?
It was built out so far it was going to interfere with the frame next to it. Being so thick they would choose not to draw a foundation that corresponds to that section allowing them to access that fat comb.
If you used already drawn comb , should you feed as well? We’re just in flow now in Idaho
Pollen party as well?
Hi Maggie if there is a lot of warm good flying days and the bees are bringing in a bunch of pollen then there is no need for pollen patties during that time. Even with comb I like to feed the bees a little. At least enough to get going this may only be 1 or 2 gallons with drawn combs. A lot depends on the weather and what is blooming! Learning what is producing and how well is a skill UA-camrs can't help with but I hope you enjoy the experience! I love trying to figure out where the resources are coming from!
Happy Beekeeping!
@@kamonreynolds thank you! That’s very helpful
Is there a book or something that has the bee acronyms for beginners?
I think it is call bee vocabulary made by Wicwas press. Has a lot of pictures and they make good books
I love this series because its right in line with what I am doing. I'm a new beekeeper. I have a double deep langstroth that is going strong. They've almost built out all 20 frames. I was thinking about adding the medium super to see if I can get it drawn out. Is it worth it? And if so should I shake the top deep down into the bottom and put the super under the drawn deep with a queen excluder? I'm in South East Tennessee.
It doesn't hurt to put a medium on top. I wouldn't bother with undersupering, and a queen excluder can sometimes hinder bees drawing out a box of foundation. it is better to let them start working on drawing the foundation, then shake all the bees down out of it and put a queen excluder below it once they have started working on it.
How are you able to work with the bees without getting stung, I'm from Suriname and here we can't work without protection. As I'm watching i learn a lot more about them but the question is can i use the same methods?
These bees are my own and are selected for gentle traits but they still will sting you.
Enjoying this series! I f I want to begin beekeeping next spring, after using this year to study, when should I get all the equipment and order bees? Any recommendations on the necessary equipment to get started?
You can order the equipment at any time that way you have time to get it assembled, painted and the site set up etc. As to ordering bees, if you plan on ordering a 3lb package you should go ahead and get on the pre-order list as they fill up quickly once you get near winter. However I highly suggest you do a few things first:
1. Join your local beekeepers club
2. When joining this club see if there are any mentors that would be willing to let you come help them with their bees
3. See who all in the club sells locally raised Nucs (Nucleus Colony) and get on that waiting list for first thing in the spring.
I suggest getting a local raised overwintered nuc over a package of bees as you get a lot of advantages with a nuc that you do not get with a package of bees. I hope that answers your questions. Please let me know if you have any others.
@@BackBeeBrokenBeekeeping Thank you. I have joined my local beekeeping association since February. I've been studying everything. I will work on getting a mentor and get on some waiting lists for bees. Thank you for your recommendations!
So is that beetle trap OK with a normal langstroth hive or only for apimaye?
You can get apimaye bottom boards for your wooden hives
Apimaye sells bottom boards for wooden hives that include the tray for trapping beetles in DE.
The bottom board I put In The top comment fits regular 10 frame boxes perfectly
How do you force them to draw that out? Last year I had a new package and I fed them (1 to 1) and they stopped taking the feed and also refused to draw everything out.
Part of what he has done is move frames around. By putting drawn comb around foundations it encourages the building.
@@michaelholland1012 yeah I did that, but then the bees over drew the corners of the frames (and eventually the whole frame as the brood hatched) like they did to Kamon in this video, instead of drawing out the foundation. My theory was my foundation just didn't haven enough wax. But I had no wax to wax them with yet.
@@Ittiz Join your local beekeepers association and not only will you have access to all the wax you can ever need, but you will also find a local mentor to help you succeed.
Im sorry you had a shitty year man
The flow was poor but I am having a great year! We have been doing this long enough we will adjust and adapt! After driving a semi for years I will take this poor honey crop over that seat any day of the week!
@@kamonreynolds yes I don’t blame ya there so tell me as I’m in Canada we have a winter fall spring and summer I know you do as well what I don’t understand is why you can’t have a flow all year around were it’s always nice in your area
? May sound stupid but I don’t get it you can’t grow all year round ?
Well most plants produce nectar and pollen in spring. Pretty much only invasive plants (like the honeybee) produce at odd times not normal to Tennessee plants. The world is an odd place!
@@kamonreynolds ok now I understand there is no types of flowers that are all year around that produce nectar in you area
Why would you have that entrance guard on the front of the hive, you are restricting the flow of bees and therefore they produce less honey, the entrance should be wide open
It’s a relatively small hive. The flow is over.
You are only restricting flow if you see bees building up at the front waiting to come/go. If not you are actually making the hive safer as it is easier to defend, thermo regulate etc.
Is there a certain type paint marker to use on a bee or can I use a metal marking paint marker?
You can buy queen marking pens online
I'm so glad that I'm so far north I don't have beetles and far enough north I don't get guy's bringing hives this far north for honey. On Wisconsin!!!
I like that bottom board my luck a gust of wind comes through the door and blows DE into my hive lol