Single Brood Seeing Some Growth | Prevent Starving Bees
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- Опубліковано 15 вер 2024
- Well folks, we're starting to see some good growth down here in my area. I went to check on the single brood boxes and I was happy with what I saw. I saw boxes that I will need to give some more hive space to, that's for sure, but I'm also seeing bees that can easily starve if I'm no careful. I invite you to come along on this video and see what I'm talking about.
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Thanks for getting me excited,tipping,checking stores,cups,,its about to explode,I may sneak in a mite treatment of OA, LIKE your patties cut in strips technique, and logic...bee blessed mike,looking great
Glad I could give you your ‘fix’😁😁. It has really picked up quick down here. I’m late getting in due to work, so I’m hoping the queen cells are minimal.😬😬
That cutting the sub patties was worth the price of admission. Good idea
I think so too. I figure next time, I just cut a bunch before hand and them it won't take anytime. Thanks for watching!!
Thanks Mike.
You're welcome and thinks for watching!!
Looking good Mike. Thanks for sharing.
You bet and thanks for watching!!
Always interesting to see how you do things your area. We just had a 60 degree and bright sun yesterday and 48 and bright sun today at noon. And now it's snowing and 30 at 6pm and dropping to 4 above zero by morning. Hard for the bees to handle our Minnesota spring.
Glad we folks here in the south can bring you all some content as you wait out winter. Hopefully you guys will be getting busy soon. Thanks for watching!!
Good looking colonies Mike! I hope we don’t have a late freeze in March like we did last year.
I hope not either Don. That was brutal for sure. Hope all is well.
I do the same thing Mike. Nothing worse than a beetle larvae mess. Love your videos! Thanks for sharing
Maybe it was you that suggested it? Someone in the comments suggested it and then Kenny down here was doing it, so I finally tried it.
Great job Mike. Bees are looking good. I like the small strip idea for the pollen sub.
Thanks Bruce. Just from different tactics so I can help the bees stay ahead of those beetles😬😬
Just peeked in on my hive today here in New york and have 6 full frames of bees
I would think that’s pretty good up that way this time of year.
Got some fine colonies turning on for the season! The Titi is really gettin it this year over this way. They back filling and starting to draw out some. Lord willing this year will be an awesome season for us all.
Thank ya much for sharing and God Bless!
Good deal!! It’s always good when they can build up on their own ahead of the main flow, in my opinion of course. Sure appreciate you two and God Bless you guys as well.
Hello from north central iowa. Very challenging year for me, seems like every other week we have record highs then lows 50 degree swings is common this winter. Bees don’t know what’s going on. Bringing in soft maple pollen yesterday, three weeks early. Its really interesting to watch how you do bees. Going to have to get one of those hive movers. Thanks for all the tips.
Randy, those temp swings you’re describing is our winter in a nutshell. They adjust fine. I think the hive lifter is nice and it definitely helps me out. It is slower and not a time saver. But it is a back saver. I can move double deeps very easily and a few mediums at a time.
Good looking colonies. I'm in Macon County, NC. near east Georgia and west South Carolina. Maples just coming out. Some colonies doing well some not. Very much the same weather as you.
Thanks. They’re really starting to take off now, so if your weather is similar, I imagine you’ll be quite busy soon.
Looking strong buddy.
Thanks Tim! Hope you’re doing well!!
Thanks Mike!
You bet Rodney!
Looking good Buddy. We running neck and neck looks like. Starting some liquid feed on mostvof mine now. Very light boxes throughout
Yea Jody, I’m amazed at how far you can be from me north, yet our seasons run together. And you guys actually pull honey before us. I got thru mine in-depth today finally and they’re growing good as far as I can tell.
Hey Mike awesome videos. I'm here in eastern north Carolina. I went threw my colonies yesterday already had 4 swarm cells almost in each deep. I went ahead and done a demeree gave them some room. But the weather here has been in the 60s and 70s for the last two weeks so the bees here has exploded in population. But spring is definitely upon us. Thanks Mike for the videos really enjoy watching you with your bees! Keep up the amazing work Mike. God bless you Mike.
Appreciate the kind remarks, I just try to keep it somewhat interesting. Always seems eastern NC and SC both kick off a little before us. You guys are inline with north Florida when it comes to swarms and spring it seems like.
Looking good Mike!
Thanks Greg!!
I also put a pollen patty on them as nothing is blooming yet
Yea, it’ll stimulate them for sure.
I was thinking the same thing on that first box when you said you'll give them a deep.
I waited a few days to let them fill out even more. Now most all of them have seconds.
I'm feeding pollen next weekend up here in PA. Red maple should be kicking in very soon. Thanks for the video. ---Darren
That'll get them going for sure. The pollen with some nectar coming in really helped mine out.
Thanks for the video Mike!
Thanks for watching Chuck. You guys are rocking ut your way already!! Wow!!
Mike nice looking singles, you know I think bees like singles as long as you can stay on top of food and space timings. Thanks for sharing your time Mike. Blessed Days...
I agree. I like to run them. But I just don't see a way to do it for the length of season and without at least letting them brood up into a couple mediums or a deep prior to the flow. I can always shale them down and put in an excluder, but then after harvest, I have 50 deeps with brood comb that I have to keep stored away form the moths. But if I could, I'd run all singles.
Looking good Mike. Spring is on for you guys now.
Yes indeed Russell. They're starting to get busy.
Hey Mike! Looking good. Maybe you and Mr. Ed can do some of that woodworking and bang out a few of those pollen sub holders?
Thanks Chris. I wish he would help me out, but he's busy doing all those talks at bee conferences right now...LOL!! But that is a good idea. I'll have to ask him.
Mike you keeping us Connecticut beekeepers hopeful..... March is our time - maples are budding and the pollen starts. I have 2 hives and 3 packages on the way.
I'm glad I can give you some beekeeping content while you wait for spring. Shouldn't be long now if the maples are blooming.
Good morning or good night, Mike. I fell asleep early and now I'm awake... I have some light hives, that I hope, make it until I can get some syrup on them. They have fondant, but we still have 3 weeks until first pollen. Thanks for showing us your bees, take care.
I'm sure the fondant will carry them until the syrup is able to be out on. I put fondant on even when it's warm if I know I have cold nights. I love the consumption rate. It lasts pretty well.
After your previous video about the revamped veil, Mr. Mike whenever you show your closeup shots, i can't help but watch the movement of the veil. I also became conscious of checking my Oz Armour bee jacket, and it tips down in the back like that....good luck this spring sir.
They rally nailed it with the revision. doesn't even come close now and the brim being wider is really nice.
Hives looking great. What you are doing is really working well. Good numbers. Thanks for the information. Like the strip idea. Take care Mike.
Thanks Garry for the support!! You guys have a great weekend!!
Thank you for a great video Mike
You're welcome Russell and thanks for watching!!
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Yes indeed !!
Your ladies are looking good Mike!!! I'm trying to "rein mine in" too, but the temps and the pollen are making it tough. No drones in my yard yet so not too worried about swarming....yet. A couple of weeks will start a NEW ballgame!!!! Thanks as always!!!!
We just got really good growth this last 10 days with the warm temps and the nectar beginning to flow enough to build up Keith. I'll be trying to keep up really soon. Actually, I already am
Checked feed on hives today and gave pollen patties. Out of my 3 hives I over wintered, the 2 doubles are great, but the single story is down to about 2ish frames of bees. So time will tell on them. My brothers 9 hives 8 are doing good and one absconded some time during the last couple weeks since its been warm. Spring is gonna be early again this year.
Hope the little one pulls thru. At least you have strong doubles that can easily be split early on. That will help for sure.
Hello Mike it looks like your singles are size spot on . Cutting the strips are a great idea in the Patties an the wire is a great idea . I run screen top inter covers on all my colonies an they are all a deep an a medium brood box but my wire is the #8 I guess I could just make some with the 1/4”or 1/2” hardware cloth covers. My colonies here on my home yard was coming out of winter really small but in the last two weeks they have blown up to a size that I am getting worried about getting to big . I went into two of them the middle of this week an saw a few drones but not many . Last year I was doing splits the second week of February so it is looking like it will be the second week of March this year. We never know what is going to happen. Have a good week. Thanks
Same here with the small size and now a bog blow up. I don't know if they all grew a lot, but one the other day I looked at really blew up. The singles got second deeps already. The growth starts once we see some nectar and that's what's happening here for sure.
Another good video Mike, you always talk us thru your thoughts so we get an understanding. Until the next one . God bless
Thanks Randy. Means a lot to hear that. I sometimes think I’m doing more talking than bees.
@@MikeBarryBees Sometimes that isn't a bad thing. Plus we learn more from a show and tell than we do with just a show.
Hi Mike great video, just a thought have you ever tried not feeding pollen subs and see how they do by themselves, less places for the beetle larvae to feed on and hide👍
I actually don’t ever feed pollen sub, except maybe a weak NUC or a cell builder. This is the first year I’ve fed them all supplement, and it was because we went into winter so weak. Normally my bees are semi strong in the fall and very heavy, but the summer drought was worse in the than I thought, so with weaker than normal colonies coming out of winter, I purposely decided to boost them, it has worked quite well as I’m looking at some really nice colonies here at home. Th aka for the support and for the comment!! Appreciate you watching!!
@@MikeBarryBees thanks Mike for your reply, great that your colonies are doing well, I suppose it's better to be safe than sorry with regards to feed and nutrition 👍
Mike, i think you might save yourself the hassle of shaking bees out of the hive alive wrapper by taking the wrapper completely off since you're not placing them on the inner cover.
Yea, I think you’re correct. Will it stay moist you think? At a minimum cut the entire side out. If I feed anymore, I’m going to try that.
@MikeBarryBees i haven't used it before, so i dont know how dry it is.
@@MikeBarryBees im just thinking that it would drive me nutz having to grab all them plastic wrappers at the end. Haha
Mike...are you getting any of that winter weather tomorrow night 2/28/24?
No Jon. There will be a slight cool down and evenings in the 40’s, but nothing really winter-like. Just nice spring evenings.
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Mike what pollen patties do you use?
I used the Hive Alive 15% natural pollen. It’s a Global patty that has the HiveAlive in it.
They are looking great Mike. Im in transition to single brood from 1 1/2s. My problem is I dont have much deep drawn comb. I can pull up some drawn comb, or pull some for splits. However, I've found that they are slow to draw comb in the bottom if they have an overhead option. Any suggestions you have would be appreciated. Im pretty concerned about swarming if dont give them space.
Yea, unlike a lot of folks say, bees really aren’t inclined to move up, they’re inclined to build down. So I definitely see what you’re saying. Honestly, what I have done is leave the bottom with all drawn, but checker in about two, and up to three in the bottom, and then all the foundation up top and feed them slightly less than 1:1. I do believe seeding one brood frame with larvae in the top helps too. I used to leave all drawn in the bottom and 3 to 4 drawn in the center in the top, and then the top outsides all foundation and let a light flow push them to draw those out. Or a light feed if no nectar coming in. That’s my experience.
How are those short gloves working for ya Mike?
I really like them so far. They are doing well now that they're getting broken in.
@@MikeBarryBees I might have to get me a pair.
Do u ever have any luck with Peppermint for beetles? I'm gonna try it this season, stupid beetles were getting bad last year for me
I really have only tried it once and for me it just wasn't practical. They consume them and fast too. I can't put them in 4-0+ hives every few days. And I can't say that I saw any difference form the peppermint. Not saying it doesn't work, but I couldn't keep it in enough to notice a difference.
@@MikeBarryBees I think I might try some diluted Peppermint oil on a couple colonies, it's alot stronger than candy and the smell last longer.. I see people having good success with it , using just a couple drops in the corners of box..last year I had a really strong colony in the fall get absolutely slimed out & I never want to deal with that again lol
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Yeah I had a double I thought it was dead maybe biggest two fists I broke them down to a nuke about 2 weeks later I see bees coming it might make it
It really helps when we give them limited space when they're struggling. Helps them out a lot of the time.
Have you ever done the styrofoam nukes the little ones
Never tried them Wade.@@wadebarnes6720
Seems like you should get yourself a beetle sucker.
Yea, I might build one eventually. It might be useful for the weaker colonies.
Looking good Mike!
Thanks Brad!!