Lol! I was thinking about putting that mostly empty frame closer to the feed bucket too! 😍 Hoping everyone there is well & you have enough stores to keep Jimmy's hollow legs filled.😂😂😂🇺🇸 Thanks for another informative video!! 💕🇺🇸💕
Not quite figured it out but we are starting to see more consistency and that makes me feel alot better. Hopefully, we can continue to see improvements. I am excited for next year's improvements
K&L, thanks for the video. I always enjoy the K&L productions! If I get pink bees I want hot pink. lol. I’m like you I don’t care what color as long as they’re healthy and do their job... lol
Looking good from Ohio valley. Season is over. Couple light frosts and freeze in the morning. Starting OVA treatments today. 4 treatments with 6 day intervals. Once finished, I'll be adding mountain camp feeding to hives that need it and wrapping for winter. Good luck this winter.
Kamon, Greetings from KY! Am envious you can still be out in the bee yard in a T-Shirt...even here just a couple hours north of you it is far too cold! I am already eager to see what results you get out of your test yard next season!
Same here even in So. Cal. Though we are still getting some pretty warm days...even high 80s. .nights low 50s. I figure I may still have a month to get them tucked in. Happy Winter all ya'all 🥰🐝✌
@@PutEmInTheBox We only use insulated hives, which includes an insulated roof (it's usually polystyrene hives), but this year I added a quilt box type thing on top with wood chips to see if I can minimize the risk of moldy frames in the bottom box. 😊👍
@@attesmatte Hello Sara, I am using the Finnish made polystyrene hives along with a US made variant in N.E Ohio and I used a modified hive box as a quilt box and found the bees just glued the screened vents on the bottom closed. I will try the hives in the normal setup this Winter. Let us know how it works for you next Spring please.
@@SuperBuickregal If the bees close up the vents I wouldn't worry about it, they usually know what's best. 😜 There's really no need for an upper ventilation, the important thing in colder areas is that the cold outside air isn't chilling the roof too much, because that will make the moisture inside the hive to condensate in the "ceiling" and drip down on the cluster, and that can kill the bees. With insulation like a quilt box filled with wood shavings (or wool, or any other insulation) on top, the moist air will flow outward and usually condensate on the walls of the hive and just drip down the sides, which is perfectly fine and won't hurt the bees. 😊👍
Another great informative video. I would appreciate your opinion of what you would want to see in a 5 frame nuc and in a 10 frame single deep in your area of Tennessee for winter. Thank you so very much for your time.
Mmm coffee is especially good this time of the year. Hot Coffee and cool crisp mornings. Just need a pipin' hot biscuit with some butter and honey and Bam! Day started off perfect.
Nice vid Kamon. I winter colonies like those every year here in northern NY. They usually do better than big production colonies in the second year. Those young queen are really the heart of a working apiary. Been using Palmer daughters for years now. Love to see how they look for others. Where was the queen from the second colony from by any chance?
Hey Clayton both are Palmer queens. I got 40 from him and made all the splits the same. You are very right young queens can really make or break a beekeepers year.
Hello Sir, I've heard people talk about winter bees and that they're bigger to last the winter, do you have any pictures of what the brood and the bees look like?
You can still feed syrup when the weather gets freezing? I’m a new beekeeper and was told not to feed syrup when it gets below 50 because of moisture in the hive kills bees!
Hi I am a first year bee keeper and love your videos have learned a lot. I have 2 apimaye hives and would like to know if you are going to leave the feeders on your apimaye hives or replace them with a regular cover?
Kamon, I am a newbie and I have 1 hive that is 10+ frames of bees in a single deep. I have put another deep box on top with some foundation frames and some without foundation. I don't have any of my own drawn frames yet except what is already in the single deep box. The bees have filled every available cell with nectar and sugar syrup and hence the new queen that I have in there has very little room to lay. They will not touch the top box at all and yet in the last week they have drawn out one of the frameless frames almost completely in less than a week! I am feeding them ss and pollen patties. They are taking the syrup but not the patty. I am in SE Alabama and we have mild winters respectively. We might get a cold snap that is below freezing for a few days at a time but it bounces back pretty quickly. Should I leave the top box on or take it off and let them get crowded in the one box. There are so many bees that I have to be very careful when using the hive tool. I am constantly, accidently squishing bees. I hate that. Thank you in advance for any advise you could give me. Anne
Let them get full in the bottom box. The q is slowing her laying down so no problems there. You have to gauge how many frames of nectar/honey they have and what they need. You are able to feed through winter and if the hive is full them them alone til they need more. To get them in the top box (in spring) you bring up a frame of brood so they get the idea.
Hello! First year beek in Johnson City, TN. Have you overwintered your Apimaye hives? If so, did you do anything special to it for moisture control? I've heard a million different ideas, but none for TN winters. Thank you!
Hey Kamon, I have followed you for a while and from some reason your videos are not showing up for me. I even tried to unsubscribe and resubscribe to your page and still cannot see your videos. Not sure if you are having some issues. Thanks for the videos.
Thanks !!
thanks for sharing can not wait to see mine in the spring
I was having a hard time finding my queens since I do not mark. I figured that they had shrunk down. Thanks Kamon!
Good morning Reynolds family. Hope today is a great one on the homestead!!
Awesome vid. Thanks for sharing.
Glad to see you doing things your way, regardless what others are doing / saying. 👍👍
I appreciate that!
Lol! I was thinking about putting that mostly empty frame closer to the feed bucket too! 😍 Hoping everyone there is well & you have enough stores to keep Jimmy's hollow legs filled.😂😂😂🇺🇸 Thanks for another informative video!! 💕🇺🇸💕
I had one of Mikes queens last year. Great laying queen for sure. Brought in the most honey too.
I'd love to see in those feeders one day,
If love to know how you stop the bee's drowning in the feed.
Great video. Looks like the bees are doing well. I have the hardest time getting consistent results like you do. Seems like you have it figured out!
Not quite figured it out but we are starting to see more consistency and that makes me feel alot better. Hopefully, we can continue to see improvements. I am excited for next year's improvements
@@kamonreynolds to what do you attribute your improved consistency?
A good queen, dead mites & good nutrition😁
Hello there I drove Tennessee it was pretty sunny ☀️ today
Thanks Kamon. Great information as always!!
K&L, thanks for the video. I always enjoy the K&L productions! If I get pink bees I want hot pink. lol. I’m like you I don’t care what color as long as they’re healthy and do their job... lol
Looking good from Ohio valley. Season is over. Couple light frosts and freeze in the morning. Starting OVA treatments today. 4 treatments with 6 day intervals. Once finished, I'll be adding mountain camp feeding to hives that need it and wrapping for winter. Good luck this winter.
Kamon, Greetings from KY! Am envious you can still be out in the bee yard in a T-Shirt...even here just a couple hours north of you it is far too cold! I am already eager to see what results you get out of your test yard next season!
I really need to get into mine, but its already pretty chilly here.
Same here even in So. Cal. Though we are still getting some pretty warm days...even high 80s. .nights low 50s. I figure I may still have a month to get them tucked in. Happy Winter all ya'all 🥰🐝✌
🤣😂 wish it was warm enough to check on bees here anytime in October. It was 16°F this morning at my house.
Thanks for the video, I've been debating on giving a couple of my hives one last gallon of feed. Most are pretty good though.
We don't use upper entrances at all in Sweden, especially not during winter. So it's definitely not necessary. 😜
What sort of insulation do you put in the roof?
@@PutEmInTheBox
We only use insulated hives, which includes an insulated roof (it's usually polystyrene hives), but this year I added a quilt box type thing on top with wood chips to see if I can minimize the risk of moldy frames in the bottom box. 😊👍
@@attesmatte Hello Sara, I am using the Finnish made polystyrene hives along with a US made variant in N.E Ohio and I used a modified hive box as a quilt box and found the bees just glued the screened vents on the bottom closed. I will try the hives in the normal setup this Winter. Let us know how it works for you next Spring please.
@@SuperBuickregal
If the bees close up the vents I wouldn't worry about it, they usually know what's best. 😜 There's really no need for an upper ventilation, the important thing in colder areas is that the cold outside air isn't chilling the roof too much, because that will make the moisture inside the hive to condensate in the "ceiling" and drip down on the cluster, and that can kill the bees. With insulation like a quilt box filled with wood shavings (or wool, or any other insulation) on top, the moist air will flow outward and usually condensate on the walls of the hive and just drip down the sides, which is perfectly fine and won't hurt the bees. 😊👍
@@attesmatte l agree with this but found it odd that they glued the screen on the poly hives and not on the wooden hives’s???
Another great informative video. I would appreciate your opinion of what you would want to see in a 5 frame nuc and in a 10 frame single deep in your area of Tennessee for winter.
Thank you so very much for your time.
Morning Covfefe ☕️ and a Kamon Reynolds video!
Mmm coffee is especially good this time of the year. Hot Coffee and cool crisp mornings. Just need a pipin' hot biscuit with some butter and honey and Bam! Day started off perfect.
Nice vid Kamon. I winter colonies like those every year here in northern NY. They usually do better than big production colonies in the second year. Those young queen are really the heart of a working apiary. Been using Palmer daughters for years now. Love to see how they look for others. Where was the queen from the second colony from by any chance?
Hey Clayton both are Palmer queens. I got 40 from him and made all the splits the same. You are very right young queens can really make or break a beekeepers year.
Hello Sir, I've heard people talk about winter bees and that they're bigger to last the winter, do you have any pictures of what the brood and the bees look like?
You can still feed syrup when the weather gets freezing? I’m a new beekeeper and was told not to feed syrup when it gets below 50 because of moisture in the hive kills bees!
Any live streams scheduled for the near future? Love this video, thanks to you and Laurel!!!
Sunday evening is the plan. 7pm
Some of my bees camped out on the landing last night and were caught in freezing weather and died.
Hi K great vid as normal, i always have my frame feeders on the outside do you think this makes any difference in winter, for a warmth point of view
Hi I am a first year bee keeper and love your videos have learned a lot. I have 2 apimaye hives and would like to know if you are going to leave the feeders on your apimaye hives or replace them with a regular cover?
Does it hurt the hive if you remove the excess wax that they build on the top and bottom of the Frames?
Not a bit
How do you keep snow from covering the entrance with the hives on the ground?
What snow? Haha no seriously we don't hardly get any snow and if we did we would just get out the shovel
Kamon, I am a newbie and I have 1 hive that is 10+ frames of bees in a single deep. I have put another deep box on top with some foundation frames and some without foundation. I don't have any of my own drawn frames yet except what is already in the single deep box. The bees have filled every available cell with nectar and sugar syrup and hence the new queen that I have in there has very little room to lay. They will not touch the top box at all and yet in the last week they have drawn out one of the frameless frames almost completely in less than a week! I am feeding them ss and pollen patties. They are taking the syrup but not the patty. I am in SE Alabama and we have mild winters respectively. We might get a cold snap that is below freezing for a few days at a time but it bounces back pretty quickly. Should I leave the top box on or take it off and let them get crowded in the one box. There are so many bees that I have to be very careful when using the hive tool. I am constantly, accidently squishing bees. I hate that. Thank you in advance for any advise you could give me. Anne
Let them get full in the bottom box. The q is slowing her laying down so no problems there. You have to gauge how many frames of nectar/honey they have and what they need. You are able to feed through winter and if the hive is full them them alone til they need more. To get them in the top box (in spring) you bring up a frame of brood so they get the idea.
Hello! First year beek in Johnson City, TN. Have you overwintered your Apimaye hives? If so, did you do anything special to it for moisture control? I've heard a million different ideas, but none for TN winters. Thank you!
This will be my first year over wintering them but I am not worried about it or doing anything about moisture. Strong clusters are tough.
@@kamonreynolds Awesome! Thank you for your reply. I feel much better going into this winter.
My girls are all snow covered after last night😳
Tucked in for winter rest!
ha great video what did u mean by double insulation can u show us thanks
It is reflectix insulation you can buy at lowes
Hey I was wondering if you sell any newks bees because I'm a new bee keeper and if you send me the link for when you was in the warehouse
Kamon, is 40 degree weather to cold to treat bees with oxalic acid?
Where do you get the double bubble rap at?
Lowes, Home Depot
Your little girl would live if you had bees that were hot pink!
Do you have honey to sell? I'm looking to buy some from other keepers as I'm out of mine
Hey Kamon, I have followed you for a while and from some reason your videos are not showing up for me. I even tried to unsubscribe and resubscribe to your page and still cannot see your videos. Not sure if you are having some issues. Thanks for the videos.
Looking good. Billy Joe Shaver died Weds. If you like old country, check him out if you don't know him. J