Amend soil with old chicken manure and let the area rest over the winter. Also change your potato cultivar. I planted sarpo mira and had a return of 18 pounds to every one pound of seed potatoes planted. I obtained my seed from Wood Prairie Farm in Maine. Their Norland Red seeds also gave good returns. Good luck for next year.
Thank you so much for the your comment. I wonder how the potatoes you talked about will do in the south? We will definitely look into added Chicken Manure , we just have to track some down. All this information is great to know. Have a blessed day.
Mine has been light this year but I think part of it had to do with getting them in late. What was your soil temperature like mine has been cooler this Summer, I wondered if that had to do with it. Thanks for sharing, Blessed Days...
We didn't check the temp of the soil ,but i would assume warm since our temps were in the 90s a lot this summer. Full sun in the area. We will just to have to study up on them more. Lack of water might have been an issues as well. Thank you watching and commenting.
First thank you so much for your question and watching the video. I'll be happy to answer your question but I'm not sure I'm understanding your question. Could you be asking about the foundation being precut ? Maybe you can clarify your question or let me know what part of the video you might be referring to. Thank you.
I like your attitude. I really like the family aspect. If you lost 5 of 10, I really hope you checked your mite loads. It is usually year 2 or 3 when mites and viruses overtake a colony. I'll go back and check out your other videos.
Thank you so much for watching and your comment. We love to hear from people, especially fellow bee keepers. It's part of what we have learned about the bee community is most offer good advise and just want to help. As far as mite go, yes we do mite checks and treat but we are still continuing to learn what treatments work best for our hives and area. We have also learned that timing is a big part as well. We hope you enjoy our videos and please tell others about our channel. Have a blessed day.
I believe it’s TOO hot for the peas. Try again in the Fall. Some of those tomatoes are ready Roma tomatoes don’t get soft like slicer or beefstake tomatoes. Hang in there.
No fun that the garden is struggling. What has your night time temps been like, I have only been seriously gardening for a few years but I know that night time temps can have a large impact plant growth and fruit ripening. I do know that peas are very difficult to grow in heat. Blessed Days...
Thank you, the Bees did most of the work and made it easy. We were happy with what we got. Please share with your friends and Thank you so much for watching our videos.
We only pulled honey from 4 hives. It was 28 medium frames I believe. Some were not full frames of honey. Still trying to learn the honey flow timing and when to get honey supers on. Later this year will are going to be adding another yard with some hives in it for next years flow. Thanks for watching and your comments are always welcomed.
Yes we were blessed with more honey than last year despite some set back. But we are grateful for what we got. It always a learner experience for sure. Thank you for taking time to watch our videos. Please tell other about our channel.
@@SolitudeAcres putting a single drop on the back of one of the frames will keep moths out. I actually wouldn't do that with a week hive because there would be robbing. Hope this helps.
nope by far not our strongest hives. That hive had struggle since spring when we get them to make a queen. Finally did get one to take but she was small. So it was our first time splitting a hive an we were just trying experience that process. It just didn't work well. But we learned from it. Thanks for watching and thanks for your comment.
Waxmoths suck, eucalyptus oil can help drive them out. I have not used it myself but I know beekeepers in the south the swear by it. I have seen a few flying around my hives the last week or so, I think I'm going to give it a try. Thanks for sharing your time, Blessed Days...
Thank for the comment. Yes it's just another one of the frustrating things that happen with bee keeping. We havent like the setback when stuff like this happen but we try to remember it's just another learn experience. We will read up on the eucalyptus oil and see what info we can find. Thanks again for stopping by.
I do this the exact same way, only with a much lighter coating. In my experience, filling the foundation cups causes some hives to build wonky comb on top of the extra thick wax. I have learned this year to never buy cheap foundations… I’ve spent so much time and energy pulling hundreds of frames, scraping wonky comb, and re-waxing. Had to buy more wax at one point as well. But, i keep almost 100% of the wax to give back to the bees
Thank you so much for the info. That's seems like sound advise. With this being the start of our second year we still have a lot to learn but like trying things for the experience as well. Please tell other about our channel and thanks for taking the time to stop by.
@@SolitudeAcres no worries… I’m still “new” to beekeeping as well. Have learned a ton in the last 4 years by experience. Keep it up… it can be a wild ride
@@orangevw36 yeah we found that out so far. Once you think you understand something the next thing you find out is you didn't really know anything. We have come to conclusion that we just have to take every moment as a learning time.
Yes we've heard of places doing that. During spring and up until the bees stop getting on the white clover we get in our yard we only mow where things aren't flowering in the grass. It look funny but it' only in the back yard. Hopefully it helps the pollinators a little bit. Thanks for watching
@@SolitudeAcres we have a gully in our yard that we let go wild every spring and summer. I need to get one of those signs for my yard that says we are feeding the bees.
A really informative and open to new things about bees is this channel…IMHO…ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-5rFz3jm8TzE.htmlsi=yMvBQTe9DE-phzUN Kaymon knows 🐝’s.
It’s exciting to see a Queen but I look at selvral other factors..brood etc. I prefer not to handle 🐝s unless they need help…not hands off but trying to handle all minimally ..especially brood.. If I were 🐝 I’d rather a giant person usually leave us 🐝 alone as much as possible…I think 🐝 🐝cause they are a part of me.. I could spend a day in front of a mellow hive and 🐝 totally entertained. I’ll run around trees to prevent a misbehaving 🐝 from killing its self for several minutes till it stops
All very good points. Thank for you watching and responding. With this only being the start of our second year of Bee keeping we still like to get into some of the hives each week so we can continue to learn. Please tell your friends about our channel.
To minimize deaths and disruption.. I try to tend 🐝 in early or late hours when they average to 🐝 calmer…I do 🐝 on my channel. Less stress to 🐝 so less stress to me 🐝…including temperatures….except in winter/cold then I’d 🐝 picking midday.
I agree, midday is the best time of day. But as we all know weather, heat and other life stuff get in the way. So we all do our best we can to get in our hives even if it isn't idea time of day.
@@SolitudeAcres yep do what works… I still use a suit or sometimes hat but for me the clothes make me less observant of me & the 🐝 …good for me to 🐝 more observant of as much as possible 🐝cause theres lots of them and every 🐝 matters to me.
I’m so aware without bee apparel almost every bee that stings or has tried to sting me in front or most side stings I saw the 🐝 on attack approach…swooshzzzzzzzz I usually successfully avoid them except for the ones that go to my back…those hit way more often….it’s fun to dodge them…sometimes/possibly often they go to attack just once really because the flight path was set and things can set them to impact….I dodge more than the numbers of 🐝 that are surely not on attack formation by accident…sometimes they can 🐝 really accurate…gotta know the wind etc to really dodge well.
I should have went I to more detail on how it works. Maybe we can do a video on that once see how the bees do with it. As I said in the video we like trying new things, I believe it's the best way to learn how to become a better bee keeper. So basically how it works is you put wax foundation between the split plastic frames. The frames have a plastic ring in side. Once the bees fill with comb and honey you pull the frames out of the box. Separate the split frames to expose the comb and ring. Pull that out and you put caps on each side of the ring and you have a nice little package of round comb. I think it would sell well or make a good gift. Better Bee has a nice video on their RU-vid page that shows the process. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-CyM0eavQz-E.htmlfeature=shared At this point the only downside I see is you have to purchase the rings and covers from Ross. But they are pretty inexpensive so it doesn't add much to your cost to make the comb. Like I said we will do an update video as we progress through the honey flow and pulling the box to show it worked for us. Thank you for watching and please share with your friends and fellow bee keepers. God Bless.
@@SolitudeAcres Looking forward to a follow up video. My suspicion is that the bees won't complete some of the rounds. Just an opinion though, having never used them.
@@BellsBees There's always that chance I've seen where people have 80 percent of all round full and capped. But Bee are going to do what they want I guess. Thanks again for your insight.
We made our own sugar patties. There a little pollen substitute in it as well as some honey bee healthy and honey bee healthy aminos. They are pretty simple to make.
I'm also beekeeper and working as Apiculture Unit officer at Himalayan wellness company Pvt ltd a Descon enterprise Can you share notes or books in soft or hard form? I need best easy literature
Sorry just now seeing this. Not sure how we missed it. I'm sure Bee and Comb has 304 Stainless if not he can probably get it. You can contact them at sales@beekeepingservices.com Thank for visiting our Channel. Please tell others about us.
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Wondering if you would share where (state) you are located. For purpose of (me) comparing how the bee keeping season is progressing across the nation. Especially in different climates. Thank you. I am in Massachusetts, just studying bee keeping. As I have no place for an apuary yet.
We are in th NC/SC region. I would assume that would put you about 3 to 4 weeks behind us. But weather the way it is these days you never know. We have been having pollen coming in to our hives over the past 2 to 3 weeks. But we normally get another cold snap I March so we will see how that goes moving forward. Thank you watching and reaching out to us. We always like answering questions. Have a blessed day and please tell others about our channel. While we are one year into our bee journey we like letting others know what it like and hopefully get them excited about beekeeping.
I'm in SW Virginia, some of my colonies are growing like mad and others are quite small. Some still have 50-90 lbs of honey on top. In the Atlantic states, you may consider an insulated hive to overwinter, it really makes a difference. I see improvements with a homemade insulated wrap vs a plain wood box, it helps with wind chill and heat loss from a draft.
We didn't really have to many long days of hard cold this year. IN fact in Dec and Jan we put out some pollen for open feeding and they were all over it. We do still have some honey in the brood boxes we are just adding some sugar to hopefully encourage them to build out comb on our med frames. hopefully to save some time and energy to have make honey when the flow hits. Thank you for the comment and recommendation. @@heavymechanic2
I discovered that spinach likes higher pH than most plants, and will be small and stunted if soil is acidic. Putting in a handful of ag lime per 5 gallons of potting mix should correct it. Blueberries on the other hand likes low pH soils. Cantaloupes also like higher pH and will have small leaves if pH is too low.
our blueberrys do great and don't add anything. I guess it's something in the clay soil we have. they seem to like that. But we can check out the adding to spinach. thanks for the tip and thanks for watching.
@@SolitudeAcres Your blueberries doing great shows you probably have a pH of 4.5 to 5.5. Make sure you do not add Ag lime to the area you have blueberries. It would raise the pH and hurt the blueberries. But most things can handle lower pH, but just do not do as well. Low pH ties up certain nutrients such as Nitrogen and phosphorous and makes certain nutrients such as Al too available. High available Aluminum tends to burn roots.
Yes In the summer when it hot and they need to cool the hive. they collect water and take it back to the hive for the other bees as well as using it to cool down. It's pretty neat how they do that.
The log feeder is being held up by a hanging plant mount with a I bolt holding it in place. But yes the video is real . The bird feeder in in the back ground is also hanging on another hanging plate mount. it is mounted on another post behind the log feeder. I think the camera feeder might be making it look strange to you. Thank you for watching. @@QueenSugil
