Walls Bee Man the bees here are so different to european and american bees. Its difficult for a Capetonian beekeeper to find useful tips on youtube for bee keeping because our bees are too fussy to accept the type of things you guys do... our bees are also very aggressive 😅 the bee in my area is known as the Cape honey bee. You should really come visit Cape Town. It’s one of the top cities in the world, its beautiful, very affordable with your currency and you can do anything here! Peace ✌️❤️
Mr. Tim, THANKS SO MUCH for being so willing to help! You have DEFINITELY helped us these past couple of years. We also love our honey bees and their Propolis, pollen and 🍯! You've answered my past questions and thank you! Only question this time is can I go with you next summer to feed the Alligators? 😂😉
on splitting the hives with queen cells and then putting the bees back together to make a big strong hive - how do you decide which of the new queens to keep?
Hello. Wuld be Nice to hear your ideas about spring feeding with pollen substitutes. Or maybe it is norhing you use in warm climate. Regards frome Sweden
I was thinking yesterday about making a video & feeding & substitutes are two things I was thinking. Thanks for letting us know your in Sweden. How cool........Happy New Year.......tim
Thank you Tim! Great information. I would have 1 minor suggestion that mannlake has a top hive feeder, you open the top and add as little as you like or up to about 3 gallons without any chance the bees can fly out at you. If you use the jars, unless you have screen under them the bees fly out at you when you fill them.
I had eye surgery yesterday so I hope I don't mis-type. I would have to know exactly what that feeder looks like. I am thinking the feeder you may be talking about does not have the syrup right next to the bees and I mean touching the bees. If the bees have no food/honey and it's cold and it only has to be say 40 degrees, the the bees can not get to it unless it is the method I speak of.
I am a beginner beekeeper in Utah: I continue feeding with sugar 2:1 or 1:1 water the whole winter because bees are indoors around 60-70F, and they go outside through a clear tube in the daytime when it is sunny or warm enough to let them do that. Should I continue feeding with sugar water, or would candies/patties be better? Because of freezing outdoors , 99% of the bees are freezing, and not returning to the hive. So, I am picking up hundreds of bees from the snow, and keeping them indoors inside of a container. After a short period of time, I see 80-90% of frozen bees recovering and moving around. At that point, I put them back in the hive. Is that correct? One opinion is that old or sick bees are going out to die anyway, but most of them seem like young bees. Should I continue collecting them? Or do you think they might not be returning because they are intentionally going out to die?
You must move this hive outside if you want it to survive. You are making the bees think it is Spring and it is not. If you left the livable conditions in your house and walked outside and it was too cold for you to survive, you would die. You can not change what is nature to them.
Newbie keeper in central Missouri. I’m starting with Russian bees purchased locally. One of my biggest concerns with bees is, vermoa mites. Can you share how you deal with mites and or what type of treatment you use to control mites. Thank you and really enjoy your videos.
thank you for subscribing to our site. This isn't the answer your looking for but having a strong colony is the best thing. I wish I had a better answer for you.......tim
One more question - I made feeders like you described. Two boxes worked great. Just one or two dead bees that had gotten trapped. One box, however, had a lot of dead bees which tells me one of the jars has a gap around it that the bees are getting through and then can't get out. Is there anything I can use to seal the gap?
There's got to be. In the Summer you can fix the gap but for now, using you hive tool, go around the lid and press cloth down in the gap and that will do it.Stay in touch .tim
Hey Mr. Wall, where can I get a print of the picture in your background? Any info you have on the artist, etc. would be great! I keep bees with my dad (about 65), and I know he would love your videos, I will have to download some so I can show him a few.
Hey Zack......That is wonderful you & your Dad can share the memories with the bees Look at my previous video and I give all the info on the Pic. Let me know if you don't see it.....tim
Hey Mr. Wall, I watched your previous video titled " Questions from Beekepers and Answers", but didn't see any info on the picture in the video or description. I was thinking of this for a Christmas gift for my dad, so any info you have is greatly appreciated, as that is right up his alley. Thanks for all the great videos, I really enjoy all of them and all The Funnies!!
Thank you Tim. Question. Could you comment or make a video on the different types of bees? I have read on the Russian, Italian, Carnolian.. seems to be contradicting information as far as aggression, hardiness a bunch of factors really. Your thoughts?
Keep in mind I probably am of the old school as they say. I'm sure There are beekeepers who really are knowledgeable about the answers to your questions. Most beekeepers like a pretty Italian Queen as I do and beekeepers like to see her. The black queens are harder to find. If she's yellow, lays good and her girls are gentle, I love her.........stay in touch.......tim
Hello Tim, my bees are backfilling brood frames with honey they are almost bound. I have tried spinning out the capped honey frames and putting them back. The bees are filling those with honey and not cleaning them out. I put in foundation frames and the bees are filling those with nectar when they are not yet drawn out yet. I am confused. Any help will be much appreciated. Kind regards, Richard
I'm not going to pretend I understand. Your not located in my neck of the woods. The queen must be good enough to produce enough bees to do that but, here is the but If the queen is really a real good laying queen and the bees have enough space up stairs to store honey, I always kind of wonder if the bees will give her sells to lay in. When I put comb back in the hive that I extracted, the bees always cleaned them up fast. Wish I knew the answer..Keep us posted
Tim,, should I clean my foundations after my bees left 2 of my hives over the winter. I want to put new bees in the hives for summer. Thanks as always. Ron
down in oregon where I grew up, as a child, I would put out jelly, and watch all the bee types come to feed. bumblebees. yellow jackets. hornets. and very few honey bees. some of the bees were really beautiful, and plenty, but few honey bees, we had none, wish we had.
Tim, you have me really interested in bees. I’ve got a couple of friends with them. I live in Memphis and wondered if you let newbees come observe your bees . I enjoy your videos and almost ready to take the plunge.
Thank you for writing. We used to invite people down but now days our insurance will not allow. I was the president or vice president of the Memphis area beekeepers for 5 years back in the 80's & 90's. They meet once a month at the Ag center.
Ronald Jenkins from Bruce Ms. Third year bee keeper, It appeared my bees were not looking healthy so I ordered a easy check kit to check for Vorroa. I tested two hives and found each showed about thirty vorroa from a three hundred (est.) bee test. I have screen bottoms and an oil trap under each hive. I cleaned traps and after a week of formic acid treatment I see it looks like thousands of vorroa in the traps of the treated hives. I have twelve new swarm hives close to these. My question is can and should I treat the new swarms now or let them get established?
AS a general rule, the vorroa mites are not going away and most of or all of the professional beekeepers are using the oxaclic acid fumigation. If use as instructed it is safe. Do not breath. I have seen colonies that were never treated and healthy as a hog......keep us posted..tim
@@WallsBeeMan And THANK YOU for your time spent making your videos. I have learned so much from them. Unfortunately the youtube videos have been my only mentor. Everyone needs help from a good knowledgeable mentor, and I'm hoping to find someone to help me more closely. I never had bees till three summers ago and I have falling deeply in love with them. I've read the "First lessons in Beekeeping" till it doesn't close and also "Contemporary Queen Rearing" several times. I'm always wanting to be a better Stewart of what God has given me. Thanks again!!!!
That my friend is the age old question. You will not use a queen excluder until after the bees have filled up the brood boxes. When the bees are ready to make honey in the honey supers, you will decide. If your going for comb honey you must use excluders. If you are going to extract your honey, you will have to choose. If you don't use a excluder, then the queen will lay in the honey supers. usually, after the brood has emerged out of the supers and there is a good honey flow on, then they will store honey where the brood emerged. Every cycle of brood make the comb darker
Hi Mr. Tim, firstly hope y'all had a BLESSED MERRY CHRISTmas!!! Wanted to ask your opinion on feeding our honey bee colonies dry pollen substitute throughout the winter? As of yet we are not doing that, but there are many local beekeepers who are setting out dry pollen substitute and it is now only 28 December. I understand how that may benefit in the spring build up, but I personally believe our honey bee colonies especially the queen needs a break from brood rearing during the winter. Many also say as long as they are consuming it to feed it, but I believe that's also like saying if teenage boys will consume food give them as much as they'll consume. It just seems a bit unnatural to me the feed pollen substitute through the whole winter. Thank you Mr. Tim for your opinion.
We did have a wonderful CHRISTmas. It's natural for humans, new beekeepers to want to help their bees. I think as you do. If that gives them the warm fuzzy feeling then, that makes them feel good and I doubt it hurts the bees. My #1 rule is, enjoy your bees. Years ago I came across a 50# bag of ( I think of very fine soy flour ) and I put it outside in a large box on it's side. I wish I had taken a video of them, they went after it like gang busters. In zone 7 where we are, hives start the beginning of building up in Jan.to hopefully be ready for the Spring flow. Several things can go wrong. If a hive is honey bound or pollen bound during the critical time of the build up period, a good Queen may not have enough cells to lay. If you don't get an idea how much pollen your bees have available, then you are just guessing and making yourself feel good.
Mr Durham, I live outside of Houston and am thinking about using more away quick strips... is it too late in the season to use these? I have heard it may kill the queen.
Maybe your talking about ( Mite Away Quick Strips ) The general consensus of the pros is, Formic acid fumigation is the best way to go. Follow instructions. The optimal time to use formic acid fumigation is when there is no capped brood in the hive. A lot of beekeepers of course try and end up using it when there is a small amount of capped brood in the hive
Hello, I in central Mississippi not far south of you. My question is, I run screen bottom boards on all my hives. Do I need to close them off in winter and if so at what degree do I need to install the slide in boards?
@@wtmccain1 A colony can live underneath a plywood sheet and have no protection all around or underneath. There always can be exceptions to some things. Way up North, the bees could not do this
Lay a canning jar lid on top of the plywood and pencil circle. Cut it so the lid will fir into the round hole but that edge on the lid will not go through. It will catch on the wood,
@@WallsBeeMan Yes Sweden it is😁. My hives got net bottom and it is fully open during winter. My hives are just wood 1 inch. The roof got insulation. South of Sweden. Some winters it gets - 15 Celsius. Some beekeepers do insulate their hives. Open net bottom is standard.
Mr Durham I live in north Texas where the summers are hot and humid. so my question is should I put my bees in full sun or in the shade? Love your videos!
Walls Bee Man Thank you very much! I hope I’m not bugging you with all my questions. I spoke with a gentleman today about bees and his explanation got so deep I was overwhelmed. I just want too learn and enjoy my bees when I get them. I appreciate you very much.
The first step is Enjoy your bees. You can do just like I did 50 years ago and I knew nothing. Don't worry doing anything wrong, just enjoy your bees. I often wonder why people who write manuals and the like, just can not keep it simple.
If you enjoy, do it. What you could do is go into the hive from one side one day and the next time go in from the other side and you could just go half way in each time... enjoy
That is a good subject I need to mention ion a video. Even after I have glued and nailed them and I find a twisted frame, I twist the frame back to be correct the I put more nails or staples in to hold it in correct position. Often I have to brake the glue bond to do this but that's OK.
i have a bee feeder evaluation on my youtube channel check it out let me know what you think and it might give you some ideas on your video. the glass jar is a good idea if you didnt have to fill them so often. i will only watch a couple bee channels and yours is one of them.
hate to tell you but i kind of like mine better because it serves as a top cover and you can add as many vent holes as you like and you can put dry sugar in it during the winter months so it serves a lot of purposes. if you decide to try it i think you will fill the same way, from county boy to another.
