Beekeeping | Feeding Your Bees In The Winter In 30 Seconds

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Beekeeping in the winter means feeding your bees a candy board but is it too cold to open the hive? I'll show you how to feed your bees in 30 seconds. It's important to reduce moisture in the hive with a candy board in the winter. Today we'll experiment with feeding our bees and monitoring the moisture at the same time.
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@robertreynolds6427 8 месяцев назад

Thank you Sir!

@off-trailseeking3965 3 месяца назад

Thanks much David for you informative videos! I would be interested in seeing a dedicated video on the details of how you use the weather station.......what are good readings, how do the reading fluctuate, when are reading going bad for the bees and what action to take.

@beek 3 месяца назад

Great suggestion!

@richardmadsen3149 9 месяцев назад

Looks great!

@marcellapaull4658 Год назад

Thanks! David you are such a blessing. You have taught me so much about helping my bees thrive.

@beek Год назад

Wow Marcella, thank you sooooo MUCH!!

@all_i_do_is_win2630 Год назад

Thanks for the video

@beek Год назад

My pleasure.

@dennisnieft1270 Год назад

Thanks David nice info on what's going on inside the hive.Time for a coffee time video to recap on all things in general.Great to hear that 100k is so close.Thanks so much for everything that you do to up us.

@beek Год назад

Yes, I've got a ton of ideas for future videos, it's like the "universe" keeps feeding me idea after idea and I want to do another coffee time soon.

@lilbit4877 Год назад

I just got my winter boards today. Ty. Where I live it has been around 20 degrees the past couple of weeks. I am excited to use them.

@richardsims3092 Год назад

looking forward to listening to you at the hive life conference

@beek Год назад

Hi Richard BUT I will not be speaking. By the time Kamon and I connected his speaker spots were all full. But Sheri and I will be there and have a vendor spot. Maybe next year.

@roymaher8820 Год назад

Great video…I enjoyed your comments about tinkering and backyard science. That’s a big part of my interest in beekeeping!

@beek Год назад

Hi Roy, yes, most of the early discoveries of bees and equipment was from citizen scientist.

@mr.joshua1791 Год назад

Received and installed my winter bee kind yesterday! Thanks dave!!

@beek Год назад

Awesome, glad to hear that!! You were one of the lucky ones that ordered early. Thank you. They go on sale every August 1 and ship in cold weather. Good for you!

@bryanbetournay5557 Год назад

I always love your videos David. In interested in your moisture level experiment. I too love my heated vest. Couldn't do the cold wet days outside without it. Keep up the great work.

@beek Год назад

Thank you Bryan and thanks for subscribing now for a year.

@adamboychuk8221 10 месяцев назад

It's awesome what you do and thank you keep it up love the videos

@MsQuantized Год назад

Love these experiments been thinking of doing similar.

@beek Год назад

Thank you. It's fun.

@framcesmoore Год назад

Good Video David have a great day

@lou8891 Год назад

Both my winter b kind will b here tomorrow

@beek Год назад

Awesome, made and packed with love ❤️

@feliciachitwood9400 Год назад

Thanks for this video it definitely made me feel better about getting into my bees 🐝 when it’s around 30*

@beek Год назад

Glad to help Felicia! As long as you are quick and do not lift out any frames.

@christinecontelmo9264 Год назад

Thanks!

@beek Год назад

Thanks Christine for the super thanks!! I really appreciate it.

@Dont780 Год назад

Thanks so much very informative!😊 I have bees. This is our second year, but it’s the first year they have stayed in winter 😊

@beek Год назад

Well, hopefully they will make it through winter.

@MrNeoflee Год назад

Got my feeder yesterday! Thank you so much . Hoping it will be a game changer . Was hoping to also buy a winter feeding board but was “sold out “ so gonna have to go to a competitor 3:14 😢

@phyllisflorian3540 Год назад

(Sheri is your busy bee in the shipping department. Way to go, Sheri!👏👏👏) Couple of questions: 1) Are you planning to wrap those hives that are close to the building? I wrapped my hives last week after a few really chilly nights, now we have snow. Next week, back into the 40's...??!! (Someone asked if you should bring the hives into the unheated garage over the winter....🧐???) Also, is it a big boo-boo to have left the 'fortified' sugar water feeders for a few more days while I wait for my Winter-Bee-Kind, or should I put some bee candy in there for now??? Thanks for any info from you, David, or from our wonderful subscribers. I'm so happy to bee a part of this adventure! 😊🐝💖

@WildwoodsBeekeeping Год назад

Your almost to 100,000 Subscribers! Very exciting! God bless

@itsokaytobeclownpilled5937 Год назад

Thank you! Awesome vid. I put wax paper on the frames, granulated sugar on the wax paper, a spacer and a moisture board on a hive/swarm that found my vacant hive this past September. It snowed this last weekend and I expected all of them to die. Much to my surprise, there was only a few dead bees at the entrance. Maybe a swarm after June isn't doomed. When I first discovered these bees had taken up residence in a vacant hive, I went through the hive to look for wax moth damage and hive beetles. I didnt fool with the hive looking for brood or the queen. I am paranoid I will squish the queen.

@beek Год назад

That is interesting.

@Nucandcrannyfarms Год назад

Very interesting David , i wonder how much thing's change between the wrapped hives vs the unwrapped. Cheers to a hundred grand !

@beek Год назад

I'm hoping that if my channel continues to grow I can move more into full-time content on beekeeping here on RU-vid. Now I'm trying to cram it in between all my other responsibilities.

@WolfDragonTamer Год назад

Final 500! Keep up the great content!

@carrollscott8865 Год назад

Chicken coop. You can shovel snow from entrance if need be

@pencintalebah Год назад

Amazing sir

@beek Год назад

Many many thanks

@DooleyBFR Год назад

You Like it Hot!!! LOL!!! Come down here in Hillbilly Coal Country! We Build a coal fire in the Buck stove strip down to our underware and open the windows n doors!! LMBO! Thats Hot Bubby!!! God Bless!!!

@WildlifeAdventuresWithVincent Год назад

Your so close to 100k!

@beek Год назад

I know, so close!!

@todpatn9782 Год назад

Your almost there

@beek Год назад

I started beekeeping videos on RU-vid in 2008 and it hasn't been until the last couple of years that my video channel has gain significant traction. All because of my great, loyal followers. Thank you.

@todpatn9782 Год назад

@@beek you knew what. I meant too.

@carlland9024 Год назад

As a beekeeper that has made hundreds of your type of candy boards. I wonder if the 20 degree temp rise is from the residual heat escaping the two hour poured candy in the drying process. It seems like it takes several hours of curing time to not feel the heat any longer after I pour the candy into the boards. Carl

@beek Год назад

Probably, but the next video shows it in the 60s 23 hours later so the heat should have cured and reduced.

@redflag4781 6 месяцев назад

Just give them fondant as a safety net.

@Zarealy Год назад

Citizen scientists, I kinda like that!

@beek Год назад

Hi Luke, yes, I like that term and it really empowers those of us who are smart and hard workers but may not have a tone of degrees and letters after our name. We can still be giant contributors to awesome discoveries.

@andyrandles1901 Год назад

Hi David, very much appreciate your videos. I am a first year bee keeper with 2 hives in central lower Michigan. I placed a temp/humidity senor in 1 hive right below the winter be kind. Question.... what humidity should be the norm? What humidity level should I be considered with? Right now the outside Temps are in the mid 20's to low 30's with a 90% humidity. Inside hive temp/humidity is an avg of 48f and 68% humidity.

@beek Год назад

Hard to know what normal is but to be 18 degrees warmer and 28% less moisture is awesome 👏

@suzanneferracane2083 9 месяцев назад

How do you make your candy boards

@carmelsmith8936 10 месяцев назад

great video, started bee keeping this year, this will be my first winter and i am in Canada. In one video, i saw you wrap your hives, but in this video they are not wrapped in insulation?? I was told not to wrap them so i am a bit confused on what to do. I am still looking to purchase the ingredients for the fall food for them here as well. Looking for a Canadian supplier but not having a lot of luck yet, love the winter boards you use!!! Do you ship them to Canada???

@beek 10 месяцев назад

To wrap or not to wrap. Strong colonies probably don't need wrapped. Weak and sick colonies could probably benefit but a wind break is better.

@texaschick6153 Год назад

I just stumbled upon this video. Thank you so much for the information. I volunteer at an Aquapanics Farm that works with special needs adults. We now have two beehives. I see that you are sold out of your winter be kind. Is there anywhere that sells something similar to this that we can purchase for our bees? We are very new to this and want to make sure that our bees are fed throughout the winter.

@beek Год назад

Glad you found my channel. I'm really hoping more will be available in January. I'm pushing for that, but fingers crossed.

@mmb_MeAndMyBees Год назад

Feed them a good size tub of Bee Fondant : Place that Tub upside down, on some 1/2" Wood Timber Slats going Across the Frames ! So Bees have plenty of "Bee Space" to crawl from Frame Top, into Tub, have a Munch, and go back down ! Bee Fondant must be Bee Grade (not the Bakers type with added Corn Flour as a Stabilisers ! Bee can't eat that !) We couldn't afford David's Shipping Rates across the Pond ! To here in Scotland. 🤭 So we either Buy Tubs of Pre Weighed Volume (say 2lb Amounts.) Or ... Buy a Huge x26 lb Box of the stuff ! And Carve it Into the x lb need of the Hive !) It's super easy to Pop the Roof, add a Tub, or Tubs into a Super Box (as a Shim.) Put some kind of Material in that Space between Tub and Roof ! Bees have Hooked Feet, so don't use Fluffy or Fuzzy stuff like Cold Food Delivery Webbing, or Wool, or Burlap ! Unless it's above a barrier that the Bees can't get to, and get all caught up in your 'good deed concept' gone wrong (!) I have Chickens, so use ex Feed Sacks ! Plastic Woven, smooth, but let moisture rise, unlike say, a solid ex Compost Sack. That would cause Condensation to drop on the Bees. Reminder : 1) Upper Box where Bees are. 2) Add an Empty Deep, or Super Box as a Shim, aka Walls only. 3) Add some or several Wood Slats Across Bees (Space and they Support Weight of Tub, or Fondant Wrapped in Parchment Paper with a Hole in its underside... So Bees get in to Feed, but block doesn't Dry Out ! 4) Add a Breathable Sack Across whole Box, fold or tuck as necessary. Then : add Burlap (Coffee Sacks, Coffee Sacks with Sheep's Wool in them. Even Packaging Peanuts (those annoying fly away Styrofoam type. Or Maybe a Block of cut of Home Insulation Foiled Foam Builders Board. 5) Then the Roof. And a Big Rock ! Or all Tie down with a Rachet Strap. Hope this helps. 🤗 🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝 Happy Beekeeping 2022. 🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝 In the UK we call Sugar Fondant, Bakers Fondant ! (Hard Solid, Frosting ? Stateside.) Luckily our Food Stores don't add so many Additives, to food as in the USA. So we can buy "Fondant" in the Baking Aisle, or the Beekeeper Supplier Store. Just give Bees... Corn Flour (Corn Starch ?) That dusty white powder that stops food, going 'damp, soggy, splits, or spoils ! It's cheaper to buy x26 lbs premade. But some Beeks bulk by White Sugar, add heat and a 'drop of water' and Stir away ! It's very hard work to make Fondant, and Heated Sugar (to hot or high temps is toxic to Bees !) Or if your good at Carpentry. Have a Board, a Rim, Can pour Dampened Wet Sugar onto it, press in a Support Mesh, add more Damp Sugar. And allow Days for it to set Rock Hard....That's a DIY Candy Board ! I like Tubs ! A nice Sunny Cold Winter's Day. Pop the Roof, and a new Tub, remove the Empty. See any moving Bee. Done ! In x30 Seconds. And it included a Bee Inspection... They are Alive and Hungry ! 👍

@mmb_MeAndMyBees Год назад

Texas Chick... What ever you choose, Feed the Bees as a Winter must ! Say Hi to the Kids and two Hives. 👋

@mmb_MeAndMyBees Год назад

Texas Chick... Oops.... typo "DO NOT Feed any Corn Flour or Corn Starch"... To Bees. 👀

@all_i_do_is_win2630 Год назад

If you put hand warmers on the winter be kind would it help?

@all_i_do_is_win2630 Год назад

Or a heating pad

@pamtewes5276 Год назад

I am wondering about placement of my candy board. I have a single deep box (smaller hive with very little honey stores). I have a honey super on top, about 1/2 full. If I put my candy board on top of the super, will they travel up that much to get the food? Or should I put the candy board right over the cluster (under the honey super). Also , should the hole in the candy board be in the front or back. Thank you!

@beek Год назад

In my recent video the bees came up from the lower deep through their filled honey super onto the winter bee kind in 23 hours. Hole in front

@randyhahn3346 Год назад

What is the instrument you are using to monitor inside the hive?

@beek Год назад

Hi Randy, thanks for being a subscriber for 1 year. The sensor in this video is from my weather station. It is an extra feature that my weather station came with that monitors any area indoors. So I just used it outdoors protected from the weather. Here's my affiliate link to my weather station: amzn.to/3EhZPsV

@debrakwiley6362 10 месяцев назад

What if I just add sugar on the hive when it’s winter

@jerrysturm6502 Год назад

Is there a video on how to make your candy boards

@beek Год назад

Seems like I made one years ago

@roymclean1345 Год назад

How important is ventilation in a hive during winter should I leave a small hole at the bottom open and one at the top to help carry out the moisture or should I close it off totally at the bottom and please send me a link where I can order some of your winter be kind board

@beek Год назад

Hi Roy, I would advise you BUT unfortunately, I have no idea what country, climate or part of the world you live in. The answer can be different based on where you live. We are sold out of WBKS.

@DavidWilliams-wr4wb 9 месяцев назад

Do you feed your bees syrup all winter ?

@jonathanwhite459 Год назад

How many colonies do you keep?

@beek Год назад

Too many for just "me and a tripod".

@captbriansbees Год назад

Is one candy board enough for winter feeding?

@beek Год назад

My hives usually require 4 even with a deep and super with honey. That why we include the recipe.

@jasongannon7676 Год назад

Now you need to place a camera in the hive

@beek Год назад

I've tried but with bee space only being 1/4-3/8 inch there is just now room.

@JoeHHarrell Год назад

Wish I'd seen this video about a week earlier, I recently made candy for my winter bee kind (just bought the frame) and put it on the hive. Started without a veil and had to cover it back up and run get one. Had trouble getting the bees off the feeding system board I was taking off, lost a decent sized clump down the front of the hive between it and the insulating wrap I had just put on, they landed in front of the hive opening but I think it was too cold for them to make it back inside, left them alone figuring that trying to mess with saving them would put the others in danger. Now I'm not looking forward to checking on the winter bee kind in a few weeks for fear of screwing up again. I know it's a learning process but it's hard to contemplate losing them when you're just starting out since they are a somewhat pricy investment.

@beek Год назад

Yup, bees are very different in how they respond to winter.

@neilvandermeer213 Год назад

Tv repair

@beek Год назад

Were you a TV repairman?📺

@neilvandermeer213 Год назад

@@beek Hi David burns your a really sweet guy(honey) yes I was a tv repairman.

@FshHnt192 Год назад

Hi David, I was wondering if there was any way to store the candy boards for next fall? I ordered 2 from you and and I just got my shipping notification but as luck would have it, I just went into my hive to remove the sugar syrup feeder and board and it looks my hive has died. 😟

@beek Год назад

Oh wow, I'm sorry to hear that. Yes, you can store them in the freezer.