David, hello from Greece! Mind you, this is not a question! (Don't compain man, we all love you!) It's a huge thank you for the things you have taught me through your videos. Kind regards
Wrapping is a benefit if you have crazy wind they keeps the bees easier to keep the hive warm anything you do to support your bees are good benefits for winter winters can be tough
I use 6 mil nitrile gloves. I have not been stung through them yet. They are thicker than usual gloves and generally considered for automotive use. The ones i use have textured finger tips.
OMG! Watched this and went out to try to inspect my hive and happened on intense robbing had just started. My entrance reducer doesn’t fit well and had fallen out. I rushed in and pushed it back as best I could and threw a sheet over my hive. Wondering when it will be safe to open to check the devastation.
I want to thank you for your answer on green drone frames just ask because just frozen some and had to put them back in for them to clean and they started to filling with nectar
David. You may have misunderstood my question. What I meant was that I put a second brood chamber last week that I rolled extra wax onto. Basically I'm experimenting hoping they'll build wax comb at this late of date. No dearth here in west michigan as of yet and the outlook on weather has it staying warm into October. My hope is that this new brood will build foundation so that my queen has plenty room. So I now have a full brood box on bottom, empty brood box without drawn comb on that, a super at 70 percent on that, and then I added a 2 gallon bucket of 1:1 on top of the hive. Plenty of goldenrod still and aster is popping big time. Plenty of water close with a pond and stream. I will wait another week and check that second brood chamber to see how they're doing. If they can build the foundation I may pull the super and set it away from my hives so that they'll transfer the honey into the brood box. Sorry so long winded. Just appreciate your insight. Rather not do more harm than good this time of year as it's my first season.
I started feeding my bees in early September thinking I was going to get bees of winter physiology, I’m in Missouri near St Louis. This was to early, I was fooled because they were eating it so fast. Had a colony swarm on me on Sept 14, I put the small swarm in a Nuc box above the original colony, on a double screen board. I have virgin queens in both colonies now. There’s still drones in the large colony, so I think there’s probably drone congregations still around. I hope the Nuc can grow fast enough to make it through winter. I am still feeding all 4 of my colonies. I will have to learn when we get a fall dirth in my area.
Awesome Q&A session. Two questions for you. Which class?classes do you recommend to take first? Do you or can you make candy boards for Layens hives? Thanks
Hello David. I'd moved wild bees from my backyard to a new hive I bought sometime in April. I' d check the hive two weeks ago, the hive is filled up with bees and honeycomb. Bees are swamped out side the during hot day, I added a super box. First time keeping bees. Is ok to add the super box? Thank you.
Is it okay to top feed right now (end of September) with a food hive roof (not flat) I'm afraid robber bees will try and get sugar water up top. They wouldn't be able to get to it with the screen.
The girls are ignoring the pollen patties and feeders with your additves,but the wasps are going nuts on the feeders. I am trying to do the winter physiology prep.. I am in PNW Mt. Hood.should I pull patties and feeders to deter the wasps? The bumble bees are harvesting the arnica blossoms next too the hives though I really don't see the honey Bees on them since mid August. They too arr ignoring the feeders and patties
