Hi Kamon! Did anyone tell you already that you look more like an astronaut than a beekeeper in this suit 😁 That’s the second time I see you in a full suit but still it made my day once again 😂 I also use a full suit most of the time. Right know basswood is starting in my location, had a few days of rain but I hope it will clear up. Have a nice bee season! God bless all beekeepers around the world! Best regards!
I just checked out the Commercial Bee Supply they are also known as the bee supply store. I ordered some Golden Cordovan Queens from them back in December last year for delivery on April 5, 2024. I got a reminder email from them on the Wednesday before. After I drove for the hour and half to pick them up What I got was Not what I paid for. I got their regular Italian Queens a cheaper bee. I will not trust them to send anything correctly again. They did ask what they could do to make it right and I said send me 1 or 2 of the queens I paid for. I have not heard anything from them again. I now question anyone who would recommend them for anything.
@@justinmoody6721 sometimes when we add the box it is with foundations so we just add 8 plus the frame feeder. Other times we pull them out and give them to another colony or make splits.
@@kamonreynolds would it maybe be a good idea to ever remove ones already capped with honey and freeze them for later on in winter when you stop using liquid syrup? Add the full frames back in and switch to sugar bricks or patties or whatever?
The honey flow is done for the year. In my area no more surplus honey will be produced until April of next year. We definitely pull all the honey first before feeding.
It needs to ride down the road in the holster, makes it to where I don't have to bend over for nucs and single on the ground, and it can reach all of the hives I have on 4 way pallets. I don't have a lot of 4 ways but that is part of the reason.
Yep rain made the flow in my part of southern illinois. Rain 2+ days every week. Bees have been using it as fast as they bring it in. Except for 1 or 2 hives that have managed a supers worth.
I got a ProVent from Mannlake and I WAS happy with it for about 3 weeks. I've been stung through the suit 3 times now and I discovered yesterday that the seam in the crotch is busted, Thank God I didn't get any bees in through there before I noticed it. The veil design is also bad, comes down way too low. It's no wonder they've been on sale.
I have the Guardian 3 layered mesh ventilated jacket with the pro veil that unzips so I can get a swig of something to drink when needed, and I've never taken any stings threw it.
Kamon, what ratio of water to sugar are you using? 1 to 1? Bob Binney & Cory Stevens had once suggested to mix in a bit more water , more like 1.3 to 1.
Hi Gloria! We are doing 1:1 right now since these bees need to gain weight and draw some comb. Once they are big and don't need much feed we will thin the syrup to 1 pound of water to 3/4 lb of sugar
