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Backyard Beekeeping Questions and Answers Session. The Shortest Day of the Year! (Saturday)
Welcome beginning beekeepers, here are the topics discussed in this video:
1) When is it a good time to move beehives, what if I don't want to move them miles as many say to do. Is winter a good time for that"
2) If you have Weaver bees and your queen swarms, have you noticed a drop off in varroa resistance with the newly mated queen being that she will mix with local drones?
3) Venting! In the deep south where it's hot, would it be ok to add an upper vent and would 9 frames instead of 10 in medium supers help ventilate the hive? Does a gabled roof offer more venting than a flat?
4) How do you determine when it's the right time to remove old honeycomb?
5) Hoe did you become interested in beekeeping?
6) I heard a speaker say that bees only have a 3 day memory. Should I close up a hive for three days before moving it so the bees will relocate themselves? With winter here and the bees clustering, is winter a good time to move or would the jostling that will occur be harmful in making the bees break cluster?
7) With plenty of wild bees on my 2,500 acre farm, If I set up a flowhive near the wild colonies, what are the chances of a swarm moving in if I use something like Swarm Commander. Would it be better to use a dedicated swarm trap?
8) If the bees make all this honey, they must do it because they need it. Then we come along and take it, doesn't that leave the bees short?
9) What are your thoughts on drone pollination services. Can they really pollinate the way bees do?
10) I'm surprised that you treated your hives this year for varroa, why did you make that decision and how does oxalic acid kill mites?
11) Can I just paint my hives interior with propolis, since it's so beneficial to the bees? Thoughts?
12) The temperatures are mid 20's F at night and 40 as a high in the daytime. Yellow Jackets are still flying and some try to go in my beehives. Do they cluster like bees do? I'm considering putting traps out!
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@Adam.Holmes. 3 года назад

1) When is it a good time to move beehives, what if I don't want to move them miles as many say to do. Is winter best? 2:05 2) If you have Weaver bees and your queen swarms, have you noticed a drop off in varroa resistance with the newly mated queen being that she will mix with local drones? 5:02 3) Venting! In the deep south where it's hot, would it be ok to add an upper vent and would 9 frames instead of 10 in medium supers help ventilate the hive? Does a gabled roof offer more venting than a flat? 11:08 4) How do you determine when it's the right time to remove old honeycomb? 20:05 5) Hoe did you become interested in beekeeping? 25:31 6) I heard a speaker say that bees only have a 3 day memory. Should I close up a hive for three days before moving it so the bees will relocate themselves? With winter here and the bees clustering, is winter a good time to move or would the jostling that will occur be harmful in making the bees break cluster? 28:05 7) With plenty of wild bees on my 2,500 acre farm, If I set up a flowhive near the wild colonies, what are the chances of a swarm moving in if I use something like Swarm Commander. Would it be better to use a dedicated swarm trap? 31:56 8) If the bees make all this honey, they must do it because they need it. Then we come along and take it, doesn't that leave the bees short? 38:15 9) What are your thoughts on drone pollination services. Can they really pollinate the way bees do? 47:40 10) I'm surprised that you treated your hives this year for varroa, why did you make that decision and how does oxalic acid kill mites?57:35 11) Can I just paint my hives interior with propolis, since it's so beneficial to the bees? Thoughts? 1:12:00 12) The temperatures are mid 20's F at night and 40 as a high in the daytime. Yellow Jackets are still flying and some try to go in my beehives. Do they cluster like bees do? I'm considering putting traps out! 1:19:45

@masterbeekeeper30years18 4 года назад

It's been a while Mr Dunn and you always have done a great job with your explanations. I've sent several beekeeping friends to watch your videos. Merry Christmas to YOU!!! Toxicity levels in old comb is particularly troubling. Glad you pointed that out!!! Freshen the comb every chance you get. I appreciate your time and efforts!

@FrederickDunn 4 года назад

Thank you and I always appreciate your comments!

@masterbeekeeper30years18 4 года назад

@@FrederickDunn welcome!

@Psyche8D 4 года назад

Fred, I have been watching faithfully since before Q&A. I say this with love; please keep your Q&A videos under 60 minutes. 1. Life is busy, and I rarely have time to sit and watch for much longer. I can pause and come back, but I hate to pause in the middle of a question. 2. I understand that you really want to get to all the good questions of that week; I admire that. Just break an episode into two parts. 3. IMHO, your lecture is better organized and focused when you cover less in one sitting. 4. Pedagogy principles advise that people learn more when information is in shorter time periods. Thanks and happy holidays

@FrederickDunn 4 года назад

My problem is that so many others request longer videos. I will eventually find the sweet spot and I appreciate everyone's input. This was an unusually long FAQ and it's also a miracle that I was able to upload it in a day. It's much easier for me to produce shorter bits and that will probably be the norm going forward. Thank you so much :)

@TerryRomanko 4 года назад

Another great video, Fred! I'm having a hard time waiting for April for my box bees and BeeWeaver queens to be delivered to start the hands-on Beekeeper journey. Your 44 QandA sessions and many shorter clips have me confident to get going. Going to a beginner beekeeper class at the end of January will be icing on the cake I get from you! Thanks for being willing to share your time and knowledge. Best wishes for this Holiday season.

@FrederickDunn 4 года назад

Thank you so much Terry, and I hope you enjoy your beekeeping class! I'm glad you've found some value in what I've shared :) Happy Holidays!

@mrcreditunion1 4 года назад

Wow Fred! 44 episodes is incredible. Thank you for being my main resource during my first year beekeeping. You made this process more enjoyable and less stressful, Merry Christmas!

@FrederickDunn 4 года назад

Thank YOU so much! I'm so glad I've helped with your beekeeping journey :)

@weasleoop 4 года назад

Nice long video Fred. Its 53 degrees and raining today and my bees are out foraging on pollen and sugar I put out for them.

@danskisbees7348 4 года назад

Fred, so many good points I didn't know where to comment until now. Dr. Delaplane spoke at the Texas Beekeepers Association summer clinic this year will and I really enjoyed his lecture on well-bred Queens and how everything in the hive improves if the queen is mated properly.

@FrederickDunn 4 года назад

Keith has been one of my favorite bee folks for a very long time :) I'm so glad you got to meet him! It's funny to see him with white hair!

@piledriver141 4 года назад

Benj watching your videos! I learned some thing from almost everyone!! Thanks 😊 Fred for your thoroughness and patience

@FrederickDunn 4 года назад

Thank you so much!

@gueritodrew 3 года назад

I do the same... I suggest you listen at 1.5 times speed... Sorry Fred!

@arogue469 4 года назад

I didn’t have a resource for rough-sawn lumber when I built my equipment, so I started with 2X stock and roughened the interiors with a power rasp. Healthier for the bees two ways.

@Bigbarry20 4 года назад

You are my bee Guru, finally I have found someone who is Professor ish in their videos about the honey bee, and focuses on the new beekeeper to educate them, anyway my chickens are making quite the Racket and I need to go open their doors and let them out. Again I say thank you. P.S. Yesterday I went out to my one and only beehive and got on my hands and knees and discovered that the lower entrance was completely blocked with sugar that they've been trying to pull out from my sloppy Mountain Camp application

@FrederickDunn 4 года назад

Thank you so much! Wow, time to scrape that sugar out and it's a good thing you took a moment to check on that. I'm so glad that you appreciate the way I share, it means a lot! :)

@jeremyjames3895 4 года назад

Thanks fred... just ordered a mug....have a great holiday...

@FrederickDunn 4 года назад

Thank you so much Jeremy :) Happy Holidays to you also! :)

@theresamcpherson7352 4 года назад

Greeting Fred, Once again I have learned so much from your time and efforts. You are a fabulous teacher. I'm a wanna BEE and love your channel! Thank you again! You have allot of viewers who ask some great questions! I look forward to your show each week!

@framcesmoore 4 года назад

Once again u did a wonderful job with the video. keep them coming they are great. I hope u have a wonderful Christmas and Thanks for the time u spend doing these videos.

@FrederickDunn 4 года назад

You're very welcome Frances and thank you :)

@thehiveandthehoneybee9547 4 года назад

THANK YOU I'm playing this in my woodshop while I knock up new hive equipment better than NPR for me! works as a podcast!!!

@lenoretalon9958 4 года назад

Moving during winter was a question I needed answered. Reorganize 🐝 thank you 👋

@andred7606 4 года назад

Drone pollination! Wow! Blew my mind! Never thought of it. The future looks scary yikes

@mohammadsalah3319 4 года назад

A great video Mr Fred but I was totally shocked to know about replacing bees with drones I guess that your prediction of using more chemicals in this case is totally true they are already over using them imagine what would happen in this case Thank God that Drones are prohibited by Law in Egypt

@thinless4439 4 года назад

Thanks for addressing moving hives in this video. You actually did answer my questions in another video which I found by going back to your most recent. I still wondered about the best way to change from a two brood box hive to a single brood box. Someone suggested I split the hives but I only want two hives at this point. I am 66 years old and can't lift a full brood box very well. So I expect I will need to wait until it is warmer to open the hives. Should I just move frames to one box while the hive is smaller from winter, or maybe make sure the queen is in the lower box and put a bee escape divider between the two full brood box so the bees from the upper box will not be able to get back up top once they move to the lower? Thanks again for all your help!

@arogue469 4 года назад

I'm sure Fred will have a better answer and explanation, but I would think that you would want to inspect and transfer the individual frames one-by-one. That way, you can be sure that you preserve all of your viable brood, and won't leave any brood or bees behind - which your second option would likely do. Also, if lifting is an issue, is converting over to long langs an option for you? Once set up, you'd only be working it frame by frame, like a top bar, so there's little weight to deal with.

@FrederickDunn 4 года назад

@@arogue469 Good answer and I"d wait until spring at this point. If you watch my video on splitting hives, you can do the same method for condensing a hive. Frame by frame. Thanks Adam!

@weasleoop 4 года назад

So my Apirary now stands at 5 Saskatraz and 3 Beeweaver colonies. Going to be a good year.

@framcesmoore 4 года назад

In moving a hive I read that if u put weeds bushes something in front of the entrance of your hive after u move it they will re orientate themselves to the new spot it makes them not leave fast and relive that things are different. this works well I have watched them and checked on them and they do re in orientate themselves they are really smart.

@ianmackintosh7278 4 года назад

Regarding top venting, I think Scott Hendriks tried vents in his top covers and found the bees sealed all openings including around the feeder opening only the access to the food was the size they wanted. Hence NO to top venting was his outcome.

@FrederickDunn 4 года назад

I've had the same experience here. Thanks for sharing Ian :)

@Vladviking 4 года назад

Most all houses are airconditioned here in the south. Possibly the cooler inner walls might have some effect on temp and humidity of a hive.

@polvotierno 4 года назад

As far as the memory of a bee, it is clear that bees can remember where nectar and pollen are. However, bees also have the ability to learn. So when a bee is inside the hive for more than a day, it may actually be prepared to learn new landmarks in the landscape. I do not see any research specific to this. Yet, a bee may remember its previous hive location, but may also be re-evaluating the landscape every few days. So if a few days go by, the bee may be expecting changes in the landscape, like more or less leaves, different colors as landmarks for navigation. This is because the landscape changes. So leaving a bee inside for more than a day could shift the memory of the bee to accept new navigational landmarks and thus learn a new hive location easier. This ability seems to get stronger the longer the bee is inside.

@FrederickDunn 4 года назад

You'll find some very good honey bee memory studies here: www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4175491/

@polvotierno 4 года назад

@@FrederickDunn Here is what I read. hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-00891068/document .... here are some interesting sentences from it. "When the colony reproduces, a large number of the well-experienced bees leave the colony, together with the old queen, in search of a new nesting place. During this process, each bee has to replace the old memory of its terrestrial and celestial orientation cues with a new memory." ... "Consequently,the innate search image for food sources has to be very general, .. Celestial and terrestial cues, position in relation to landmarks and features (color, shape, odor, etc) of the new feeding place are learned afresh for each new location." ... "bees transported to an unknown place perform the same circling flights and learn to fly back to the hive along the shortest possible route without being fed at the release site." ... "When a bee is transported in a dark box from the hive to any site within its foraging area (= 2km radius), it will recognize the landmarks surrounding the hive very well and return to it reliably and quickly." ... I think bees can learn their new surroundings if given at least two nights closed inside the hive. After 3 days, their learning is better.

@keithkareiva9615 4 года назад

Great video as always. And, I always learn something. Quick question: I know that you are working on a Langstroth Long....Are you considering trying out any top bar hives, such as the Warre?

@FrederickDunn 4 года назад

Hi Keith, I won't be doing any top bar hives, and Warre hives present inspection problems. We have to be able to take apart and inspect all hive components for inspection and Warre Hives are damaged by that activity... specifically the comb. I like the theory behind the Warre though :)

@johnwatson3913 4 года назад

Do not be discouraged from trying to catch swarms in a bait hive using new frames. I have caught upwards of 50 swarms in New equipment. If you put swarm commander or lemongrass oil in a hive scout bees will find it. Check out Dr. Leo for some great free plans for the perfect size bait hive that Dr. Tom Seeley recommends.

@FrederickDunn 4 года назад

Thanks John

@framcesmoore 4 года назад

Thanks John I always would use drawn comb I did not know new comb would work as well. That would be better because of the wax moth

@user-md4di6yg2p 4 года назад

Hi Fred, perfectly timed video! Answered some questions I had rattling around in my mind. (By the way, if you want more dead wasps, I haven't emptied my traps from this summer yet, so I've got hundreds of 'em if you need any...lol!) One question on mite treatment: I've been using Apiguard trays with good success, and since winter OA dribble treatment is discounted, can a person simply slide an Apiguard tray thru the entrance and position it under the cluster...I know ideally they need to walk over the gel to be most effective, but would just the fumes as it evaporates have any effect on controlling the mites.

@user-md4di6yg2p 4 года назад

I caught your answer on the live chat...thanks!

@danieltaylor8113 4 года назад

I am glad you talked about the oxalic drizzle method. I didnt know what this was but a week ago one of my german beekeeping buddies brought me some of his left off sugar water with oxalix in it and had me spray some on my bees. I thought it was weird to get them wet when its only been 30 or 40 degrees here during the day. Hopefully my bees dont all die because of it. I have yet to meet a german beekeeper (imker) who does vaporization, i guess its not a thing here. Winter here in Germany is much more mild this year than last year when i got into country. So i think that means my bees have a good chance. I put wax paper on top of my frames with sugar in it and i didnt take any frames of honey all year so i could give my bees the best chance to make it. I plan on trying to raise a few queens next year and make my own queens for splits, i just think that would be really cool and part of the ultimate challenge of beekeeping and learning. I know you buy in weaver queens but since i can't do that being in germany, have you ever done queen raising or have any tips on it? I know thats not really beginning beekeeping, but next year will only ve my second year and i am going to try it, so its kinda part of my beginning beekeeping lol when i leave germany in 2 years i will have to leave my bees behind and start all over wherever i get stationed so learning to make queens now means i should get decent at grafting and doing it by the time i return stateside. This gives me a better chance i think of having a sustainable apairy one day, one where i have to buy in the least amount of supplies. I watched alot of stuff from mike palmer and i know he is a commercial beekeeper so not everything is the same with us, obviously i can't be fully self sustaining with only a few hives or i would probably inbred over the years, so when i get stateside i will probably buy weaver queens but i want to learn to rear queens also. Tips are welcome and also have you ever considered raising queens out of your weaver queen's hybridized offspring?

@FrederickDunn 4 года назад

Hi Daniel, the closest thing I do that could be considered Queen Rearing is to split the colony and leave Queen Cells behind. That is the most dependable and successful method I know of to replace queens and begin a new colony. you can do that in several stages or all at once. If there are two brood frames with queen cells on them, then you have the makings of three colonies. Removing the existing queen with brood into one box, then starting another box with frames of brood with queen cells while leaving brood with a queen cell or two behind. One colony becomes three :) I personally would never spray any water (treatment or not) on bees in winter... very hard on the bees. You are in a unique situation there :)

@danieltaylor8113 4 года назад

@@FrederickDunn i know! If they all die i will certainly blame myself for spraying them down. He told me they use 50ml per brood box but i just used 30mls on mine whether they were in singles or doubles. I am definitely nervous about it. I am hoping rearing a few queens goes well, with my job i sometimes have to leave for 2 weeks or a month or a month and a half whenever i get told too, so if i could raise queens on my own, and then make splits using my reared queens, i could get more colonies, get more experience, and hopefully avoid the swarm cells all together. Because if swarm cells happen while i am gone (god forbid but lets face it, it happened this past year) then i wont be there to capitalize on them like you said. So hopefully raising queens on my own time will provide me with alot of experience and fun plus splits.

@Marker008 4 года назад

I'm a first time keeper starting with a 8 frame Flow 2 and a 5 frame nuc installed in May 2020. I'm in coastal California 1 mile from the Pacific ocean and 1 hour south of San Francisco. My bee numbers so far are looking great, they are all over in the super already. I have 2 specific questions that I haven't heard answers to yet: 1. Will my bees be able to forage all year because of the mild winter here, leaving no concern of taking too much honey from the Flow super at the end of our warmest months (Sept/Oct)? I believe I'll have a full Flow super by the next few weeks at the current rate of honey production, so I'm planning on harvesting for the first time as soon as I see capped frames. Our lowest mid day temp in mid winter might be 45 degrees. Do I need to leave a few frames of honey for them? 2. I look at the Flow super frames daily through the observation window at the back of the super and I'm watching as they fill up. It's July, and I've noticed that the bees are filling cells in the super with honey, then moving the honey somewhere else so that an uncapped cell that looks full one day (none of these cells visible from observation window appear capped yet btw), will be empty the following day, and a then full again the next day. What's happening to this honey? Are they moving the honey without propose or do they consume reserves on the many foggy summer days when the temperature stays in the low 60s with cool ocean breeze? I have spent countless hours watching your channel. Thank you for your hard work sharing all of your experience and knowledge! This is a fascinating new world that I'm happy to be part of.

@bouvier1st1 4 года назад

Yep, over a million acres of almond desert just down the mountain from me.

@FrederickDunn 4 года назад

I can't even imagine what that looks like! Wow...

@wendybachman6224 4 года назад

I love the way your voice gets lower when you remind us "Do not open your hives." teehee

@FrederickDunn 4 года назад

I get so many excited emails from new beekeepers that opened thier hives in winter to see how they are doing because they couldn't hear anything. (';')... I am trying, in the nicest possible way, to get people to please wait... nothing changes with that early knowledge, and the potentials are all bad.

@wendybachman6224 4 года назад

Frederick Dunn for sure, we need the guidance to keep out!

@nancynolton6079 4 года назад

Regarding the drop copters... if they are that much more efficient then it stands to reason that there will be a higher yield. If there is a higher yield (considerable) then how will that affect the almond trees? Will there be broken branches due to additional weight, will there be a lack of moisture to sustain all those extra developing almonds thus making the "fruits" smaller, will there be a flood of almonds on the market that drops prices? If this is the future then I feel for the commercial beekeepers who will then be in stiff competition for any remaining pollination opportunities. And aren't the commercial beekeepers a main source for packaged bees for new beekeepers after the almonds are pollinated? If so then where will the package bees come from? And there goes the funding sources for bee research on dealing with mites, new lines of hygienic bees and new research and development of treatment options for the backyard beekeeper. Time will tell.

@FrederickDunn 4 года назад

It's interesting that the heaviest cash crop per acre that the drones will be dropping their pollen on will be early yield cherries at 20k/acre. The Almonds are worth 3k/acre but of course there are more of them. It's not just almonds. The bee breeders are supplying the large commercial operations. We'll have to watch and learn how it all plays out. They are also addressing FAA restrictions so they can have many drones operating in an area without having a single individual controlling each dropcopter. Otherwise, according to them, it's not "scalable" for the current market. It's not happening overnight, but it's happening fast. Thanks for your thoughtful comment Nancy!

@kevingarner1558 4 года назад

As usual, thanks for the great info Fred! The info on the Dropcoptor pollination was very interesting. I found a BBC series called Follow the Food that had a section about the Dropcoptor and also a section about using bees to deliver pesticides to blueberries. They weren't honey bees however. I don't know what kind they were, maybe you do. I think you may find it interesting. Maybe bees will still be needed in the future and that will insure their protection :) Here is the link to the show; www.bbc.com/reel/playlist/follow-the-food?vpid=p07x5hz3 It is called How to Detox Our Food Systems. The relevent section starts about 16 Minutes in. Thanks again for all your work.

@eu3682 4 года назад

If you have a pollen trap and intend to feed it back to the bees can you mix it up like a pollen patty with pollen sub or should you feed it back to them dry?

@FrederickDunn 4 года назад

Hi Elizabeth, many keepers will mix pollen back into the patties, but I think some of the bees won't use it that way, so it's my opinion that offering powdered pollen to the bees free choice is a better use of it. The bees also don't readily use pollen balls as they come off of the bees legs, they are quicker to accept it when dried and made into a powder. I've observed worker bees flying balls of pollen out of the hive and disposing of it.

@wadebarnes6720 4 года назад

I have had a yellow-headed walls look like a bald-faced hornet a bunch of yellow jackets a bunch of the red

@paulcilluffo 4 года назад

Fred you hear people talk about the difference in other countries with bees why is Greek bee keeping different and Italian bee keeping different if in your opinion if there is none than ok but if there is are there a books on this subject thanks

@aaronluecking3597 4 года назад

Evening Fred, quick question. Does bamboo impart anything to honey bees? Is it good to grow?

@58Kym 4 года назад

As far as I know, true bamboos mostly flower once in their lives and then die. There are exceptions with some but generally it can take 40-50 years to go to flowering stage and then its over. Not sure your bees can wait around for that once in half century event?

@FrederickDunn 4 года назад

@@58Kym Thank you for answering that!

@aaronluecking3597 4 года назад

I am In agreement with those comments. I have black and yellow grove bamboo on my property and was told they would be an asset to the bees. That shocked me, because outside of housing for some bees I couldn’t find anywhere any other benefits they would get from those plants.

@58Kym 4 года назад

Mind you, I can think of a zillion reasons why I would love to have a grove of true bamboo growing but I don’t have enough room. It would so useful to have lots of bamboo. I would also love to have an old Moreton Bay fig tree but also not nearly enough room.

@58Kym 4 года назад

If the honey cells are sealed, why is oxalic acid as a vapour a problem if you want to bottle that honey? If it settles on the surfaces and the cells are sealed, it shouldn’t be in the honey in any real amount, should it?

@mihaiilie8808 4 года назад

When you do oxalic treatment its recomended ( in fact it says its mandatory on the oxalic jars here) to take away the suppers . I separate them with plastic foil why i treat with oxalic. I dont think oxalic treatment its that dangerous for the honney to render it non usable for human use but the instructions on oxalic for beekeeping says to separate the honney frames.

@FrederickDunn 4 года назад

I spoke about this in another video. The only reason that Oxalic Acid Vaporization treatments are not approved for honey supers is that no one has yet paid for the required studies for that certification. It costs money to get treatments studied, presented, and approved by the FDA. Even though the precedent has been set in other parts of the world where honey supers are not measurably impacted. Honey already contains oxalic acid naturally as it's in many plant species, and post-treatment testing shows and has shown almost no measurable difference. BUT, because it's not officially approved here in the United States, we cannot legally say "it's ok". It's about funding at this time. We (the United States) were many years behind other nations in approving OAV, or OA treatments at all. We have a cumbersome system.

@johnmcneill923 4 года назад

Hi Fred, Johno again. A couple of questions from the latest QnA: 1. Where do they harvest the pollen for the “drop copters/drones”? I agree with your thoughts on out-of-control-agriculture by conglomerates funding election campaigns. 2. Varroa Destructor mites and virus pandemics in bees... the following may not bee a solution but guess anything Is better than nothing... “Mushroom Mycelia Reduce Viruses in Honey Bees... “ Paul E. Stamets, Nicholas L. Naeger, […]Walter S. Sheppard Scientific Reports volume 8, Article number: 13936 (2018) Cite this article 74k Accesses 6 Citations 851 Altmetric Metrics details Abstract Waves of highly infectious viruses sweeping through global honey bee populations have contributed to recent declines in honey bee health. Bees have been observed foraging on mushroom mycelium, suggesting that they may be deriving medicinal or nutritional value from fungi. Fungi are known to produce a wide array of chemicals with antimicrobial activity, including compounds active against bacteria, other fungi, or viruses. We tested extracts from the mycelium of multiple polypore fungal species known to have antiviral properties. Extracts from amadou (Fomes) and reishi (Ganoderma) fungi reduced the levels of honey bee deformed wing virus (DWV) and Lake Sinai virus (LSV) in a dose-dependent manner. In field trials, colonies fed Ganoderma resinaceum extract exhibited a 79-fold reduction in DWV and a 45,000-fold reduction in LSV compared to control colonies. These findings indicate honey bees may gain health benefits from fungi and their antimicrobial compounds.

@FrederickDunn 4 года назад

"The pollen for almonds is harvested using a novel approach - the same tree shaker that is used to harvest the nuts can be employed in the spring to harvest pollen. The tree is shaken when it’s in bloom to release some of the flowers, and then the pollen in those flowers are extracted and purified. For other crops, the buds are actually hand harvested before opening and the pollen is then extracted. “The pollen goes through a purification process, which has a couple of advantages, especially for crops like pears that actually can have disease spread between trees by pollen,” Winch says. Not many trees are needed in order to harvest enough pollen for the entire orchard."

@johnmcneill923 4 года назад

Frederick Dunn ... thanks Fred... saved me Googling. I did ask contacts at Fungi Perfecti how to get the Mushroom Elixir for viruses carried by Varroa. Stay tuned, unless you already know.

@FrederickDunn 4 года назад

@@johnmcneill923 Still waiting on my catalog from them :)

@johnmcneill923 4 года назад

Frederick Dunn ... let me get you an email address: Loni.r@fungi.com She is my “go to” person.

@carlhamilton5102 4 года назад

Your thoughts on having a queen's wing clipped when purchasing a new package of bees?

@saleh67 4 года назад

Hello Mr Fred My question is about Queen Excluder ..I'm starting in the spring and I really dont want to use queen excluder. So When I put the first deep then a second deep as honey reserve for the bees. Do I have to use queen excluder in that case ?(pros and cons) Then if I put the flow super on top of the second deep without queen excluder? (pros and cons) If theres honey in the second deep that bees didn't use in the winter could it be extracted and used for human consumption in the spring if no queen excluder was used in that case?.. Long question but I really appreciate your time. Thank you so much

@FrederickDunn 4 года назад

This will be the first question I discuss on Friday :) I have covered this in my FlowHive wintering video ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-CZsGV1F8xbQ.html

@saleh67 4 года назад

Thank you so much sir... I really appreciate it...Dont forget to mention my name and from Brooklyn NYC 😊😊

@sandyallen1713 4 года назад

In the retirement community that I live the grounds crew will be treating the trunks of the red maple trees with some kind of pesticide to control the lantern fly populations this year. We have 3 hives in the area that I am concerned about when foraging begins and the effects this treatment may have on the bees. Can you comment?

@FrederickDunn 4 года назад

The spotted lantern fly is a huge deal! I don't know enough about what the treatment protocols are at the moment. Your best bet is to contact your Ag extension Office and request information regarding when they will be treating and also for details about the chemical(s) they plan to use.

@badassbees3680 4 года назад

We have a guy very well known and liked putting out like a hundred swarm traps , trapping bees everywhere in two counties and selling them in horizontal hives online...I set a few for myself,he has gotta be making an impact and I feel it's wrong.And he's TF and our bees are not resistant as he claims at least none of the ones I've caught in same counties .What's your thoughts on this?

@FrederickDunn 4 года назад

I can't criticize anyone for hiving swarms and then selling them as long as he is honest about how and where they were sourced. It will be up to the buyer to assess their potential mite loads and go from there. Sorry I can't be more helpful on that one.

@saleh67 4 года назад

Hello Mr Fred If we treat with OAV on winter with honey reserve deep or medium on, then comes the spring and the bees didnt use all the reserved honey. Can we then use that honey for human consumption since the bees dont use honey left over from the season before? Thank you so much for your time

@FrederickDunn 4 года назад

In the United States, it's not "legal" to use honey that has been exposed to OAV... I have to say that because the testing has not been done and the FDA has not approved it. I will say that if it were my honey, in my apiary, for my own consumption, I would not hesitate to use it. BUT, I have to tell others NOT to use honey that's been exposed. Every study I could find showed almost no measurable difference between pre-treated honey stores and post-treated honey stores. So, I have to leave you on your own with that one. Sorry.

@saleh67 4 года назад

@@FrederickDunn I really appreciate the answer at least I know what my teacher would do in this case :) ... Thanks again

@georgegarcia5052 4 года назад

If bees don’t poop in the hive what do nurse bees and other young bees, who can’t fly yet, do to vacate their bowels? Thanks.

@FrederickDunn 4 года назад

it's removed for them, just like the queen.

@IndianBuzzApiary 4 года назад

Sir i take my bees back at the same yard on different locations after a week and I found the 10% or more of bees on there old location with the pollen and nectar.This happened a month before.

@jpthedelawarebeeman6239 4 года назад

Hi again Fred, this is for the fellow that asked about propolising his hives. Home depot has band sawn wood in different widths that you can build and face the rough side in to catch propolis. I used this wood to build a couple medium but didn't face the rough side in. here is the link for 8" & 12" x 8' -- 8" www.homedepot.com/p/1-in-x-8-in-x-8-ft-S1S2E-Standard-Band-Sawn-Eastern-White-Pine-Board-HDEW30108B08/301204471 ---- 12" www.homedepot.com/p/1-in-x-12-in-x-8-ft-S1S2E-Standard-Band-Sawn-Eastern-White-Pine-Board-235734/206920633

@FrederickDunn 4 года назад

I knew there must be a reason why I like Home Depot! :)

@bouvier1st1 4 года назад

I wonder where are they getting the pollen?

@FrederickDunn 4 года назад

That is my question too! Of course, they don't respond to my questions, but to be able to dump/blow pollen onto trees, you have to have a considerable amount available. I'm sure we'll learn more as time passes.

@unoken1 4 года назад

If I build a langlong beehive out of AirCrete how should I make a vapor barrier?

@FrederickDunn 4 года назад

Hi Ken, I have zero experience with air crete... I'm going to have to defer to someone else on that one. Sorry.

@arogue469 4 года назад

The ZEST hive is made with concrete blocks. Check the videos here on YT and see what they did. (Nothing, actually, if I recall correctly.)

@MRBROWSER2012 4 года назад

Can't you buy mated weaver's?

@FrederickDunn 4 года назад

Yes, every Queen you purchase from BeeWeaver is mated and ready to produce eggs in your hive. We were discussing that after a swarm, your original queen flies out and now you have a new virgin queen hatching out. That's where the genetics get mixed. I'm sorry if I suggested the queens you receive from Weaver aren't mated. They are indeed. Thanks John!

@JakeBeesos 4 года назад

If I catch a swarm of honey bees is there anyone or place that can check and see what breed of bees I have ???

@FrederickDunn 4 года назад

That's a great question Jake, you "can" submit them for genetic sequencing, but in my opinion, that's not worth it. Feral bees will each have their strengths and weaknesses, you really just have to see how they do through general observation. Thay may just be fantastic and knowing their genetics isn't always helpful.

@JakeBeesos 4 года назад

@@FrederickDunn ok thanks

@GEEZBEEZ 4 года назад

Interesting about the agricultural focused drone systems. I have checked out a company that might be of interest to you. It is called Bee Vectoring Technology. This company uses bees to deliver a anti- fungal to various crops. They have had success in Canada and have moved into the US. Check it out and let me know your opinion on this. Thanks.

@arogue469 4 года назад

Here's an interesting article that discusses the issue of hive design and ventilation and its effect on Varroa Destructor: theconversation.com/to-save-honey-bees-we-need-to-design-them-new-hives-121792 The main point being that Varroa Destructor does not do well under high heat/high humidity conditions, so you can actually be making life harder for your bees if you provide too much ventilation.

@FrederickDunn 4 года назад

Thank you Adam! Another vote for allowing the bees to show us what they prefer and there may be benefits we haven't thought of. I appreciate that you took the time to look into that :)

@kenthompson6539 4 года назад

I saw a man fly a drone with a camera on the seaside over seagull's nests and the seagull's attacked it. He had to bring it back very quickly so he did not lose it in the sea!!!!

@FrederickDunn 4 года назад

Where I live, flying drones near nesting birds can get you a fine :) those blades can do a number on a bird. Seagulls may not be protected in that way though :)

@kenthompson6539 4 года назад

@@FrederickDunn The seagull's can protect themselves.

@wadebarnes6720 3 года назад

You know your drones are too fat to chase down that Queen you feed them too much.lol

@wadebarnes6720 3 года назад

I'm trying to talk a man in to let me put his form trap out he got an old tree it ain't nothing but a stump now he said he didn't want his bees taken out the tree I ain't quite got him to understand that I didn't want to be in the tree I wanted the babies because he told me about where the old bees go to die and show me there's an old shed where you can tell there's bees that live there they go there build a house and die in the winter ain't before or five two by fours and some tin I asked him could I have them when they go there he said he let me I know I will be a old man one day hope I ain't quite that bad

@FrederickDunn 3 года назад

Ohhh that shed may be a swarm hot spot! I hope he decides in your favor!

@wadebarnes6720 3 года назад

@@FrederickDunn yes me too I seen a picture of the swarm that come out of it 2 years ago it would more probably take at least two deeps. If he gives me the okay I'm going to take to eight frame deeps and 1 5 frame nuk

@mihaiilie8808 4 года назад

I change the black comb at 2,5-3 years of use.You can also look through the comb into the sun.If somme light passes through the comb is still good. When i buy bees i buy only from the most neglected beehives ,frames that are soo old that the bee size regressed to the size of wild bees ( small cell bees). That way i dont have to pay a fortune to buy small cell bees that are allready regressed. Off course im a small bees beekeeper and then i let them build their own frames without putting big cell foundations so that they stay small and they build fresh small cell comb . The queen of small cell bees its same size as the big cell bees and its not a provlem for her to lay eggs into small cell combs except the micro,not suitable ,ocasional cells.