I explain how I go about checking on my hive during the winter when It is too Cold to open your Hive. If you enjoyed our video please consider becoming a Patron and help supporting our future videos on / wellerbeesupply
Thanks so much for the information. This is my first year with a hive, so I really appreciate these kinds of tips. Hoping my girls make it through the winter. I do have a candy board installed, using your frame, as well as a hive top feeder with wood chips in it for insulation.
Great idea about the stethoscope. I've been looking for signs of housekeeping at the entrance after warm days but using the scope is more accurate, I'm sure
ive seen a video that said knock on the hive but it makes sense not to, its my second year bee keeping, but lost my hives last year early bought 2 packages in the spring and have had a good year. ended up with 3 hives and just decided to look at them today and on the bottom of one hive was loaded with dead bees, saw one hive out flying around and it was only 28 degrees. hoping my other 2 make it but its still early thanks for the video
Is it possible using this method to tell if not only they are alive, but also if they are weak or strong? It seems like I need a way to also tell if they are weak. Also thanks, your video was fact based and done well.
Some tilt the whole Hive a bit, it's called Hefting here in the UK. A kind of determining the Weight of the Hive and its store of Resources. A Hive in December will be a lot Heavier, than say late February. 👀 Their is also a Rule of Thumb, that Bees move up the Hive (Brood Nest) slowly progresses, moving upwards at Approximately x1mm per Day of being inside a Hive through Winter. 😏 So if your Winter is x90 Days Long (x3 Months) as it is here in Scotland 🏴 Bees will need 90mm of Fed to keeping them going. So that's a good 3" of Extra Feed. Minimum. Did I get the Maths right. Can't do the Inch or % of Inch thing. 😄
