Great video, thank you! I read the comments and wanted to ask how many deep supers do you put above the brood & QE? I am guessing just 1? Because you watch so closely to remove the comb asap before the white caps turn yellow and therefore there may not be enough time for the bees to build comb up into a 2nd deep?
natserog Are you asking to do honeycomb setup with a single brood chamber? If that’s what your asking the answer is yes and no, what some beekeepers do and I like this technique also is they will have double brood chambers and then place all the frames with brood in the lower chamber and shake all of the bees in the lower chamber. After they will remove the second brood chamber put on the QE and then the honey comb super. This makes the hive super crowded and nowhere to put honey down below forcing them to build the honey comb arguably even faster. Now if you run strictly singles I haven’t experimented with that for honey comb set up, my worry is that it will take the bees a long time, unless where your bees live there’s is an amazing honey flow season
@@maxb9135 Thanks Max...really appreciate your advice. Ive gone back and forth with frames and different size honey supers and the best way to achieve comb honey. I do run single brood chamber and move honey frames up above excluder. Im trying to understand your comment above...i think i am seeing what you are saying..Start out with double brood chamber then move all brood down -- then when full put on Queen Excluder then put on honey super. Would you suggest I go all frames with what you use in the video...i dont like the wired frames but the single slide in wax sheet looks like a great way.--What is the frame called that holds the single wax sheet?? sorry for all the questions....
natserog Here is the link for the kit for honey comb starter kit: www.mannlakeltd.com/10-frame-comb-honey-super-kit We use the slide in wax sheets for honey comb only, because it’s super thin and eatable. That’s size of frame is only used for honey comb only. We use plastic foundation frames for the brood frames and honey supers because they last long and easy to deal with.
@@maxb9135 great...thanks...last question. Do you ever run reg honey supers with plastic and also comb honey frames on the same colony? or some hives you just run for comb honey??
@@maxb9135 - What's your secret? Is it being ahead of the colony and getting the splits before they decide to swarm? Great videos. Do you have any new videos?
Do you insert the 10 empty foundationless super frames all together in the box at one time? Or insert one super frame at a time? Why do you insert white foundation for comb honey? Without it, it would be impossible to do?
That foundation is eatable and you get better results faster. I don’t use foundation less frames. And we insert all 10 at the same time. If the super is mostly empty the bees will start building comb in places where you don’t want it and that’s a lot of wasted energy from the bees
@@maxb9135Q.01) Your super is deep, medium, or shallow? Q.02) why not using sectioned one, too? Q.03) which flow do you use? Clover, Acacia, or Linden, or ? Q.04) Do you also make wax which you insert? Then can you create streaming for how to? Q.05) What kind of set-up do you use? just brooding box and put the comb honey box with edible foundationed frames?
Alexa Young In Song my super are deep, same size as the brood boxes. Keep everything same size easier to interchange things. Sectioned ones means extra parts, we keep everything interchangeable. BlackBerry/raspberry flow and some clover/ wildflower. I don’t make wax
@@maxb9135 Big plantation of berries near you? Can those have good flow enough to make deep comb honey? Where did you get that edible sheet, if you don't make it by yourself?
Keep my bees on the berry fields and yes blackberry flow is super good and the honey is very good also. U can buy the was sheets at online beekeeping stores like Mann lake
