Don't tolerate trolls who use anonymity as a weapon against you. Your videos are great, we all have different views on clearing bees from supers. We have a choice and we care for all of our bees in different ways. Looking forward to your varroa control episode, I am new to this, so your help is really appreciated. Mark. PS. Your F1 Buckfast Queen is a star! She lays for England..... that doesn't sound right but you get my meaning. :-)
I'm currently following this series after my 1st hive failed last year .... well almost failed ... this year I'm going into winter with 5 hives so I'm definitely taking the knowledge on board 👌
Great video Lawrance really excited for these winter episodes as it's my first year and will definitely be helpful with the feeding side, can't wait!!! O but check your calendar it's only the 27th in England not the 30th haha 😉
Again, thanks for this, so interesting to see how different beekeepers do different things. You have to do ‘you’ too, regardless of what others think. You do it rly well & are a great teacher!👍IMHO! Look forward to the rest of this series👌
Really looking forward to this getting ready for winter series, I always second guess myself and need to stop, take a step back, breathe and just do it
Perfect timing again Laurence.. I’d been worried about condensing down, I’m assuming I can use a feeder eke or empty super for space straight onto National deep without crown board as I don’t have ashforth feeders.
@@BlackMountainHoney you’re a ⭐️ I appreciate your time. I only have 4 hives but I lost them all (2) last year due to naivety. This year I’ve done my mite treatments in Aug/Sep and inspected late Sep to see Queens laying well. I’ve done a little supplementary feeding. 🤞🏻
I enjoy your videos mate when you take the frames of honey away how long can the frames of honey be stored before extraction just out of curiosity. Thanks
They can be stored for weeks but may start to set in the frames. They will then need reheating back up to hive temp for extraction. Much easier to take them off and extract ASAP
I have some frames in the supers that aren’t fully capped and I want to get the supers off should I leave the supers on a while longer I could I take the supers off and eat the honey quickly
Keen on this question, Jonny! :D Im going to do a video just for you! In the meantime, if its 80% capped, then its good to go. Anything less needs testing with a refractometer to be sure
You didn’t even show how you got the bees out of the supers. If you’re doing an instructional video you should remember that those of us watching are likely new beekeepers. you just cut right away and I have no idea how you got the bees out of the supers down into the big box did you shake them out what did you do?
