Oxalic Acid Vaporizer BeeKeeping Questions and answers #22 ProVap110 Oxalic Acid Vaporizer by OxaVap

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In this video we discuss several topics related to small-scale backyard beekeeping. Please feel free to post your questions in the comments section below for consideration to be included in FAQ 23 which will post on Friday.
In this video we discuss the following topics:
1) Should samples of all honey stored by the bees be left on the hive so the bees can have their preference regarding nectar sources?
2) What is the best camera/system to use in order to monitor the bee yard and see what animals are visiting it? Here is my video about the Nature View Cam: • Closest Focusing Trail...
3) What is the purpose of the green drone frames and should I be removing all drone cells from the hives?
4) There isn't a lot of pollen in the area where I live, how can I support a modest hive without sufficient pollen? www.pollen.com/
5) Do field bees search out and bring back what the hive needs, or do they just gather whatever they find?
6) What's the difference between the Oxalic Acid Vaporizers that are either 12v DC or 110V AC? Is one better than the other? What's the best time to treat? How do I protect the honey supers and get the bees out of that part so they get treated also?
New Gear to consider - Butterfly nets for swarm collection!
amzn.to/2RBDe25 Here is the review I posted about the butterfly net I received: www.amazon.com/gp/customer-re...
Oxalic Acid Vaporizer that plugs into a 110V Outlet or extension cord: amzn.to/2N2u4gm
Oxalic Acid Vaporizer that connects to a 12V Battery - blythewoodbeecompany.com/prod...
SpyPoint Solar Powered Trail Camera: amzn.to/2Ncu8KC
(missed the skunk a few times with a delayed shutter)
I also recommend the Bushnell Trail Cameras: This one gets the Close-Ups: amzn.to/2Iu3M25
Please let me know if I left something out!
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@Adam.Holmes. 3 года назад

1) Should samples of all honey stored by the bees be left on the hive so the bees can have their preference regarding nectar sources? 2:10 2) What is the best camera/system to use in order to monitor the bee yard and see what animals are visiting it? 5:23 3) What is the purpose of the green drone frames and should I be removing all drone cells from the hives? 11:50 4) There isn't a lot of pollen in the area where I live, how can I support a modest hive without sufficient pollen? 17:37 5) Do field bees search out and bring back what the hive needs, or do they just gather whatever they find? 20:01 6) What's the difference between the Oxalic Acid Vaporizers that are either 12v DC or 110V AC? Is one better than the other? What's the best time to treat? How do I protect the honey supers and get the bees out of that part so they get treated also? 24:50

@kasejayden9388 2 года назад

I know I'm kind of off topic but do anyone know a good website to stream new series online?

@bensonkayden9346 2 года назад

@Kase Jayden I dunno I watch on flixportal. you can find it through google:D -benson

@kasejayden9388 2 года назад

@Benson Kayden Thanks, I went there and it seems like a nice service =) I really appreciate it!!

@bensonkayden9346 2 года назад

@Kase Jayden glad I could help =)

@popquizzz 5 лет назад

Well, I find myself glued to my computer during my lunch once again. Thanks Fred for this awesome series.

@johnmcneill923 5 лет назад

Loved the humor... gr8 as always! 👍🍺🍺🍺

@mohammadsalah3319 5 лет назад

you are absolutely right about the thousands of years of honey shelf life we have discovered honey in our Pharonic ancient Egyptian tombs which have well preserved honey

@robertmathurin2544 5 лет назад

Very late,,but I'll watch...🇱🇨👊❤

@argentvixen 5 лет назад

"I am the monsanto of beekeeping." Ha! Love it.

@mccfish 5 лет назад

Always good. Thank you for all your efforts. I appreciate the knowledge you put out for us to draw from.

@immortal.bog.wizard 5 лет назад

Wow, just got into studying about bees and I'm blown away by your videos and all the information. Thank you!

@wadekolbe1559 5 лет назад

Hi Fred this more info for beekeeping than you ever expect. A GREAT VIDEO WITH A MOUNTAIN OF INFO. Thanks again, I hope they never end. So much in such a short time.

@FrederickDunn 5 лет назад

Thank YOU! :)

@marobroski2286 11 месяцев назад

Dziękujemy.

@FrederickDunn 11 месяцев назад

Thank you very much for your generosity :)

@cpreston1134 5 лет назад

Fred- I harvested 1 medium frame of honey today with your recommended uncapping fork and a solar melter- PERFECTION!! Your recommendations and advice are great and much appreciated Craig

@oneshoo 5 лет назад

I purchased the OA Vaporizer from Blythewood when you published your video several months ago. I only have 2 hives and it works great. I use a 12v portable battery charger and in 2:15 to 2:30 the OA is sublimated. I only have 1 honey super on, and I have been removing it when treating. I love your idea of a cookie sheet barrier once the bees are out of super. Keeps the vapors out without having to remove the super! Outstanding!! Thanks! 👍👍😀

@FrederickDunn 5 лет назад

I'm so glad that tip helped! :)

@LarryLeesBees 5 лет назад

Fred, I just got my 12 volt Oxalic acid vaporizer from Blythewood today! I don’t know why I’m as excited as I am as I have no signs of varoa yet. But I had been trying to order since I first saw your video on the Oxalic treatments and they’ve been out of stock for some time. But got it today! 😃 Thanks again for another great and informative video. Oh! Almost forgot, my flow frames are almost all full of honey! I was told I probably wouldn’t see honey my first year and I’m probably 2 weeks from a full capped flow super!

@FrederickDunn 5 лет назад

THAT is great news on the flowhives - I have high hopes for my late summer nectar flow here! Sounds like your bees are doing great things Larry, must be the great care they are getting! :)

@weasleoop 5 лет назад

How many brood chambers you running? Or where are you located?

@LarryLeesBees 5 лет назад

Carlos Murphy I am located in the Pacific Northwest near Spokane, Washington. Not as brutally temperamental weather as what Fred gets there in Pennsylvania, but winters are still darn cold. I am running two brood boxes. They have filled and capped the first 8 frame honey super that I put on for their winter stores and I have removed that and placed it in the freezer to put back on later before winter. The flow hive 2 that I have is the 6 frame flow or 8 frame Langstroth style and they have that flow super almost completely filled with nectar. I am guessing another week and a half to two weeks and it should be capped honey. Very exciting as this is my first year Beekeeping! 😃

@stgermain1074 5 лет назад

It's me again, Fred. I feel like I'm making such trouble for you. Remember my aggressive bee problem? Today I barely cracked the inner cover/feeder - I just wanted to see if I needed to had a 2nd super on that hive as well. Nothing fumbled, didn't even get the box cracked more than 1/2" (from the back). Fortunately I was suited up - the bees came pouring out at me. I was wearing a bee jacket and gloves and jeans with rubber boots. I took about 8 stings on my legs between my jacket and the boots. Some of the bees followed about 60'. I'm loving learning about bees, and I don't mind the work involved. But this just isn't fun. Do you think I should ask at the next bee club meeting if someone experienced could come out and see what they think? Otherwise I'm tempted to just let the hives be - it's sink or swim time for them without me babying them along.

@FrederickDunn 5 лет назад

I think you should definitely invite a beekeeper member from your association to come and evaluate that colony - there may be something obvious. Keep us posted!

@mihaiilie8808 5 лет назад

Drones also work.They heat or ventilate eggs or bees larva.Would be great if you could film that some time.

@danskisbees7348 5 лет назад

I've always thought they played a role in raising the brood. I had drones in my hives all winter. Winter in Texas is just a series of cold fronts and then it's decent again.

@ragnarzetterberg9032 5 лет назад

Exactly, drones release workers for other missions and also stimulate them to work harder. Drones are good!

@FrederickDunn 5 лет назад

I would be happy to film that is I'd ever witnessed it. I've never observed drones aiding in venting/heating/contributing inside the hive. I use thermal cameras and the heater bees have always been the female workers - by winter, the drones are of course gone. That may actually be a trait of a specific line of bees? I'll definitely be watching for that behavior. Thanks.

@ragnarzetterberg9032 5 лет назад

Also only strong societies produce alot of drones so it is a good sign when you have many drones in your hives. It is obviously very good if they can propagate their genes to the surrounding area.

@weasleoop 5 лет назад

My mean queenless hive has been successfully requeened and much calmer already.

@danskisbees7348 5 лет назад

Carlos, that's awesome! I was wondering about you, what did you end up doing?

@FrederickDunn 5 лет назад

That's great news!

@weasleoop 5 лет назад

@@danskisbees7348 I had to use a queen push in cage so she could lay eggs on the frame and be a laying queen before they accepted her. Ive also made two splits from first year nucs and they seem to be doing well and have queens. But that mean hive was making me nervous. They were running out of brood and had been queenless almost a month and wouldnt take any queen.

@danskisbees7348 5 лет назад

I'm glad it worked out Carlos. I would have been stressed myself. Did you get another Weaver queen or Saskatraz?

@weasleoop 5 лет назад

@@danskisbees7348 The old mean weaver hive has a weaver queen on it now. But I do have a Saskatraz on an previously queened weaver colony. To me the saskatraz queens are way larger and more beautiful than the weaver queens. So if they are better I would not mind switching as I am up north.

@6Deep6 5 лет назад

Thanks for another episode Fred. I bought the spypoint solar dark about a month ago. You can alter the sensitivity from low, normal, high in the general settings. The default is normal. My problems with this camera so far is that branch movement or maybe grass is setting the thing off continuously, even on the lowest sensitivity. I too like the idea of the solar functionality. With all my best, MK

@FrederickDunn 5 лет назад

Thanks, yes, I do understand all of the settings and detection sensitivities. It was on the most sensitive setting. It was the trigger speed that was a little delayed. Also, with just the solar panel battery, it runs low pretty fast if you're setting it up to capture loner video segments. Mine were set for a minute and it got one good one and then in subsequent captures, the illumination went off and it captured darkness :) IF you load the battery pack and have the solar unit, the batteries are not charged by the sun but they do get everything at night. Yep, moving branches in the wind can fill your card! I'm still testing them. Thanks for commenting!

@danskisbees7348 5 лет назад

Hello Fred, great swarm catching advice! If the 628DirtRooster sees this, it could put Mr. Ed's lead in jeopardy, Lol. I've never thought about looking up the pollen counts and then monitoring the bees activity, that's brilliant! Thanks Fred! By the way, in my book, not owning a dog leash makes you cooler!

@FrederickDunn 5 лет назад

OH man, I really enjoy Mr Ed and Dirt Rooster! I also like the way they tease each other. If only all beekeepers could get along ;)

@danskisbees7348 5 лет назад

Lol, me too! They're great guys!

@wendybachman6224 5 лет назад

I have a question for you regarding a suggestion I've recently been given: have you ever heard of roughing up the inner wood walls of your hive bodies in order to get the bees to coat it with propolis for promotion of overall hive health & well-being due to the antibiotic/antiviral properties of propolis? It sounds like a good idea to me.

@mohammadsalah3319 5 лет назад

A great question Wendy I think you are absolutely right in Egypt we collect the wax and propolis from the hive and use it for coating but we have never tried the roughing trick that you suggested

@wendybachman6224 5 лет назад

@@mohammadsalah3319 I'm new to beekeeping this year, and haven't tried it yet, but I think it would be an interesting experiment :o)

@popquizzz 5 лет назад

Hi Wendy, what a timely question especially as the summer solstice arrives. I watched this video last night and I would think that your question is answered here. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-Xsj8mB4KKZs.html

@mohammadsalah3319 5 лет назад

@@wendybachman6224 Sure it will be please get back to me with the results and I hope That Mr Frederick Dunn would give us his opinion as well

@FrederickDunn 5 лет назад

I don't think roughing up the surface is necessary as every box interior ends up coated by the bees to some level. I think they are doing just fine, also consider that roughing the unfinished interior will make it prone to moisture absorption more than the smooth surface. I personally wouldn't do that. BUT, I do have rough sawn boards in my feeder shims, so it will be easy to see if that encourages a propolis coating.

@SuperBuickregal 5 лет назад

I just came from the Acorn site and they mentioned honey production in regards to the drone frames, it could work if you had a super full of them. 6-1/4” Drone Comb Frame will produce more honey and extract faster than standard size cells when used in honey supers!

@FrederickDunn 5 лет назад

HMmmmmm..... that's interessstinnnng.....

@weasleoop 5 лет назад

Fred by adding a screen mesh to the screw cap of the feeders the bees can no longer climb up through the plunger so now the bees can drain the entire feeder without being drowned when it is low.

@FrederickDunn 5 лет назад

HI Carlos, what feeder design are you talking about? Is it the ultimate hive feeder? Sounds like a pretty good solution...

@weasleoop 5 лет назад

@@FrederickDunn Yes the betterbee feeder with the blue tray you reviewed.

@FrederickDunn 5 лет назад

@@weasleoop That's great! Several people have had some problems with bees in those, I haven't had issues... I think when they are completely empty the bees manage to squeeze in if it doesn't settle correctly, or if the spring lifts the empty tank.

@FrederickDunn 5 лет назад

You should contact BeeSmart Designs with your fix idea...

@weasleoop 5 лет назад

@@FrederickDunn Yes. They crawl through the plunger opening and then get stuck in there. I would have to open it and pour like 20 wet bees out that would then clean themselves off and fly back to hive. Now with the screen mesh it prevents them from doing it.

@TheFarmacySeedsNetwork 5 лет назад

Always appreciate your sense of humor Fred.. Love your Monsanto analogy! So when bees get told they don't want these resources and they go off in the hover.. what next? Do they consume those resources? or dump them off? Any thoughts on the Veroa strips and their effectiveness? Thanks as always Fred!

@FrederickDunn 5 лет назад

I don't like the varroa strips as they have pretty strict temperature application tolerances annnnd can do a lot of damage if things really heat up. - I'm sticking with OA since it never kills the bees and is effective in all temps. Remember also that my bees are already hygienic and varroa resistant so my situation may be very different.

@TheFarmacySeedsNetwork 5 лет назад

Thanks for the excellent response and info. I have a friend who uses them and was wondering. Your input is greatly appreciated and respected. cheers! I am going to have a more elaborate chat with him on it.

@mandog2142 5 лет назад

"...my favorite thing...NOT!" LOL!

@claytoneads6842 5 лет назад

Hello Mr. Dunn. I built a horizontal hive last Fall from insulated steel panels.(old garage door). It is based on a Layens foundation frame, (13 inches by 16 inches deep), so is deeper than a Langstroth deep. I was curious if a steel hive would work with feral bees. Fast forward to this year. The number of swarm traps that I caught feral bees this year: 0. However I caught a "hive" in my beehive with lemon grass oil & Swarm Commander last week! I guess "if you build it, they will come"...lol...I have 14 Layens frames per side, (28 total), so I can expand my hive if needed. The local beekeepers in my area, Central Arkansas, have mentioned "bearding" in our heat already. I have none perhaps due to my insulation. (1.5 inches thick). Perhaps you would consider a video on a Horizontal hive instead of a Langstroth type hive? The reason that I went with this type hive is, I can no longer move Vertical supers easily. Old age is not my friend! lol...If you think this would be feasible, then Dr. Leo's website might be of interest. (horizontal hives.com). Thank you for your videos, they sure help with my learning journey. P.S. The girls are starting to bring in pollen now! :-)

@FrederickDunn 5 лет назад

HI Clayton, we've talked about horizontal hives around here quite a bit and I do see an advantage for those who can't lift and for those not using the bees for commercial ventures. I would be concerned about the steel or aluminum clad insulated door panels simply because the metal conducts heat/cold where wood doesn't I don't know if I will get to that this year, but may construct something over winter for testing in 2020. Thank you for watching and for commenting! :) All the best to you there in Arkansas!

@claytoneads6842 5 лет назад

@@FrederickDunn Yes I am unsure how the steel might have condensation in the winter, which might affect the hive negatively. Hopefully I have enough ventilation so that this will not be a problem. God bless you & yours...:-)

@elihere 5 лет назад

Thanks for the video! Regarding swarm season, would it be practical/effective to have empty hives set up nearby to encourage a closer relocation or will bees travel wherever they please before they're collected?

@FrederickDunn 5 лет назад

The bees have a mind of their own, BUT, I've had swarms move into empty hives right in my apiary before. A 10 frame deep with a single entrance partnered with some cotton ball soaked with swarm commander inside a zip lock baggie and placed high in the back of the hive seems to be the most attractive setup in the apiary. And now that I've said that, they really do go where they please, but you can get a small percentage to follow your lead to some degree.

@phillipthomas253 5 лет назад

Fred, great video...thank you. Quick question - when you first started with your Flow Hives, were the bees reluctant to start working the FH - i.e., building honey in them? I have several FH units and the bees are not taking to them readily yet.... FH says give it more time, but I am wondering what your experience has been. Also, I assume you do not have a queen excluder between the 2nd box and the FH unit...yes?

@FrederickDunn 5 лет назад

Hi Phillip, please check out my FlowHive Experience Playlist... when I put the first flow super on a colony, they did nothing with the flow-frames and I "thought" it was a fail - then I moved the flow super onto an adjacent colony and they filled it right away. It became clear that not all of my bee colonies were quick to accept the flow-frames while others went straight to work. It remains a puzzle. Now that I have several years with Flow-Supers, I save them until the colonies show their productivity and I place flow-supers only on the most populated hives. Works swimmingly. I do still have one colony that just never builds up enough for that. In this video, I show the good and the bad - ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-ZU45d-_o6IY.html

@larag4646 5 лет назад

I have a flow hive specific question. What do you do at the end of the season when it's time to remove the flow super and you have flow frames that aren't capped?

@FrederickDunn 5 лет назад

I remove the super and place it where the bees can clean the frames out for me. They it goes to storage.

@kenblew2625 5 лет назад

Great information Mr. Dunn, One of our hives (flow hive 2, 8 frame) we did foundationless brood boxes (all 16 deep frames). The bees kept the comb nice and straight but we did notice they drew out a lot of drone comb. Will each of those drone cells always be a drone cell as it cycles throughout the year? I've been meaning to track it myself but, it is usually not on the priority list when we open up the hive(: (first year beekeeping and learning everyday)

@danskisbees7348 5 лет назад

That's great! If the bees didn't need drones, they wouldn't make them. I imagine that there will always be drone cells unless they back fill it with honey, just like worker cells. They'll probably go back and forth between stores and brood.

@FrederickDunn 5 лет назад

AS for hatching brood, yes, drone brood will always produce drones... but, they may also use the drone cells for pollen and nectar stores.

@wendybachman6224 5 лет назад

Mr. Dunn, where did you get that larger butterfly net with the metal handle? I only see a link for one that could handle a medium sized swarm.

@FrederickDunn 5 лет назад

The one I show here is the 14" diameter net and it's more than 30" deep... I have ordered a larger one, but haven't received it and can't vouch for it yet :) AHA, I just measured the hoop and it's closer to 16" in diameter even though I used the listing I linked in the video description. I have no idea what that's about I'm sorry to say, but it will hold a very nice sized swarm.

@citrumpet1 3 года назад

You mentioned before that you used a car jump starter battery to use the wand style vaporizer. If you used a high wattage power inverter hooked to that battery starter would it work when using your provap 110? If so, do you know approximately how many treatments you could get on your battery which seemed around 2500 Amp? Thanks.

@FrederickDunn 3 года назад

For the ProVap, I don't know how many uses you'd get from an inverter and car battery. I use either an extension cord or a Honda Generator. For deep cycling, I'd look at marine batteries if you wanted to run it that way?

@Grimthings 5 лет назад

You mentioned the bees being wet from a slight rain. Would misting them with water from a sprinkler or a handheld sprayer work as well?

@FrederickDunn 5 лет назад

Yes, if they had been dry, I carry a 50/50 sugar water syrup- I spray them with that and it helps to keep them clustered. Also, after spraying, they are heavier and can be shaken off of a branch much easier.

@keithkareiva9615 5 лет назад

Question: This is my first year of beekeeping, and my hive is doing remarkably well as my bee population is booming. I have heard that bees very rarely swarm the first year, and I have added additional boxes for them. Next year, if my population remains stable or increases, how do I prevent swarming if I don't want to make a split or manage another hive? Do I give away a certain portion of bees? Thanks for the great help.

@FrederickDunn 5 лет назад

HI Keith, lots of people spent so much time trying to prevent swarming. If the colony is healthy and the environment provides well, expect the bees to swarm, even when you have done everything right - expanding, enough ventilation, good location etc... :) I like your attitude of simply giving away a certain portion of bees - you do get a new queen out of the deal :)

@phillipthomas253 5 лет назад

Thank you for your response, Fred. I ordered and received the large, aluminum handle butterfly net you linked to; however, I was wondering if you have the link to the larger, "pillowcase style" swarm catching net?

@FrederickDunn 5 лет назад

Are you saying they have a mesh net instead of the pillowcase fabric? it's the 14" diameter net and that's the same listing I ordered from. That's frustrating!

@FrederickDunn 5 лет назад

And this is the review I wrote on the listing - www.amazon.com/gp/customer-reviews/R1D0E8CBW2J2Y0/ref=cm_cr_othr_d_rvw_ttl?ie=UTF8&ASIN=B07H2BPP9T

@phillipthomas253 5 лет назад

@@FrederickDunnDunn - yes - and not as deep...I did a search on similar butterfly nets and nothing came up...finally Googled one that looks like it could work, but it is not on Amazon. Thank you, Fred, for all you do - you are becoming a strong voice in the beekeeper community - here and abroad....

@FrederickDunn 5 лет назад

@@phillipthomas253 Thank you so much Phillip! You could get the net system and replace the net material with a nice unbleached muslin cloth that is double stitched by someone apt with a sewing machine - that way you could have it as deep as you wish and of the material you select. Just a thought :)

@phillipthomas253 5 лет назад

We do think alike! : )

@michaelhall7921 2 года назад

Dear Frederick I saw 4 dead bees with wings shrivelled outside the front of the hive...... This I assumes varroa without me seeing any ! I have looked at your several You Tube Videos on the excellent advice re the Oxalic acid treatment by vaporization. I saw very little evidence the vaporization was prolific enough. I had made my own copper tube heater but I've ordered on that is a little metal rectangular unit in a handle and is 12 volt. Mt home mad one was 110 with a heater band. The heat definitely was exactly as designated but no hotter. My Oxalic acid seemed from the day it came damp! The powder crystals are flowable and not clumping. What is you experience please re the powder? Is it powder or what I would say is free flowing paste. I see many others have issues re the fact that the Oxalic acid is Hydroscopic. I handle Potassium Hydroxide flakes but have not had a problem with damp. Due to it being cheap I wonder if I should buy new dry powdered oxalic acid? The new implement comes tomorrow so I can give it a test in atmosphere. I see some experts here in the UK only have particle and Mist filters. I paid good money for Honeywell organic acid gas filters which I feel is more suitable. Your video seemed to produce plenty of vapor. University of Sussex UK says in research they used up 1.25 to 4 gram of powder per hive! Other info says 1/8th of a teaspoon. I wish the info was more exacting? bets Wishes and thanks Mick

@FrederickDunn 2 года назад

If you go to betterbee.com and check in on the instructions regarding Oxalic Acid, you'll see the approved OA, as well as the approved dosage for your hives. These are American approved dosages and Api-Bioxal, so in other countries there may be variables. With the Api-Bioxal, I've enver had it clump at all and it's kept in foil envelopes.

@wayne-oo 5 лет назад

Fred , do you see the bees having a preference in yellow vs black foundation ?

@FrederickDunn 5 лет назад

Not the colors, but they definitely go for whichever has the heaviest wax coating!

@BlythewoodBeeCompany 5 лет назад

Linking to my newest video. I'm giving away a Provap 110 very soon.

@FrederickDunn 5 лет назад

OOOohhhhhh that's going to be GREAT.. I'll tag this post for you!

@peppersanchez6044 5 лет назад

Awesome can you do a tutorial about how to become a registered beekeeper

@FrederickDunn 5 лет назад

Absolutely, I'll do that as part of FAQ 23 - It's something that many just don't know about.

@johnhawes1927 5 лет назад

Fred, I enjoy you lessons. I Have a question. I attempted to expand my numbers and have three 10 frame deep hives that were loaded with bees and brood. I then pulled and put in four five frame nukes with at least 1-2 frames of brood , nectar and honey and open frame. After 24 hours introduced a mated queen in a container for them to eat into and except as their queen. After four days the queen cage was empty in each nuke. It has now been 10 days and I checked my nukes. Only one has larva. The other three had no larva or queen found. Any suggestions or thoughts as to what I did wrong.

@FrederickDunn 5 лет назад

My advice to you John is to continue waiting - BUT, if when you made your nucs for new colonies, you didn't shake enough nurse bees, there wouldn't be enough to protect the eggs the "mated queens" would be laying and there just may not be enough for that to work. You're going down a reproductive path that I don't use personally. There is a RU-vidr name Dave and he owns Barnyard Bees - I would consider him to be very well practiced in making these smaller nucleus colonies. I don't work with colonies smaller than 8 frames with at least 3 lbs of workers added with each new Queen.

@TheTrooperGirl 5 лет назад

What are your thoughts on the super DFM Probotics for bees ? And have you heard of a product called Candipolline Gold?

@FrederickDunn 5 лет назад

As with many other vitamin and booster products, I haven't been able to get any scientific data on the projected benefits to the bees. It's a spring and fall booster (claimed by those selling the product) - we really need larger scale quantifiable scientific testing to support the claims. For now, it's not something I feel my bees need as I live in an environment that provides plenty. BUT - my mind is certainly open on the subject and I'm happy to read any University or DOA Studies that have drawn some meaningful conclusions.

@toddprager7825 5 лет назад

Another informative video. Thank you so much for making these. If you ever write a beginner's book for beekeeping I'll buy and pay extra for autograph. Also we bought a mug, any chance you could do 4xl t-shirts?

@FrederickDunn 5 лет назад

What?! YOU bought a mug? THANK YOU!!! As for T-Shirts, yes, I'm doing some original "bee-Art" and will be putting some shirt designs out - I have a background in Fine-Art and want to do something special :) Thank you Todd!

@toddprager7825 5 лет назад

@@FrederickDunn I did. And I'm looking forward to buying shirts too.

@weasleoop 5 лет назад

Yeah I saw those mugs as well. I was going to get a few. You should put Fred sayings on the backside or across the mug. So people could get thier Fred wisdom with thier morning coffee.

@FrederickDunn 5 лет назад

@@weasleoop Please let me know if there is a catch phrase you would like on the back side - I like "The Colony never Sleeps" you know.. good for coffee drinkers :) You guys are making my day :)

@FrederickDunn 5 лет назад

@@toddprager7825 IT's going to take some time - I want the illustrations to be some of my best work - I'm photographing a wedding today - but in the coming weeks! :)

@wendybachman6224 5 лет назад

1st! (It's a competition now lol)

@danskisbees7348 5 лет назад

Braggart, hehehee. Lol! Hello Wendy!

@wendybachman6224 5 лет назад

Hi Dan!

@justinleland1669 5 лет назад

We had a swarm that we noticed yesterday afternoon. They all went into a 4 frame nuc due to me shaking them into it and rejected it 2 times. Was it just not big enough for them? I ended up buying a box from tractor supply and shaking them into that. We will see tomorrow if they swarmed... again.

@FrederickDunn 5 лет назад

Boxes that are smaller than a 10 frame deep are often rejected by sizable swarms.

@justinleland1669 5 лет назад

@@FrederickDunn ok thank you

@FrederickDunn 5 лет назад

@@justinleland1669 You're welcome!

@danieltaylor8113 5 лет назад

So i am new to bee keeping so i wanted to ask, do bees have any reservations about storing nectar (and honey) into the drone frames? In my mind i am thinking about ratios. There is the same amount of space on a drone frame as a normal one, but less cells, so less wax walls, so the ratio of honey to wax would have more honey technically. I want to know if someone had a frame full of honey from a drone frame would you potentially get a little bit more honey out of that frame then a normal one

@FrederickDunn 5 лет назад

When it gets down to it, bees will eventually store nectar in large and small cells without much preference. As for gaining more honey per-frame, probably, as for gaining more honey overall? probably not much difference that a normal hive would demonstrate.

@danieltaylor8113 5 лет назад

@@FrederickDunn do you think that because the drone frames should in my theory take less wax to draw out, because they have to make less cells, that the bees would waste less time and energy on building wax and draw the box out sooner? Meaning start storing sooner by a couple days? This has been a bad year for bees in my part of Germany where i am stationed (according to the bee club here... i am clueless, bad year or good year because its my first year) so if bees could potentially start storing sooner that would be helpful for them vs spending the extra time just drawing out the cells

@cyrusrussell2062 5 лет назад

Cyrus here with another question the last couple of days I've had just hundreds and hundreds of drones swarming outside one of my hives does that mean something

@FrederickDunn 5 лет назад

It just means you have a lot of drones hatching out and they are orientating just like new worker bees... that's all :)

@jarnold8803 5 лет назад

I heard someone say that a queen makes a piping sound. Do you have any videos showing a queen doing this and why do they do this. Thanks

@FrederickDunn 5 лет назад

Yes, I certainly do and here is the link :) ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-95TT-prUK2g.html

@mohammadsalah3319 5 лет назад

I was wondering how much pollen does a healthy hive of about 25000 bees or 2.8 KG or 6.25 pounds bees package need on daily or weekly or monthly bases????

@FrederickDunn 5 лет назад

HI Mohammad, I'm not even going to try to speculate on that data, so, instead, I'll share a link with you! :) www.telegraph.co.uk/gardening/problem-solving/ken-thompson-much-pollen-does-take-raise-bee/

@mohammadsalah3319 5 лет назад

@@FrederickDunn they did not say any approximate amount but after a little search I found a source saying they need about 57 Kg on annual basis or 4.75 Kg on monthly basis

@Sh2194h 5 лет назад

Hi Fred my name is Sebastian and I started bee keeping this year got 3 bee hive one is from a nuc and 2 from packages one of the hive I observed that bees are behaving kind of strange they are sort of swaying back and forward on the landing like that are licking the bored back and forth, do you have explanation or idea of what that may be doing and should I be concerned with it. Thank you I have a video of it on you tube under sh2194h “Bee acting wired” if you would like to see what I mean by it.

@FrederickDunn 5 лет назад

Hi Sebastian, that's what is known as deck washing and it's a common behavior. Here is a video of my bees doing the same thing - they just lick and disinfect the entire surface with their tongues. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-m_-mwTBQ71k.html

@Sh2194h 5 лет назад

Thank you for the response

@stevesoutdoorworld4340 5 лет назад

How often do you treat for mites?

@FrederickDunn 5 лет назад

Only when a colony is showing evidence of mite load stress. I did 3 treatments in the spring which were 7 days apart. Near the end of this week, if the weather cooperates, I will be doing a mite count and go from there. Some of my colonies show no mite stress while others can be quite loaded and appear unable to cope with them. For example, my observation hive colony shows no mite issues which indicates that they are handling them fine on their own. I expect to have to treat all colonies at the end of summer.

@stevesoutdoorworld4340 5 лет назад

@@FrederickDunn Thank you Fred.

@FrederickDunn 5 лет назад

@@stevesoutdoorworld4340 You're welcome :)

@sydneyadams7292 5 лет назад

As a new beekeepers with a flow Hive systems can someone please tell me when I should put my super on top. I'm confused about whether I should not put it on this first year and let them keep and store all the honey that they can for the first winter or should I put the top since I received my bees on May the 10th and this is now June 21st. If someone could answer this question I would greatly appreciate it. especially since I cannot seem to find someone in my area who has a flow hive.Thank you

@danskisbees7348 5 лет назад

Sydney, where you are located will determine how much honey you will need to leave on the hive for their winter survival. You should call your county agricultural extention agent for local information, if he doesn't know, he can probably get you in touch with a local beekeeper. I believe Fred places supers on top of his flow hives for the bees winter stores, once they have filled them up, then he puts his flow frames on for his harvest.

@FrederickDunn 5 лет назад

Hi Sydney, I have an entire play list of Flow-Hive videos - I always let them build up their deep brood box, then partially fill at least a medium super and then... I put the flow-super on. It doesn't matter if they are a first year colony as the intermediate box is what you leave on for wintering.

@sydneyadams7292 5 лет назад

Frederick Dunn. My goodness, I had no idea I would get such a quick response. Thank you so very very much for the information.

@sydneyadams7292 5 лет назад

Dan Ski's Bees thank you so very much

@analgetic911 3 года назад

How much power in watts has heater of the vaporizer? 40:37 =275W

@FrederickDunn 3 года назад

The vaporizer is a 110 volt electrical appliance, 250 watts, 2.2 amps

@ejfrederick1830 5 лет назад

Question: I have a carpenter bees nest on my property, should I get rid of them due to competition for resources?

@FrederickDunn 5 лет назад

You should get rid of them to save your wooden structures in my opinion! They did extraordinarily damage to my chicken coops and bee-observatory structures... ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-wgWF0sIW9OM.html

@weasleoop 5 лет назад

As long as they are not eating your home or wooden deck I would say leave them. I have 2 carpenter bee nests in my wooden well house and they are only active for like 2 months April and May. I would not say it is enough to cause competition in resources though. You have far more other native bee species that take more than they do. So you shouldn't base your decision on competition with honey bees only if they are doing structural damage to something you value.

@SpiritBear12 5 лет назад

Mr. Dunn, you mentioned you use the Eneloop batteries in your cameras. A long time ago I got my hands on 4 of those and they were great! Unfortunately I lost 2 of them when the battery door on my digital camera popped open and the batteries dropped out in the snow. I didn't even hear it happen and I had no idea it happened. I couldn't find the batteries any where. I have 2 left, but I want more of them. I hear another company took the over and I haven't seen those batteries for sale for a long time. Where do you get yours? I wonder if my old eneloop charger would be alright for the newer batteries.

@FrederickDunn 5 лет назад

I buy the new Panasonic Eneloop Pro Batteries, they are available through Adorama Camera and you can also get them direct I believe I use the PRO-Series and have then in all of my strobes - Yes, your old charger should work well with the new batteries - here you go www.adorama.com/bypexxaa4.html

@SpiritBear12 5 лет назад

@@FrederickDunn Thanks, how long does it take for your eneloops to charge? Back in the day my eneloops took just 20 minutes! That was awesome because I could be more impromptu with my camera. Before and now I'd have to wait 8 flippin hours for batteries to charge (Duracell and Energizer AAs). That's a bummer when a photo opportunity happens. It would be cool if they could charge in the car as you drive some where too, but I don't know if any battery company has that option. Eneloops were great, but I don't know how they preform since Panasonic took them over. I used to have to get them on Amazon. They were really new to the market at the time and I went out on a limb and took a chance and ordered 4 bats and their charger. I loved them! They lasted forever in the camera, far longer than Duracell or Energizer. I could leave the camera hanging around for weeks on end, then suddenly need it and the batteries didn't discharge at all while just sitting there all that time. The camera had plenty of energy.

@FrederickDunn 5 лет назад

@@SpiritBear12 The charging time frame is related to how depleted they are - I use the Panasonic chargers and have a pile of pre-charged batteries ready to go. They have a very long shelf life and won't let you down. They are still the top performing rechargeable AA battery on the market. If there was something better, I'd have them :) Carry extras!

@SpiritBear12 5 лет назад

@@FrederickDunn Good to know they have kept up the quality. That's a rarity today. I was reading comments on the site you sent me and one guy mentioned to get the slower charger as it's better for the batteries to be charged slower. The charger model he mentioned is BQ-CC17. So I guess they have two kinds of chargers.

@FrederickDunn 5 лет назад

@@SpiritBear12 I use the new Panasonic Chargers - BQ-CC17 - I use them daily.

@peppersanchez6044 5 лет назад

Do mated Queens only make once in their life span

@FrederickDunn 5 лет назад

Hi Pepper - at times a young virgin queen may get all she needs (many successful matings) in a single flight assuming there are enough drones out and about at the congregation area to accomplish that. BUT- on occasion, queens have been observed making several mating flights/attempts - returning with the remnants of the final mating still attached. DNA testing has been performed on the contents of the spermatheca noting 15 or more drone contributors. Do they begin laying and then after a few months or weeks do another mating flight series? Not that I know of.

@SuperBuickregal 5 лет назад

Hello Fred I have heard that bees will eat eggs and brood in certain situations is this true?

@FrederickDunn 5 лет назад

I have not witnessed the actual eating of brood, BUT I have seen them follow a Queen and eat her eggs right after she has produced them. It would be hard to imagine that they can ingest much more than a tiny egg. I will address this topic in FAQ 23 as I think many will want to know more about this habit. :)

@SuperBuickregal 5 лет назад

@@FrederickDunn Look forward to it!

@danskisbees7348 5 лет назад

@@FrederickDunn That would explain why my hive that was starving out didn't have any eggs and a laying queen.

@mihaiilie8808 5 лет назад

Im designing and building a really small vaporiser for Oxalic that works on gas and you dont need a car battery or 110v cable.I will build 2,one for me and one il make it you a present.

@FrederickDunn 5 лет назад

I hope you make a video about it! :)

@mihaiilie8808 5 лет назад

@@FrederickDunn i had problem with the crazy post that returned the little burner lamp back to China.They said its illegal in my country and was just a biger lighter. Will post vids.

@FrederickDunn 5 лет назад

@@mihaiilie8808 Post a link to your video when you make it! :)

@mihaiilie8808 5 лет назад

@@FrederickDunn I took these pictures for you when i writed a comment saying that i cast concrete foundations for each hive .Here is the proof: i.postimg.cc/7Lp7f43K/20190514-133118.jpg Here are all my hives mounted. i.postimg.cc/sXTrTjTc/20190514-131658.jpg Now im busy with my greenhouse but after il cover it ,before winter,il start building the oxalic vaporisers. i.postimg.cc/y84wX3VK/20190514-135458.jpg

@mihaiilie8808 5 лет назад

@@FrederickDunn Ive just ordered 2 gas lamps just to be sure il not forget to make 2 vaporisers .Now you can send the expensive one back or keep in case you remain without gas :).

@ryanlewis6386 5 лет назад

How do bees deal with the damage from strong to severe thunderstorms and possibly tornadoes

@FrederickDunn 5 лет назад

They settle in and it's up to us to make sure the hives are solid and well strapped down. Mine have been through severe winter storms as well as large hail storms - shipping straps and solid stands made all the difference.

@ryanlewis6386 5 лет назад

Frederick Dunn thanks for the answer

@ThoseCrazyrivers 5 лет назад

Hi Fred.....hello from the UK.....Great idea regarding the hole in the back of the slatted rack, definately using that on my Rose hives (which all have SR's) ....For oxalic vapourisation I use this piece of kit developed here in the UK bridge-cottage.com/store ...only £35 so much more affordable, works well. I have a question for you......Do 'hive bees' and the queen, as opposed to 'forage bees' work through the night? Cheers Tim

@FrederickDunn 5 лет назад

Yes, in hive workers and the queen continue their work throughout the night though they do often nap individually :)

@ThoseCrazyrivers 5 лет назад

@@FrederickDunn Thanks Fred....Have you observed whether the forage bees just rest-up during this period, or do they contribute in some way?

@FrederickDunn 5 лет назад

@@ThoseCrazyrivers They tend to assemble in groups and wait for their next deployment. They help insulate the brood frames by providing insulation in the form of bee-bodies.

@mohammadsalah3319 5 лет назад

Come on it is not that hard to take it of my friend may be you need to go to the gym and work out a little bit :) :) :)

@FrederickDunn 5 лет назад

Knew it! (';')( ';')....