The Bees That Survived the Freeze | Colony Follow-up & Checks

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I went to the bee yard in town the other day and wanted to see that little colony that survived the arctic blast. I was just curious and I had to go thru the other hives anyhow, so why not take the camera and give you all an update. I also took you through a couple other hives, because what fun would it be to just look thru one colony. So here we go, another day in the bees.
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Thanks for joining me in my bee yard here in Louisiana as I share how I maintain my beehives. My videos are not meant to be 'How To' videos, but simply me sharing my experiences in beekeeping as I learned it from my mentors, teachers, and studies.
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@waltertchapman32 7 месяцев назад

Thank you for sharing your honest take and first experience with our short gloves. I always enjoy you taking us along and appreciate ya!

@MikeBarryBees 7 месяцев назад

I only support great companies Terry. Previous video I actually went over the veil and I made certain at the end of that video to mention Cory and the team as well. You guys are special to the community.

@waltertchapman32 7 месяцев назад

@@MikeBarryBees thank you for shining a light on them. I hit the jackpot when it comes to the people I am surrounded by and they rarely get the credit they deserve. I'm having trouble putting into words how much that statement about this community means to us, that is the highest compliment I could imagine based on who we are and what our goals are. Thank you Mike.

@redfish440 7 месяцев назад

Thanks Mike, another great video, God Bless !

@MikeBarryBees 6 месяцев назад

You’re welcome and thanks as always for your support and positive comments!!

@TennesseeMountainBees 6 месяцев назад

Thanks for the info, Mike! Bees are looking good! God bless you and yours!

@MikeBarryBees 6 месяцев назад

Thanks for stopping in and commenting Johnnie!!

@stonegatefarms 7 месяцев назад

Guardian makes some good stuff! Best customer service!

@MikeBarryBees 7 месяцев назад

Agree 100%!!

@brucesbees 7 месяцев назад

Good stuff man. Always cool to compare how out bees are doing a couple of states apart.

@MikeBarryBees 6 месяцев назад

Well Bruce, I think we’re catching up now. Nectar is starting and that’s the final piece of the puzzle for swarming, so time to get busy splitting and growing.

@WildwoodsBeekeeping 7 месяцев назад

Great video Mike! Hope you have a wonderful bee season!

@MikeBarryBees 6 месяцев назад

Thanks, you too Grayson!!

@highlandhoneybee 7 месяцев назад

Those ladies were not happy with their roof coming off and all the popping, lol. Oh, and thanks for your review on the gloves...I think I might like them better than the longer ones.

@MikeBarryBees 6 месяцев назад

They sure did get testy!! I like the short gloves I’ve gotten used to pulling them on now and it’s nice have air flow to my forearms now.

@CastleHives 7 месяцев назад

Mornin Mike. . Terry definitely has set the bar, great products and great customer service.

@MikeBarryBees 6 месяцев назад

We agree! 100% Brian!!

@tommychew6544 7 месяцев назад

Thanks for taking us along, I pick up something to be watchful for on every video it seems!

@MikeBarryBees 7 месяцев назад

Good deal Tommy. Always great to have you along!!

@dcsblessedbees 7 месяцев назад

I call them Winter storms, Hi Mike.👋

@MikeBarryBees 6 месяцев назад

Howdy, howdy!!

@honeyandthecoop803 7 месяцев назад

Looking good Mr. Mike

@MikeBarryBees 6 месяцев назад

Thanks!!

@stevebeck57 7 месяцев назад

I walked out back this morning. Here in the Midwest in Illinois we have awhile before my girls wake up. Nature will take its course and I just hope it isn’t like last spring.👍🏼♥️🙏

@MikeBarryBees 6 месяцев назад

I hope you guys have a great spring this year!! Such a pretty area where you're at. We go through there from time to time on vacation.

@ThatBeeMan 7 месяцев назад

You could put some of that pollen in your freezer for when you start grafting.

@MikeBarryBees 7 месяцев назад

Good idea Brad. I did freeze some from last season and was going to out it in NUCs and see what they do.

@lambbrookfarm4528 7 месяцев назад

Mug up Mike, howdy from NH. where it's above freezing this afternoon, but not enough for the bees too fly. Thanks for bringing us along, it's good to see bees.

@MikeBarryBees 6 месяцев назад

At least they’re getting out and cleaning out. Makes for good gut health when it’s time. Thanks as always for coming along!!

@richardrbrynerjr.7912 7 месяцев назад

Yow! I got stung twice watching this, you need to give us heads up next time so we can suit up LOL!!

@MikeBarryBees 7 месяцев назад

LOL!!! Yea, they were tearing the camera up!!

@edwardclark5211 7 месяцев назад

Dream Big brother 🙏

@MikeBarryBees 7 месяцев назад

Thanks!! Love seeing the comment every time.

@emilandrusko8597 7 месяцев назад

thanks for sharing!

@MikeBarryBees 6 месяцев назад

My pleasure! And thank you for watching!!

@donbearden1953 7 месяцев назад

Mike, I agree with you I would not put nothing in my hives when the honey supers are on!

@MikeBarryBees 6 месяцев назад

Yep Don, do t want to take any chances regardless of labels and what they say.

@MikeBarryBees 6 месяцев назад

Yep Don, I do t take any chance regardless of what the labels say is ok.

@melvinlantz9572 7 месяцев назад

Good morning Mr Mike. Great looking hives

@melvinlantz9572 7 месяцев назад

We haven't even gotten started up here in Michigan yet. Watch your videos getting me excited fir our season to start.

@MikeBarryBees 6 месяцев назад

Thanks for always coming along Melvin!! Hope you guys get rolling soon.

@melvinlantz9572 6 месяцев назад

Things are going good this year. Had 6 hives severe out of 9. Our winter wasn't to bad this year here in Michigan. Yesterday it was 60s today is 20s.

@PennsylvaniaBeekeeper 7 месяцев назад

Mike, I am going to try the Super DFM. Thanks. ---Darren

@MikeBarryBees 6 месяцев назад

Well, I’m seeing some very lively bees and they’re growing pretty well. I think if they have good gut health, that can only help them work and grow that much better.

@Sam.2zo 7 месяцев назад

Mike we got our last freeze last year 2nd week in May. Here in N. C.

@MikeBarryBees 6 месяцев назад

Yea, I hope we’re done. We never see freezes that late, but have seen frost in April before. That’s major for us.

@Jimhamby859 7 месяцев назад

Great video Mike!

@MikeBarryBees 6 месяцев назад

Thanks Jim and great to see a comment from you!! Seems like I haven’t seen one in a while. Hope all is well.

@Jimhamby859 6 месяцев назад

@@MikeBarryBees thanks Mike! Yes all is well. My girls are 6 and 9 and very active in swimming for the ymca. We stay really busy. I’m still doing bees just not as much videography. I ordered my first queens this year. I ordered 5 carniolans set to ship the beginning of may from honey run apiaries. They are north of me up in Ohio. All my bees are caught swarms over the past few years. I made it through 2 winters now. Lost a few hives, gained a few. Looking to expand as much as my wallet allows this summer. I still watch your videos Mike. Yours and Joeys. Have a good weekend my friend.

@tomkingsley4398 7 месяцев назад

Nice video Mike When do you have to start worrying about swarming?

@MikeBarryBees 7 месяцев назад

Hey there Tom. We begin to really be on our toes in the second week of March. Some years sooner and there’s always that one or two hives that are early around the 1st. Most look to be in check as of two days ago.

@Steele_Wings 7 месяцев назад

Hard to say when it will stop freezing now. Weather is like Wonky Comb and it is too unpredictable. Charlotte NC.

@MikeBarryBees 6 месяцев назад

Well, hopefully it gets straightened out soon. We stay up and down. Last few days warm all night and now back in the 40’s. I think we’re almost done with any cold though. Maybe a light freeze or two, but on to spring now.

@SmokyMountainLashBees 6 месяцев назад

I had a nuc that started as a ‘22 queen in ‘23. I made the split cause they kept trying to requeen her so I pulled her to see what they’d do. In the nuc she stayed for a while had queen cells and when I checked back they’d be gone and her still there. Then I started seeing 2-3 eggs in the bottom of the cells and they had more queen cells. I let them be to see what they’d do. Eventually she disappeared and a new queen was there. The laying pattern was tight but the NEVER got above 2-3 frames of bees. I gave them all the food and emergency sugar to make it but the eventually succumbed during that crazy cold and snow in January but I wasn’t really surprised.

@SmokyMountainLashBees 6 месяцев назад

I think if I have to be stung this is the best way via camera… don’t hurt that way 😂

@MikeBarryBees 6 месяцев назад

Yea, that’s exactly the kind of experiencing years in my first few seasons and then I realized, nurturing just seems to prolong the inevitable. If they can’t bounce back with the basic resources, then the queen is just giving us inferior genes and performance and I just pinch, shake, and move on.

@joyceboyle3206 7 месяцев назад

Nuc box may be slow starting. A little more time to build up her work force and she may hit it hard like they tend to do after their first winter.

@MikeBarryBees 7 месяцев назад

I hope that’s the case, but this queen may be inferior based on her performance last year. But I hope they pick up. If they do, I’ll boost them with a frame for bees and brood.

@Tonnsfabrication 7 месяцев назад

Them bees did not appreciate the surprise inspection. South eastern Ohio, bees are out working.

@MikeBarryBees 6 месяцев назад

😂😂. You’re right!!

@kathyhathaway8823 7 месяцев назад

Hello Mike it looks like I am going to have to switch to guardian. I have three bee jackets an one of them is about a year an a half old . That one I started to Put on a week or two ago an the screen had about seven holes in it an I try hard to take good care of my jackets. That one colony it looks like it would need a pollen trap on it . I am starting to get drones hatching now . Not a lot yet but some. Thanks for the trip around the yard . Thanks

@MikeBarryBees 6 месяцев назад

I really like the material from the guardian. Their service is stellar. We’ve been seeing drones for about three weeks now from what I saw. If we don’t have a bad freeze in the rest of the winter, we should be ready to really get busy building bees.

@nancylawson8673 7 месяцев назад

Maybe give them a young brood frame. Maybe supercede with a better egg or just more population

@MikeBarryBees 6 месяцев назад

That would work and if she doesn’t pick up, might be what they get. At a minimum if she doesn’t improve with some nectar, they’ll get a queen cell when I graft.

@brendawydeven2934 6 месяцев назад

Oops. Didn't know super dfm was every 30 days. I just gave them some in syrup last year according to measurements. I didn't see where it says every 30 days. Well, they made it through winter. I got them in top bar hives in Wisconsin because I can't lift.

@MikeBarryBees 6 месяцев назад

It doesn’t hurt to have fed more. And it only helps if you got in on once before winter. The manufacturer told me at the booth the 30 regiment is recommended for optimum results and especially in winter when it’s possible. But that was for me when I was at the show in Slidell, LA. Eat you can do up there is get it on prior to winter and then again in spring. No way you guys can do it every 30 days.

@DonaldFarmHoney 7 месяцев назад

I was thinking of splitting a couple this weekend. Weather is suppose to be good for a while. What do you think Mike?

@MikeBarryBees 7 месяцев назад

For you guys I imagine it would be a good time. Y’all are always ahead of us. Not sure why, but it’s just that way. It’ll be another 20 days before the queen goes out on her mating flight after the split, so I imagine the drone congregation area should be full by then. Unless you’re using cells, then just an about 10 days sooner.

@michaelshelnutt3534 7 месяцев назад

Mike, for some reason it never crossed my mind, but were you there doing bees back when Katrina came in? Have you been affected by any of the hurricanes since you have been there?

@MikeBarryBees 7 месяцев назад

Michael, when Katrina came thru, I was living in the town of Pearl River and wasn’t keeping bees then. I came right thru there and it was devastating. We were out of power for weeks and cleaning up for weeks. I’ve bee thru several storms since then over here by Hammond, LA, but none were very bad until a Ida recently came thru. I hate the storms. They cause so much disruption and problems even if we’re just nic’d by them. Ida was a bad one and we’re were 10 miles to the east of the eye as it came thru as a CAT 2. We were in the bad zone. Hammond’s worst storm in many, many years.i was out of power for two and a half weeks and no internet for three months. That’s the worst storm since I had bees. Here is a video of the aftermath…. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-4FyU3sLbM-Y.htmlsi=V3j39Vd_l119Zeud

@reneallen6405 6 месяцев назад

I would like to know where you got the yellow veil from?

@MikeBarryBees 6 месяцев назад

That veil is sold by HillCo. I like it pretty well

@Peter_Gunn 7 месяцев назад

What do you do with your pollen bound frames. I had several colonies last year that did that.

@MikeBarryBees 7 месяцев назад

I'll be honest, I have found what to do with every frame and it's condition, i.e., wax moth, broken, beetle, old comb, honey, etc. except for the pollen frames. They drive me nuts! I tried the method from Joe May where you can soak them in water for a few days and they use a strong water stream and wash out the bee bread. It works but stinks to high heaven and is nasty. I have some in the freezer in hopes it might keep the bee bread good and I'll put that in some boxes and see what they do. But outside of that, I've just ended up scraping, bushing, and re-waxing. So annoying for sure. So I guess I don't have an answer either.

@Peter_Gunn 7 месяцев назад

@@MikeBarryBees I'm glad not to be the only one at a loss on what to do with them. Thanks

@debbieherbaugh217 7 месяцев назад

Hi Mike. I’m novice at beekeeping. I live in West Virginia. I’ve gotten my bees ( two hives through the winter a year ago but in late July a bear wiped my hives and honey out. I had electric fence but didn’t stop them . Question, should I mover them to another location or does it matter? I’ve ordered three packages. Thanks.

@MikeBarryBees 7 месяцев назад

Debbie, I’d be lying if I told you I knew what to do when it comes to bee yards and bears. 🐻 We don’t have to deal with the where I’m at. West of here and other locations they have them now and again. So what I have heard is that once the bears know where they are, they frequently come back. But I’ve also heard that there are times that the bears were just passing thru. But I would guess that if the bear lives nearby, it would find them again. What I’ve heard is once they have the taste, even a very powerful fence won’t stop them. I would reach out to a local beekeeper or if you’re not able to find one, call your local ag extension agent. They should be able to advise you. Maybe reach out to the state beekeepers association contact as well to find a beekeeper that would be able to advise you. That’s my best answer Debbie. Wish I had a better answer for you.

@debbieherbaugh217 7 месяцев назад

Thanks! Great suggestion and do enjoy your honest approach to beekeeping.

@rstlr01 7 месяцев назад

That queen is trying she doesn’t have much of a work force.

@MikeBarryBees 6 месяцев назад

Yea, she is struggling for sure. But even without a workforce, she should be laying better than that. Only time will tell if she can make a go of it.

@edmartin875 5 месяцев назад

@@MikeBarryBees Back when I was keeping bees, many moons ago, it was almost common knowledge that queens were pretty good up to about 5 years old. I haven't heard anything like that in decades. Perhaps beekeepers these days are more aware of queen problems.