WATCH THIS Before You Buy Bees!! Nuc vs Package vs 10 Frame Deep / Beginner Beekeeping

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Gosh I sure missed chatting with you guys on here. Honestly, the days that I get to plan, film, and edit are the days that fill my cup up so much. :) Annnyyyway, for all of the new beekeepers and....there is even some info in here for more experienced beekeepers! I hope this video helps give some light to the grand debate of should you start a hive with a 5 frame nucleus colony? A 3 pound package? How about a 10 frame deep? Each option has different pros and cons for each beekeeper and experience level sooo I hope this helps! And if you have any questions please don't hesitate to ask!! Oh ANNNNND I live in Michigan so anything I say here could be different for states down south! If it is...let me know! I'd love to hear your opinion and experiences on the topic too! And finally...we have a few nucs left! So go to the link below if you wan to pick up a BeeFit nuc this spring!! Okay byyyye :)
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@allsmilz7234 5 месяцев назад

*using a sugar water spray on the bees while installing packages and nucs helps greatly.* 👍

@jojoma2015 3 месяца назад

Thanks for sharing your experience and knowledge 🎊 ❤

@TheDailytruth1991 3 месяца назад

Your Videos are Literally Going to save me 24-36 months Seriously !Thank you

@beefitbeekeeping 3 месяца назад

That is EXACTLY my goal! Too many people quit in their 3rd year of beekeeping. Let’s change that!

@AngelsandStrangers 5 месяцев назад

Great info as always

@jamesodiear1030 5 месяцев назад

Great information.

@WissamAkar-iw5ei 3 месяца назад

your awesome! thanks for all the knowledge!

@rickydavis5422 5 месяцев назад

I just ordered 2 packages and had to call and ask if a queen was included. I wish I saw this yesterday lol. Thank you for your hard work on educating us noobs.

@beefitbeekeeping 5 месяцев назад

We have all been there! I thought a drone was a queen when I opened my very first hive 🤣🤣

@lenturtle7954 3 месяца назад

Feed and give pollen supplement and drawn comb and you will be able to collect honey fr them Then feed sugar for them to winter on .

@edmartin875 2 месяца назад

Better yet, don't be greedy. Leave them enough honey to make it thru the winter.

@allsmilz7234 5 месяцев назад

*Thx4share interesting content Emily* 🙏❤️🐝

@garyshaffer68 5 месяцев назад

Your doing a good job teaching bee keep its hard to video tape and work bees at the same time. I did a few of swarms last year and editing and up loading . Was different for a old guy like me. Leaning editing for a 66 year old was tuff. Anyhow thanks for sharing. Gary in PA

@steventaylor4326 5 месяцев назад

I’m starting off with Layens hives and couldn’t find any nucs that use Layens frames, so package bees it was.

@MrC-ny8cr 5 месяцев назад

I am a brand new beekeeper with a brand new hive that I just built. I still don't have bees yet. I am purchasing a five frame nuke from the beekeeping association member here in maryland wish me luck

@raybeadlejr6838 5 месяцев назад

very good info. will be checking w you .. one box empty. lol im still studying it got a suit. lol

@beefitbeekeeping 5 месяцев назад

There is so much to learn in beekeeping but that’s what makes it fun! My best advice is to jump in and learn as you go. It is so much easier to understand the information you are reading that way

@richardvogel1195 4 месяца назад

Do you ever trap swarms. To me that's the best part of beekeeping

@PabloTBrave 2 месяца назад

Always buy a nuc , its more money than a package but the best value imo. Especially an overwinted nuc as you know they can survive winter ( assuming you bought from same climate as your own). In my country shipping nuc is no issue

@stevefarms7494 2 месяца назад

I believe it all depends on price and nectar flo and pollen.. For all new beekeeper should get nuc the queen has frames to work on while bees build new comb ... package bees have to start from scratch... There's a lot of thought that should go into before getting bee's

@BackBeeBrokenBeekeeping 5 месяцев назад

Great breakdown! Keep up the great content!

@dcsblessedbees 5 месяцев назад

Emily👍new beekeepers need their hand in honey bee hives.😁

@beefitbeekeeping 5 месяцев назад

Yes they do!!!!!! 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

@JosephBasumatary776 5 месяцев назад

Good Beekeeper ❤Love you

@opsydul0175 5 месяцев назад

Hey ma'am how are you?🥰

@garyRt23Bees 5 месяцев назад

You probably can't get nucs yet in late March so only packages are available. But package started in late March will be the same progression as a nuc you purchase in April. So if you like doing the work and want to save a buck, buy a package in late March. A nuc purchased in April that is already established will be about the same comb wise as a package started in March. Now if you have frames of good drawn comb already on hand to give the package, it may be the best bet as the queen can start laying almost immediately!.

@user-rw8mu3bp9b 5 месяцев назад

Just got our snow....hmm, I'm in the snow belt of northern Michigan and its all melting. LOL

@radsk5 5 месяцев назад

Normally it cold I’m my part of the state until march but it’s crazy this year I’m in mid 50s this year and they are flying crazy

@phillipriggs3375 5 месяцев назад

So I am pre-new beekeeper. Because of foundation expense. Can I use partial pieces of foundation? When and where in the hive.

@beefitbeekeeping 5 месяцев назад

A partial piece of foundation in the frames? Is this plastic foundation? If there’s a way you can cut the plastic foundation in half and then keep it attached to the top bar in the little groove that is usually inside a wooden frame then yes we could. Or you could just go full in on using plastic foundation (make sure it is pre waxed) in half of the frames in the hive and in the other 5 frames that fill up that hive use starter strips to make them foundationless. The reason I say half and half is because I would be a little nervous to start a brand new hive fully foundationless without any guidelines for the bees to follow. If you spaced out plastic foundation for every other frame that would force the bees to draw out each plastic frame and each foundationless frame correctly or it would interfere with comb on the frame next to it. I hope this makes sense. If not let me know and I’ll incorporate it into a video!!!

@phillipriggs3375 5 месяцев назад

@@beefitbeekeeping Yes, Thank You for quick reply. And yes that makes more since than my thoughts because after they get half way down and there is no guide from the frame next to it they would or most likely would, do whatever. That also aligns with other videos i have seen. I didn't mention i am down in Texas just 80 miles N. of Austin. Y'all take care! I have package bee's coming from Georgia. Your thoughts on package bees is pretty common, so i'm hoping i can beat the odds and get a good start from them. Besides the cons you said about packages i may put a queen excluding entrance to stop her from leaving.

@lenturtle7954 3 месяца назад

Buy nucs you will get frames to start .

@user-xg9ot3vl3y 5 месяцев назад

Thank You, heard the package Vs nuk before but not ,this way

@beefitbeekeeping 5 месяцев назад

That is my goal! ☺️ thank you for taking the time out of your day to watch me babble on about bees!!

@garyshaffer68 5 месяцев назад

O fogot to tell ya look up Blue Sky Bee Supply there in Ohio. Best place to get honey bottles where I get them and lids. And I use 7 mil laytex gloves to work hives. Its hard for a bee to sting through them. And I use a Kent Williams hive tool Kent is master bee keeper. Just for a few things for u too think about.

@garyRt23Bees 5 месяцев назад

Is the Facebook page with your pic Your page?

@beefitbeekeeping 5 месяцев назад

Yes it is. I made it to keep it separate from my personal page but then realized I’m not very good at using 2 facebooks 😅

@donbearden1953 5 месяцев назад

We have red maples popping already here in central AL but I think we will have another hard freeze and loose it all again like last year.

@beefitbeekeeping 5 месяцев назад

😱😱😱😱 omg! Has it been warmer than usual down there this winter?

@temijinkahn511 2 месяца назад

I had a package of bees arrive with the queen cage not secured. I couldn't see it and thought it was missing. The bees were calm which told me there was a queen there somewhere. Since I didn't see the queen cage (lots and lots of bees), I thought she was loose. I did my usual spray with sugar water (bees need water and food from the long trip by mail) which calms them and bunches them up. I poured them into my hive. Thinking the queen was loose, I thought I would just leave them alone for two weeks and before inspecting for brood. When I went in to inspect I saw no queen and no brood but bees were still acting as if a queen was present. In a queenless hive, the bees are agitated Very loud. After pulling some frames, I noticed a ball of bees at the bottom of the hive. Not ever seeing such before, I reached in and brushed the edge of the ball. Low and behold there was the queen in a very small plastic queen cage the likes of which I had never seen before (I had always gotten the wooden screened box style). For two weeks the bees took care of the queen in her cage which now caused me a problem. The colony was two weeks older with no brood on the way. Any nursery bees were maturing into foragers and older bees were starting to die off. Would there be enough nursery bees left to care for the first batch of brood? The hive was a ten frame with honey and pollen stores in place. I put in a sugar water feeder and a small pollen patty. The goal was to give them plenty of food to, hopefully, keep more bees in the hive taking care of brood and not out foraging. These are Russian variety which are known to be pretty tough and for rapid build up. Still another week to go before I dare peek inside to see how she is doing. The lesson is to not make an immediate assumption without a more diligent examination of the potential cause(s).

@TonyDickerson-mq8pk Месяц назад

Is a flow hive a good idea

@saliglmm2579 5 месяцев назад

📞📱

@Swarmstead 5 месяцев назад

Or make swarm traps out of free materials and get local bees for free. Instant beekeepers are for the most part lame as hell.

@trustn01rs 3 месяца назад

And what if you're unable to catch a swarm? Do you not deserve to be a beekeeper then? This comment is moronic

@Swarmstead 3 месяца назад

@@trustn01rs hey simp. Why would you be unable to catch a swarm? Do you not know how? Are there not enough tutorials for you? Are you at the North Pole and/or quadriplegic? What is your excuse?

@lenturtle7954 3 месяца назад

Not manyvswarms in our area we add boxes and equalize before they get crowded 😂