That was great! I appreciate it, i was really hoping to harvest honey this year, but I think I added my super too late, now they arent even active, so Ill have to wait till next year.
I have a question, my broader is full now i have install super but frames direction are not the same like broader. now after two month i have check super honey bees not working. please quide me
I have a question. We are new to beekeeping and are very much learning as we are going. We have 7 hives (not our choice to start with so many) and all currently have 2 deeps and one medium which was added several weeks ago. Our bees haven't touched the mediums at all but the second deeps are full of honey a lot of which is capped. There is no brood in the second deeps. We are seeing brood in the first deep with all the stages and seeing the queen. We are being patient and thinking they will eventually move up into the mediums because they are out of room in the deeps for more honey. We have been afraid they will swarm without room for more brood and are checking the hives weekly but nothing seems to be changing. What are your thoughts? What should we do?
Reading up, I see you do use a single brood chamber. I agree, it is easier. Congrats on the proper start and skills to recognize a strong queen and to find her! If I had your wonderful problem I would have to ask certain questions... •am I willing to have more hives? •Is it about maximum honey harvest? •is selling nucs on the table? If your not in it for the honey and enjoy just having the bees, being a part of the action and knowing your flowers will be properly pollinated, promoting more flowers next year... then I would say remove the super and let them overcrowd and swarm to balance space with population. If your willing to sell nucleus colonies then I would buy or make 30, 5 frame hive bodies. Unless your bond and handy, the I would buy 10, 10 frame deeps and using a table saw, create a groove for 2 dividers and make each 10 frame box a 3 frame triple. Do walk away spits everywhere. Also.... harvest capped honey. I'm writing this in mid May, take almost 90%. The flow will hit soon and your queen old queens will be rewarded with space to lay. New queens will take 16 days to hatch, and maybe that again to be mated and laying. Have fun with it!
These type of videos annoy me. You have a clear question in your title, but you start answering it at 4:40. I have nothing against you and you do have good solutions but if you want the likes, edit your videos with sense.
