Comments on: Hive Inspections During Dearth + Video Tutorial

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By: Rose hammill

Rose hammill — Mon, 31 Aug 2020 14:42:48 +0000

I have one of those little houses for bees. Do I leave it out all winter? I saw a bee go in during this summer , it put dried grass hanging out of one of the holes.thank you for help.

By: Gregory Siragusa

Gregory Siragusa — Thu, 02 Jul 2020 19:09:31 +0000

Thank you for your video; very instructive. I lived in Athens, GA from 2000-2007; great place NE and north GA.
Now I live in SE Wisconsin. Question: during the dearth should I did a mite count? OR even bother and just treat? I use Mite-away strips.
Thanks for any advice.
Bee well.

By: Edith

Edith — Thu, 02 Jul 2020 15:36:51 +0000

Enjoyed the information. We were looking for Honey Gold and could not find it anywhere. Any suggestions?

By: ron heferen

ron heferen — Fri, 30 Jun 2017 01:23:20 +0000

to start a new hive ,take a nuc and in the middle of the day take frames out of a hive with broad and honey and place them in the nuc ,make sure you do not remove the queen ,shift the hive you took the frames out off around 24 inches and put the nuc where the hive was ,al lthe bees out working will fill the nuc and start a new queen. give it time and don’t open for around 5 weeks . it dose work. ron heferen Australia . [ps ] only do this when their drones and honey coming in . ronheferen@yahoo.com.au

By: Rattlerjake

Rattlerjake — Thu, 29 Jun 2017 16:59:11 +0000

In reply to Joel Cantrell.

You would need to answer a lot questions to narrow it down. Not likely beetles unless they were in high numbers. When you looked at the comb that was left was there any brood or eggs? If not the queen likely died and if there weren’t suitable eggs the workers couldn’t requeen; but having two hives do it a week apart it wasn’t likely the queen. If there wasn’t any honey then they weren’t finding enough nectar to store, and that would likely have been the problem with the second hive also. If your bees are not storing much honey then they need to be fed. Were there any mites on the bottom board? Heavy might population would cause them to abscond also; and it could have affected the second hive also. What time of year was it? Were the hives in full sun, partial shade, shade? What part of the country do you live in …

By: Rattlerjake

Rattlerjake — Thu, 29 Jun 2017 16:30:51 +0000

In reply to Renee Still Day. I'm sure you mean that the ants are crawling up the tree sheltering the hive and dropping down onto it. Two things to do: 1) move the hive away from the tree 2) plant mint around the hive. Ants hate mint but the bees love it, especially when it flowers. Mint will also reduce the chance of wax moths and beetles!

By: Joel Cantrell

Joel Cantrell — Thu, 01 Sep 2016 22:10:31 +0000

My brother and I ordered two packages of bees a couple of years ago and were only check them weekends.initially everything was fine. Bees were drawing comb and queen was laying. One weekend my brother’s hive was empty. We did not know what happened. I checked my hive everything seemed fine. Next weekend my hive was empty. We suspected small hive bettles but don’t know for sure. I want to get more bees but want to figure out what happened to original packages.Is a nuc hive better than a package to begin with?

By: Bob Simpson

Bob Simpson — Fri, 12 Aug 2016 19:23:51 +0000

At 14:12 minutes, your placing a beetle trap, that comes in multiples in a strip, that I have never seen. What us it and where can I get it?

By: Dell

Dell — Fri, 29 Jul 2016 13:29:48 +0000

I started my first hive with a nuc this spring and so I am trying to find out everything I can to help them survive. This is a very informative video that all new beekeepers should watch. Thanks for taking the time to make this video of your hive inspection. I picked up several new things from your narrative.