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Bear Behind Apiary & Maple
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We're a VERY small scale apiary and maple sugar producer. My goal is to run 10-12 hives and 100 maple taps annually for a side-hustle hobby. Not really trying to make money....but I am trying to break even!
Beekeeper Blunder - Huge Set Back | Bear Behind Apiary & Maple 2024
In today's video I check on some nuc's....and attempt to mark my new queens. Full disclosure - I make some pretty detrimental mistakes today. What do you do when your apiary day doesn't go as planned?
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Green Drone Comb | Bear Behind Apiary & Maple 2024
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Green Drone Comb & quick mention of predators
Did the Queens Take? | Bear Behind Apiary & Maple 2024
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Just a quick...well....not so quick video checking in on the red & green colonies, checking for a mated queen. What do you do if you don't see eggs? I share my technique.
Hive Combination Follow-Up| Bear Behind Apiary & Maple 2024
Просмотров 3314 дней назад
In this video, we check on a combined hive. I didn't record laying the newspaper between the boxes, but there are some really good videos if you want to see that "live". I tried using a GoPro, sound was very faint when I worked the hive - so I sped up the video in some places - let me know what you think of this technique.
Mating Nuc Check-up & Queen Marking | Bear Behind Apiary & Maple 2024
Просмотров 5114 дней назад
Just a quick video checking in on a mating nuc & marking her majesty. It started out as an hour video, but I stuck to just the nuc & queen marking. I use a "one handed" plunger method...I'm not quite ready for prime time picking up queens by hand just yet.
Nuc Build Part 2 | Bear Behind Apiary & Maple 2024
Просмотров 19828 дней назад
Part 2 of my attempt to cut queen cells from a donor frame & place into nucs. Cutting cells was much harder than I anticipated......not happy with the results, but if I'm going to post videos, better to show the bad as well as the good.
Nuc Build Part 1 | Bear Behind Apiary & Maple 2024
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Well....I call it a walk-away split in the intro, but really I'm just harvesting queen cells after pulling a queen for brood/mite management. My camera quit while I was attempting to "cut" queen cells & place in additional nuc's. I'm kinda torn - it was pretty ugly, but hopefully I can recover some of the footage so you can see my mistakes. The fades/edits are my cutting the walk between the ho...
My First Swarm & Follow-Up | Bear Behind Apiary & Maple 2024
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Today's video is mostly a highlight reel of my first swarm capture EVER! I have a friend/beekeeping mentor who referred me to a swarm (which ended up being just down the street from my home). Really nice family & some visiting friends shared the experience with two of my son's as I wrangled the bees. I hope to do this again!
Winter Hive Peek & Feed | Bear Behind Apiary & Maple 2024
Просмотров 1505 месяцев назад
It's almost February...but Happy New Year! In this video, I check in on my hives and see how the insulation boxes and added food (sugar bricks) are doing inside the hives.
Winter is Coming | Bear Behind Apiary & Maple 2023
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In this video, I add an insulated box and increase the amount of sugar bricks/feed for my production hive in order to....yup...prepare for winter
Extracting | Bear Behind Apiary & Maple 2023
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Today I "demo" (and I use the term loosely) my Lyson 3-in-1 extractor & uncapping tank.
Bee Escape and Adding Feed | Bear Behind Apiary & Maple 2023
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Sorry this one is a bit long. I check on my production hive again, add a bee escape, feed, and begin winter prep. We look to verify the ladies are backfilling the supers with honey now that the brood is out. Also talk a bit about my internal feeders - new to me this year
Production Hive Checkup | Bear Behind Apiary & Maple 2023
Просмотров 468 месяцев назад
Today's video check on my single production hive. The queen had been laying in the honey supers earlier this year, so I added a queen excluder. We look to see if the brood has emerged and to verify the ladies are backfilling with honey.
Entrance Reducer Change | Bear Behind Apiary & Maple 2023
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In this video, I swap my entrance reducer to the smallest size...but it sure looks like a traffic jam.
Mite Check - trying a new technique | Bear Behind Apiary & Maple 2023
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In this video, I attempt the Dawn Dish Soap method for a mite wash. After Five years of powdered sugar shakes, I'm trying a new technique on the thought that my winter losses attributed to a higher mite count. I also show off my excellent hive manipulation techniques (not).
Late August Puttering | Bear Behind Apiary & Maple 2023
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Late August Puttering | Bear Behind Apiary & Maple 2023
Behind the Apiary | Bear Behind Apiary & Maple 2023
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Behind the Apiary | Bear Behind Apiary & Maple 2023
Risky Combo Follow-up | Bear Behind Apiary & Maple 2023
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Risky Combo Follow-up | Bear Behind Apiary & Maple 2023
Hail Mary with the Nucs | Bear Behind Apiary & Maple 2023
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Hail Mary with the Nucs | Bear Behind Apiary & Maple 2023
Marking a Queen & Supering Hives | Bear Behind Apiary & Maple 2023
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Marking a Queen & Supering Hives | Bear Behind Apiary & Maple 2023
Late July Nuc CheckUp | Bear Behind Apiary & Maple 2023
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Late July Nuc CheckUp | Bear Behind Apiary & Maple 2023
Mating Nuc Checkup | Bear Behind Apiary & Maple 2023
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Mating Nuc Checkup | Bear Behind Apiary & Maple 2023
Midsummer Inspection | Bear Behind Apiary & Maple 2023
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Midsummer Inspection | Bear Behind Apiary & Maple 2023
Robbing Blunder | Bear Behind Apiary & Maple
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Robbing Blunder | Bear Behind Apiary & Maple
So sorry about your queen. Love the Robin in the background. Your sound pick up is great.
thank you!
I've just been to the club apiary today - it will be a while before I get my own bees - I think I just learned a whole lot about raising queens. Thank you.
Hello, I found your channel a few days ago, and have watched all of the videos, you have some great content hope to see you're channel grow.
Thank you!
Hello from Kajun Homestead
Does each box need a queen?😊. Learning a newbie
Each hive (small box in this case) needs either a queen or an egg (and nurse bees) to raise a new queen.
Its obvious you are calm with the bees. Something I never acquired. Interesting to watch.
Thank you Dan
Your a natural. Great you got the queen.
Looks like you have a beautiful day with the bees, that is how it's done. Blessed Days...
Congratulations Roger! I’m glad I was tied up, well sort of!
Congratulations the 1st swarm is so, so much fun. You can hear all the excitement all around, Blessed Days...
I see happy hungry honey bees.😁wow say that 3 times fast.😂The cover art with the bee in Winter gear is great. Have a great day, thanks for sharing your time.
Thank you!
😂Ya I have regretted not using a smoke a few times this Fall into Winter.
Hey get a fume board. They leave in 5 min.
Hey with populations that small you really don’t need anything! Those girls definitely had a mid summer brood break at some point.
So peaceful to watch while your calm demeanor makes for a wonderful view.