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I enjoy your talks. I don't understand how they aren't more popular.

Regarding clipping queens - which I have never done - it still appears to be Paul Kelly's system at Guelph. Perhaps have a discussion with him.

My 1st year keeping bees and i had this exact thing this year. I said she was playing possum. I almost squashed her but lucky i put her in a cage. And i almost purchased a new one but when my wife said go check her i did and she was in the car walking around in the cage. I took her back to the apiary and popped her back in. Still fine to this day.i only have a dozen hives here in the uk clipping is still very common. I do it on all my queens.

Thank you for sharing your wisdom

I make everything except frames. All the wood is recycled. It help in a site carpenter and timber off cuts are free and plentiful

I'm building all my boxes, frames, bottoms, lids, etc. Not for the savings but for the enjoyment. Up to 55 colonies and I am starting to see limits of my ability to keep up.

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I came to the same conclusions not long.after starting beekeeping. I'm not much of a woodworker and enjoy having fingers😅. I used to assemble frames and boxes from the supply houses but now (as I approach mid 70s) ordering them already assembled gets more tempting every year. Happy New Year. Enjoy the winter/spring weather. Pretty sure bees shouldn't be flying in NE Indiana last week of December. Guess I'd better look for sugar on sale. Glenn

Are you sure that your not talking about me? 😂😂😂❤

Please, 😂 let's not get the girls addicted to the internet... work would stop. 😂😂😂

Welcome to the old man's club, LOL😂 I'm trying to think how i would use several of the items you mentioned. I'll have to ask my grandson for some ideas. Thanks for the thoughts and reminder of how old I am.

I'm at the same point. I'll turn 75 next year and been trying to keep up with 40 to 50 hives but those boxes seem to get heavier every year. Do I order queens and split survivors to try some of these new genetics everyone talks about, gamble on swarms, packages, nucs? Hope your personal issues all work out well. Seems to come with this age. Glenn

There is just something magical about putting in and watching new bees and I think you made the point very well.

After all the years in bees, still ordering packages every year. Ridiculous.

Wouldn’t know to look if you didn’t mention them.

Bees are amazing creatures! Thanks for the video, I can’t help you I have not seen anything on your list, but I enjoy watching the bees both coming and going. Have a great Christmas and I look forward to your next program.

Why do some not all dogs bark at vacuums? Same with some roll is sticky stuff

I think a beginner should get one. Take it in the house, listen to podcasts and practice with this tool with beeless frames.

I have big colonies going into winter but I want them too as I’m up I Canada weak hives just won’t make it or they make it but they don’t do anything the next year

very glad i came across your video :) i don’t know much about bees but i love them and i love to learn! thanks for posting

All livestock get “moody” during seasonal changes less so after they have lived in the same area for a long while.Less so after a few generations they learn. Just think if humans where bees. Carry your gallon jug for nectar and 5 gal buckets tied to your legs for pollen and the grocery stores are low on stock or closed.The forager bee unemployment goes up and they go back to raising brood or turn to the dark side and start robbing. Glad I stumbled across your program. Reminds me of a radio program I use to listen too Lake Wabegone or something like that.

It should be a topic it’s pretty said how many people steal bees it’s big in Quebec

Venting never hunts anything,

This subject is not funny although you had me laughing, I grew up in a farming community and neighbor helping neighbor the same thing happens chainsaws gone other normally small things. Thanks for the talk I enjoy your lessons and you have a great day!!

Thanks for the video!

Ouch! These guys are so ignorant it is painful. The one positive thing I heard, and it is true, is that you will spend hours observing the bees in your observation hive. The problems they mention are of their own making. Their hives were too big. Two deep or three medium frames, total, is enough. I had an observation hive in my house for over 10 years. The Observation Hive Handbook will tell you how. It is not difficult and is extremely rewarding. I am not kidding when I say "Every beekeeper should have one". Phil Frank has done the same, and together we published "Hive Tour: The Insider's Guide to Honey Bees" It has beautiful full-page color photos of everything you can see in a beehive. But you should see these things live, for yourself.

I’m new watching your you tube channel, but I have gone back to watch a bunch of your old stuff and want to thank you for all your work!!

Jim, I'm about the same age and trying to keep up with a few too many hives. Your wisdom helps keep me going. Wonderful for a drive to an out yard. Hang in there. Glenn

Thanks Jim for all your efforts! I love the podcast!

I did this, but in summer. I plugged the entrance with mattress foam thinking my screened bottom board would be enough ventilation. I had a friend helping me the night before the move to load the bees into the truck. After they were strapped with crossing ratchet straps, I realized I had forgotten to take out the slide in tray that blocked the bottom screen. I told my friend (who didn't own a single bee) what I had done, he said "it'll be alright" and we loaded the bees. The next morning, I drove about an hour and a half, arriving just after daylight. After unloading I removed the foam and realized what I had done. After hearing your story I am thinking they may have died the night before. Subsequent moves of large colonies have been done with the bottom screen open and a screened top panel made just for the purpose. For future moves, I would probably have tried moving them closed up at 50F and below - had I not just heard this. I certainly won't now. Thank you for sharing. You likely saved bees and me some disappointment.

I love my solar melter. It makes me cringe thinking about the days that I used to try to boil wax out. In goes the dirty wax and out comes the clean. Then I make my foundation in the fall.

I have been using pine needles for years. Each variety of pine is different. Some are more pokey than others. Free is a great price.

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Great story, I found out the hard way (I had Bee fever also!!) don’t move bees at night with a flash light!! About 1985 young and I wanted my bees I just payed the man for Home. LOL

My wife would agree with all of your points😂😂

Excellent. Cognitive preoccupation, that pretty much sums up the beekeeping bug. No pun intended.

I understand - thank you. :)

Thanks, Jim.

Get well soon

😂😂😂 I understand the grass thing. Thanks for making me laugh and feeling I'm not the only one.

This is my 1st fall of having bees in a long time, (I had bees about 20 years ago) with the hive beetle,mites,and all other new stuff I’m very excited about how this winter will go. One thing is I have enjoyed your talks,and i have gone back and lessened to your old and new stuff and I want to thank You for such good and entertaining talks!

In same boat😂😂

At 19:40 you mention a solar wax melter using a simple deep box. I have a video of one I am working on. I need to work on the glass (i used plexiglas) cover because it is letting out too much heat.

Nice stories!!

I hear Hopguard 12 might show some promise.

these chats are great, thankyou.

Wow, even even that audio was crazy and being on site it was probably twice as crazy. Had one early this spring, where a hive was vandalized, and my friend called me about it. it was 47°. The boxes were separated by a couple inches but the thermal camera said there was activity. so I put the deep and 2 supers back on the base with the top, they were a bit perturbed. But after 10 minutes, we watched them quiet down get back in and it’s still going. Tough ladies in IN

Would you mind being a mentor through comments for a newbie I would love to pick your brain

I just got my first swarm this father's day I'm a new keeper and don't buy bees I hunt em but I have to say it's far more exciting when they move in on their own I'm in Daytona Florida took 4 months of scouts before they moved in just not sure when to inspect em after they move in

the world didn't make it this far, without knowing something. great story.