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No. No chickens. My brother used to keep 20 to 30 at a time. They freaked my wife out for some reason. He had neighbors that would feed Japanese beetles to theirs. They seem too big for these hive traps though.

Thank you, Tracy. I do think I made the problem worse earlier in the year. There are a few external traps and guards I plan on trying in the spring as well. Nice Channel! I didn't get a chance for view any of your videos yet. Just scrolling and should get some time tomorrow. How many hives do you keep?

Thank you, Ian. Really do appreciate it. Others find a way. I think I'm on the right path, stumbling as I go. Nice not having SHB up there. I'm figuring out how to treat for everything else. Not really a treatment for them. Just good practices and equipment choices I'm starting to realize.

Thank you for that. I think I just need to add so many traps and Swiffer sheets that I crowd out the beetles. Might make a dent.?.

It's strange how some of the colder regions still have Small Hive Beetles, but not a bad problem. Sounds like a really cold winter knocks the population down. I've listened to several different recent podcast on testing US and imported honey. The diluted "Funny Honey" really hurts the market value. You also can't control what your bees bring back to the hives. An acquaintance in Texas had five barrels rejected. His bees brought back waste corn syrup from a food company close by. Really hard on them, being honest and doing everything right, and still can't sell it.

Also, some amazing (and some eye opening) videos on your channel throughout Philippines. How long have you been there?

Thank you for the note. I've started baiting the oil traps with a small amount of pollen patty. Trapped beetles counts when way up. I don't want to attract more to the hives (more than they already are) but attracting them to the traps is starting to work. Merry Christmas and Happy New year to you as well!

Thank you for that. I'm finding that some of those methods take time to work. I haven't found an easy way to Treat or do a "Knock Down" like you can to mites. I'm finding that our hive setup has a lot to do with it. Using A fully screened inner cover a screen bottom board meant our hives were wide open to them.

Thank you and same to you. We still have a little backlog of videos we're still getting caught up on from this summer and early fall.

Wow! For $25 bucks, that's a no brainer. Glad you found a deal!

No, I didn't. We used FormicPro. I have watched videos where keepers use it but haven't had the chance to talk to people about it. I think it's been around a long time and seems to work well in the right temps. It was suggested that we use Formic acid in a 1 strip / 20 day treatment. It worked but didn't hit hard enough with that form of treatment. Have you used ApiLife Var? And if so, what kind of results did you get?

Ant Guard. There is axle grease under the 45-degree flange. I saw people using stamped steel termite shields that way. I needed something a little larger for our stands. I made them from cheap ductwork / flat sheet from the local home improvement store. They work well as they were covered with carpenter ants prior to installing.

Thank you for the suggestion. They can really tear up some nice comb though.

Thank you for that. I thought I was following other schedules or processes beekeepers were posting. The mites and small hive beetles we have around us were the only ones it worked for. We'll have to have our own process, schedule, and treatment regimen.

Really hate Varroa couldn't be contained or eliminated for you! Glad to hear you're ready with the instavap. The little wand works but takes some time and will burn up some bees as they attack it in the hive.

Thank you for helping make a stronger case. Might have to be a present to myself.?.

Hi Joe. Did that stop it completely, or were they trying it again the next day? When I totally remove our hive, bees kept coming back for days looking for something to rob.

Thank you for that. I'm already too well hooked to jump off that easy!!!

Thank you for the suggestions. I thought the bee brush would be okay for the first year. Really not realistic especially if I had multiple hives to harvest. I've heard of those for fume boards. I can't remember which one others said smells better but still works well.?. Do you have a preference? Working on the mite plan. Never thought about a sprinkler. Seems like it could work well. Really appreciate it!

@@aPlaceintheHive I don't have fume boards but someone suggested paper towels lightly sprayed with bee quick. I placed them on top of frames leaving about an inch on 1 side so the bees could fly out. I tried it this year and found it works very well. Most of the bees would leave the super. I then moved the supers 50 ft or so away before pulling the frames and brushing off any remaining bees. Because they don't like the smell I think it also deters any robbing as well.

Leaving the paper towel there with Bee Quick on them to keep robbers at bay is genius! Thanks for sharing!

Hi Harvey. We do have plenty of local keepers that are taking orders now. I've heard about packages absconding or not accepting the provided queen. Nucs do seem the safer route early on. Avid watcher of Bob Binnie. Going to follow alot of his mite treatment regimen. Thanks for the note on stores for winter during late summer. Several keepers mention planning for Winter in the summer and spring planning in the fall. I guess you need to be ten steps ahead.

@aPlaceintheHive yesir, most beekeepers are reactionary when we should be preventative. Be ahead of your bees for sure! Yes nukes come with brood, brood is what keeps a hive locked down. And nukes are ready to expand quickly, a good nuke taken care of properly will give you honey the yr of if you get it early April. I'd bee on top of getting your bees as soon as possible in the spring! Ask the poeple you get it from when was the last time it was treated and if the queen is from this yr or overwinter from last summer.. an overwinter late summer queen will go hard the next spring where a brand new queen takes a season to really get going full tilt!! Ask questions don't just buy bees willy nilly. Your keeping should also be determined by what you want out of the bees.. for instance a hobbyist will keep bees quit a bit different than say someone who is trying to make it a business.

You know, no one has mentioned (book or video) why a late summer / over wintered queen commands a premium!?! Makes perfect sense that she can't wait to get to work and work hard. Seemed hard to believe that the Bob's, Jeff's, Kamon's, and David's out there have boxes bursting at the seams mid-spring. I am looking to grow into beekeeping. Already setting up another yard close by to be ready for spring. Only want a couple at two locations for the second year and learn how to manage them (better!). Thanks again for all the Help!

@aPlaceintheHive ya the best nuke has a qeuun from late last summer for the exact reason you said, she just wants to go at it the second it gets nice enough to do so! I learned that from Bob binnie I'm pretty sure. This is why most commercial keepers only keep queens for 1-2 yrs as well, they want the best queens possible that can lay the most workers possible. After a queen is 2 yrs old she could slow down at any moment and if tgats late summer then your screwed because Noone really sells queens then because they know she would most likely fail slash they need them all usually.

@aPlaceintheHive I don't read books lol, I'm a RUclips learner. My dad has kept bees for 30+ yrs but he's never even made his own queens.. not that a lot of poeple do. He's kept maybe 10 hives at a time but mainly around 4 hives just to have honey for the family and to sell some as well. I'm going for a business in bee keeping. Bob binnie and Canon Reynolds have taught me the most with Bob binnie as number one by a long shot.

Hi Kristen. Good for you. We've had all kinds of problems, but I'm still hooked. Thanks for sharing the link. I have watched them some. They do share a wealth of info along with struggles with pest and really cold winters. I'll have to go back and review their channel again. Good luck to you during your planning and when you get your first colony.

Thank you for that. Glad it's working well for you. Which way do you treat with OA (vape, dribble, extended release)? Awesome for only having to treat late in the year!

@aPlaceintheHive vape with the pro vap 110 i believe its called.I was not a fan of the wand.

Thanks for stating the vaporizer your using.

Thank you for that. I seems like I've watched almost every video on beekeeping and I'm up to six books. i still learn better hands-on.

The bees going in and out of the top know how because they came out that way. The bees trying to get in at the bottom of the screen don't know about the top opening because they didn't come out of it. Ones at the bottom are robbers. Not their home.

Treated in May which completed June 1st. Didn't do what we needed it to and failed to follow up with another treatment quick enough.

Yes. This was filmed in July. In the middle of mite treatments currently.

You are dead on about mites and the other colony. They were taking everything they could from that somewhat empty box. Please watch our post this week for how that hive doing.

Hi Kathy. Those "Left Behind Bees" did leave or drift within a day of filming it. There were some visible larvie, but honestly wasn't too bad of a mess. Found a chest freezer on sale and it is now dedicated to frames and other bees stuff. This was filmed in July. We're trying to combine several weeks per video to get caught up (like the previous one). This one was a little different.

Thanks for the suggestions. I had used Formic Pro in May but it didn't make a big enough impact. I've recently added OAV to my IPM which really works well.

@aPlaceintheHive when you use oav I'd do it 4-5times 5-7 days apart. These important thing is to do mite washes so that you know how your treatment worked or didn't work. I use an instavap, and I also use apigaurd, 3 treatments per yr works amazing. Winter time when they are bloodless is most important.

Hi Harvey. Using a wand for OAV currently. Hoping to upgrade next year. Have watched a lot of Apiguard after super removal. Question - Do you treat three times total? I'm assuming two rounds of OAV and one of Apiguard.?. Please help clarify. I can overthink it easily!

@aPlaceintheHive 3 different treatments. Oav should be done 3-5 times at a rate of 4grams per deep box , the apigaurd should be done twice maybe 3 times at a rate of 25grams per deep box each application. The verroxan extended release oxcilic acid has its own application rate as well, can remember it off top of head. I think its 4 per deep box but 6 total per hive.

I think I got it. You treat three times a year with multiple rounds of each. Do you mind saying where you're located and when you treat? Is it on a schedule or when the test results dictate?

Thanks for the info Charlie. I did use Formic Pro in Mayas the single strip 20 day treatment. It made a dent in the mites, but wasn't strong enough to clear them out.

I have added OAV to the mix which really seems to pack a punch.

@@aPlaceintheHive OA is great. Many of the $$ treatments can do damage to the queen. The bees shrug off the OA as they breath through their abdomen segments. Since it is inexpensive, there is not the money to be made, so vendors don't push it much. In a commercial yard it can be time consuming as compared to popping a couple of strips in a hive. Also, you need to do 5 treatments over the course of a month. Imagine doing that to 500 hives! But for us small guys with a handful of hives, OA is a dream come true.

Awesome! Really glad to hear it. Thanks for the note.

I apologize for that! Not a mic but operator error. I didn't know early on that my collar was covering the mic / pick-up end. I was trying to give it some cover. Being black on the outside of a white suit, the bees target in on it.

@@aPlaceintheHive no need to apologize, it was just a tip for making your content more views. the better the sound, the longer they stay, and then the algoritme will give you more views.

Thank you for the tip.

Thanks for the suggestion. As they were the main robbers, I'm sure they picked up a lot and brought them back to the hive.

It is amazing how fast it can happen!!!

Thank you for that. Going to be tough for me at first, but the popular master beekeepers on YT change queens out regularly. With the high density (volume of bees) colonies they show, it must make a difference.

@aPlaceintheHive yes very true, replacing old queens is a good practice. I'm afraid you skipped the first part of the comment and focused on the latter.

I did get caught up on the queens since recently finding a VSH breeder close by. Thank for the note on the frames. Glad to have a stock of resources for any struggles going forward.

@aPlaceintheHive i saw a mistake in what I said. Its an older school of thought that verroa fed on hemolymph but I believe most current science suggests they feed on the vitellogenin of a bee. Hope all is well, and best luck going forward.

Way over my head currently. Next book in line is Honeybee Biology. Thanks for the education! I'll take all I can get (help and knowledge).

Your comments are so spot on! Thank you for taking the time to list what can happen and what has made a difference for you. I was just gifted "Honeybee Democracy". I'm in the middle, but you seem to be right on the money with what happened to us. Thanks

Thank you for mentioning what you've had with your hives. I did get a small freezer just for the frames when I remove them. It's amazing how quick it kills all the bad things trying to move in.

I bought new bees this year and varroa sensetive queen bees from beeweaver which i dont have varroa problem but they beeing defensive time to time which is no fun

Found a local VSH queen breeder near by. Hope it helps make a difference in the future.

WOW! This is way over my head. I'm not going to lie. I had to look it up and found a study like what you're saying on www.nature.com. Have you tried this yourself? Sounds like it would be everywhere if it truly can detox pesticides and help fight viral infections.

I'm still not sure if freezing will kill DWV. I haven't been able to find any definitive answers online. I did clean the frames and any plastic foundation with chlorine bleach and water.

​@@aPlaceintheHive DFW is always present. It doesn't really effect healthy bees. What was your mite count the last time that you did a wash?

​@@aPlaceintheHiveThe ones left behind are sick too just haven't died yet.the originals all flew away to die. The DWV is more of a symptom of being infested with varroa,healthy bees can use that honey and comb and be just fine 🐝

Hi Chad. You're right on the money. They were gone in another two days. Just had a bigger mess to clean up.

@@aPlaceintheHive freezing would kill SHB , wax moths and their eggs

Thank you. He usually has fun once we get him there. It's a struggle to get him there though!

Thank you. Hate it happened but glad to share.

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You did. Thanks for saying so again. We had an error we needed to fix. had to take it down and repost.

@@reynaldoparra9275 thanks

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Sugar water to feed the bees. There is very little nectar in the fall which is hard on a new colony.

Yes. This was in the middle of June. I have tried to be in there every week, just to learn more. A few exceptions with travel and vacation. Reading what you've said, I don't know how that didn't click!?! Way less bees and a missing queen. Swarming never entered my head.

Yes. This was in the middle of June. It is spanning three week which is helping us catch up. Two weeks of average inspections, then this.

Thank you and glad to hear it!

Thank you. We were using the sticky board screen bottom insert at the time. Yes, it was much lower than while treating.

Definitely learning what not to do again! I try to keep notes but some of these "lessons" will be hard to forget.

Thank you! All my wife. It's kind of a Disney Channel Phineas and Ferb theme. Our son is a fan.