Thanks for the video, William. That was neat being able to see inside the hive like that. They looked super busy. Looks like the spring build up has begun!
Looks like they are getting serious about the spring build up. Cool to see the clear top and watch them working in the hive. Glad they are doing good. Take Care!
You better get ready William, thanks for sharing your time and I look forward to your videos. I think I may have to check out my display hive this summer, it's huge and looks kinda hippyish.😂
It’s handy being able to see what’s going on at any time without having to open the hive. I’ll probably make more. I also want to do an observation hive inside like many people do
Thanks, Mike. In short, yes. But I don’t equalize the whole yard once like a big operation would. Basically I’ll take from colonies that are in danger of getting too big too early and donate to smaller hives. So I’m making my production hives equal, but not necessarily making the whole yard equal.
@@MinnesotaBeekeeper I sorta think of my hives like there are three categories. 1: Production hives 2: Colonies I’ll split aggressively 3: Recourse hives Ideally the production hives should equal since you want them to be as big as possible without swarming so they peak for honey flow.
Thanks for the video, William. That was neat being able to see inside the hive like that. They looked super busy. Looks like the spring build up has begun!
I need to get in the hives soon and equalize. Lots of pollen coming in. Thanks for watching
Looks like they are getting serious about the spring build up. Cool to see the clear top and watch them working in the hive. Glad they are doing good. Take Care!
Feels early, but I guess it’s as good a time as any. I’m interested to see when we start getting drones.
You better get ready William, thanks for sharing your time and I look forward to your videos.
I think I may have to check out my display hive this summer, it's huge and looks kinda hippyish.😂
It’s handy being able to see what’s going on at any time without having to open the hive. I’ll probably make more. I also want to do an observation hive inside like many people do
Wow. neat to watch William. Do you do any spring frame equalizations?
Thanks, Mike.
In short, yes. But I don’t equalize the whole yard once like a big operation would. Basically I’ll take from colonies that are in danger of getting too big too early and donate to smaller hives. So I’m making my production hives equal, but not necessarily making the whole yard equal.
@@DRIECUTHoney Same here.
@@MinnesotaBeekeeper I sorta think of my hives like there are three categories.
1: Production hives
2: Colonies I’ll split aggressively
3: Recourse hives
Ideally the production hives should equal since you want them to be as big as possible without swarming so they peak for honey flow.