Great video! I always suggest new beekeepers find the queen and move her before doing a wash. It's too easy to knock her into the cup. Love my Instavap, too!
The Insta vap is way easier and produces far more vapor than my previous solution. Yes, it costs a lot, but the time savings alone make up for that when treating even a couple of hives. I now have 4 hive locations with 4,2,2,2 full hives each respectively. My first location also has 3 nucs, 1 cell builder, and 2 mini mating nucs (plus 4 waiting for queens). So currently 15 working queens. Additionally I am helping 3 other beekeepers with an additional 9 hives between them. Sadly the nucs won't make it through the winter here, and unless I can build out enough hardware for all it will be tough getting all these through winter. However next spring I will be set up great for splits and raising new queens if I play my cards right.
Nice shiny hive tool. Mine is not shiny as yours. I have Formic Pro on my hives right now. I figure August first is the right time to prepare for the fall.
Nice piece of equipment!!! Thanks Brian!!!
It's nice, very fast. Thanks Mr 321. . Lol
Great video Brian! Instantvap = Game Changer!
It really is!!
Very cool! Thank you for sharing my friend!
Thanks for the visit. . Right now is the time, at least in my area, to treat them.
Good job Brian! I applied another Apiguard treatment to mine this morning.
Oh nice. . I might give Apiguard a try next season.
Great video! I always suggest new beekeepers find the queen and move her before doing a wash. It's too easy to knock her into the cup. Love my Instavap, too!
I'm going to train my Queens to walk to the top of a frame so i know where they are. Problem solved. Lol
I love my InstantVap, totally changed my treatment regimen. Just purchased the Silicon Insulation Roof, I hadn't seen that before.
It is a great tool. The silicone roof, win win. Keeps the top clean and holds heat in.
The Insta vap is way easier and produces far more vapor than my previous solution. Yes, it costs a lot, but the time savings alone make up for that when treating even a couple of hives.
I now have 4 hive locations with 4,2,2,2 full hives each respectively.
My first location also has 3 nucs, 1 cell builder, and 2 mini mating nucs (plus 4 waiting for queens). So currently 15 working queens. Additionally I am helping 3 other beekeepers with an additional 9 hives between them.
Sadly the nucs won't make it through the winter here, and unless I can build out enough hardware for all it will be tough getting all these through winter. However next spring I will be set up great for splits and raising new queens if I play my cards right.
Nice video. Keep the info coming.
Thank you.
That is a bunch of mites. Deff need to hit that one. I need to test mine too.
I'm doing some rounds of OAV. .
Nice shiny hive tool. Mine is not shiny as yours.
I have Formic Pro on my hives right now. I figure August first is the right time to prepare for the fall.
I clean my hive tools with Super Clean. Lol
Hey Brain, good video as always. My question for you is the cedar shaving i keep seeing in your videos, is this your smoker fuel?
Yep, it is. I normally use pine shavings but had a bag of cedar.
@CastleHives I bet it smells good, I live in the south and have a stand of pines 25 yards behind my bees, so i use the free stuff.
Hey Brian, thanks for all the videos! Does the boxes you have on for room have empty foundation or just plastic foundation?
I only use plastic foundation.
@@CastleHives I meant to ask if it was drawn out empty comb or is it for the bees to work on.
@@Kapp_Bee_Co ah. . There are still a few here and there not drawn out fully. I need to get into them and equalize across the board..
I couldn’t tell from the video if you were wearing a respirator when you were doing the hives. I hope you were 😊
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How did you treat the Apimaye hives with OA. did you make a hole?
Nope, through the one vent.
Lorob Bees sells a silicone washer to fit the nozzle so it doesnt melt the Plastic on the Apimaye.
You don’t wear a respirator when treating?
I have one, was in a rush.
@@CastleHives on the same topic how often do you replace filters? Was looking at at mine and they are beyond expiration date.