In southeast coastal VA, I’ve got my apple and pear trees in full flower, henbit, deadnettle and dandelion in the ag fields also in full flower, and the blackberry ready to burst. Maples set off brood production in late January and Feb, and are already done. Theres a pile of drones emerging now also.
We are just wrapping up with Brazilan pepper and oak here in Central Florida. The wild flowers are like a carpet wall to wall... Citrus blueberries and strawberry been going for weeks. Veggies bloom almost all year. Spanish needles will also bloom all year if we have the rain. I brought home a brand new light split 4 weeks ago. And I do mean light. I split it yesterday and they have almost filled a new deep box from scratch. Got to love the Florida weather.
@thebeesupply Saw the first palmetto bloom yesterday. Be our second big big flow of spring. Wish this was a honey making year for us. Been a great spring.
That was really timely. Hefting my hives last weekend, I popped the top on 1 to add more fondant, and it was absolutely packed with bees. I added a shallow on top, not to get comb drawn or to store honey, as there's only pollen available here in southern England right now, but to give them some room to move. This weekend should be warmer, i may switch the shallow box for a deep and put it at the bottom, as you advised. Thanks.
Strong hives like that are awesome!! If the box is being added exclusively to prevent swarming, and your hive already has 2 brood boxes, then a shallow or medium box under the current brood boxes will really limit swarming. If you don't already have 2 brood boxes, adding the new one on top is preferrable. Thanks for watching!
You are welcome! If it is being added exclusively to prevent swarming, and your hive already has 2 brood boxes, then a shallow or medium boxes under the current brood boxes will really limit swarming. If you don't already have 2 brood boxes, adding the new one on top is preferrable. Thanks for watching!
@@thebeesupply I have a double deep already and the top box was almost full of fall honey. It’s 100% for room and to maybe get a little comb drawn for a split in April.
Excellent video. I’d like to learn more about placing an empty deep brood box on top of the bottom board vs placing the empty on top of a full deep brood. It totally makes sense, but does it work each and every time? Thank you!
I usually give it to another hive that could use it. In general though, I prefer to leave it in the hive unless the hive has so much bee bread that the queen has nowhere to lay.
Ill take you up on that statement.i have honey supers on my hives now and its march 12 2024.everybody think they know bees,but we dont and my great grandfather and my grandfather and dad has been using honey bees since the early1919's
In southeast coastal VA, I’ve got my apple and pear trees in full flower, henbit, deadnettle and dandelion in the ag fields also in full flower, and the blackberry ready to burst. Maples set off brood production in late January and Feb, and are already done. Theres a pile of drones emerging now also.
I live in Virginia as well what city are u near I am near York county. Can you see nectar in your hives
We are just wrapping up with Brazilan pepper and oak here in Central Florida. The wild flowers are like a carpet wall to wall... Citrus blueberries and strawberry been going for weeks. Veggies bloom almost all year. Spanish needles will also bloom all year if we have the rain. I brought home a brand new light split 4 weeks ago. And I do mean light. I split it yesterday and they have almost filled a new deep box from scratch. Got to love the Florida weather.
That is incredible!! Florida is amazing for bees.:):)
@thebeesupply Saw the first palmetto bloom yesterday. Be our second big big flow of spring. Wish this was a honey making year for us. Been a great spring.
That was really timely. Hefting my hives last weekend, I popped the top on 1 to add more fondant, and it was absolutely packed with bees. I added a shallow on top, not to get comb drawn or to store honey, as there's only pollen available here in southern England right now, but to give them some room to move.
This weekend should be warmer, i may switch the shallow box for a deep and put it at the bottom, as you advised.
Thanks.
Strong hives like that are awesome!! If the box is being added exclusively to prevent swarming, and your hive already has 2 brood boxes, then a shallow or medium box under the current brood boxes will really limit swarming. If you don't already have 2 brood boxes, adding the new one on top is preferrable. Thanks for watching!
Just added a deep with waxed foundation below my brood box yesterday to my strong hive. Thanks for the webinar last week!
You are welcome! If it is being added exclusively to prevent swarming, and your hive already has 2 brood boxes, then a shallow or medium boxes under the current brood boxes will really limit swarming. If you don't already have 2 brood boxes, adding the new one on top is preferrable. Thanks for watching!
@@thebeesupply I have a double deep already and the top box was almost full of fall honey. It’s 100% for room and to maybe get a little comb drawn for a split in April.
Excellent video. I’d like to learn more about placing an empty deep brood box on top of the bottom board vs placing the empty on top of a full deep brood. It totally makes sense, but does it work each and every time? Thank you!
What do you do when you end up with extra full bee bread frames that you end up removing from colonies to make space?
I usually give it to another hive that could use it. In general though, I prefer to leave it in the hive unless the hive has so much bee bread that the queen has nowhere to lay.
Ill take you up on that statement.i have honey supers on my hives now and its march 12 2024.everybody think they know bees,but we dont and my great grandfather and my grandfather and dad has been using honey bees since the early1919's
Did your propala hive build up on the inside walls, wish you would have gave us a look. Maybe next time.
They did! I totally forgot to show it in the video.:) But they did fill it with propolis.