I had spotty brood this summer, tried feeding, tried caging my queen for 6 days, then decided to really watch my queen & noticed she had an injury. Her middle arm was injured so she wasn't laying well. I replaced her & the hive began thriving. But I learned what to do from watching all these videos. This is my 2nd year, my 1st year was a fail but so far my bees are doing so well this year, I feel good about going into winter with this hive. Thanks so much for all your great videos!
John Wooden was once asked why his college basketball teams were successful? Mr. Wooden replied, because we do the fundamentals over and over. I have been beekeeping for over 20 years in the mountains of South East Kentucky. Every first week of January. I set on my couch. And I reread my notes, beekeeping how to books(Walter T Kelly), old magazine beekeeping articles. In other words, I go over the fundamentals of beekeeping over and over.
Great videos. Would like to see a video about resource hive. All the uses, how much can you take, what to do with it for winter. All possible uses. Thanks
I would very much like to see that video. I have only recently heard about a resource hive. I have been reading about keeping since June and watching David as well as others and haven't seen anything about resource hives or how to maintain them.
Thank you for your detailed explanation of a newly laying queen, the stages from egg to larvae to pupae being capped over to finish the transformation into an adult worker as shown, and the site of a new downy young female emerging from a cell is constantly a great view to see time and time again. A frame of good brood patterns also is always nice to behold as you start caring for and watching your honeybees grow. New beekeepers this is excellent advice especially paired with an advanced mentor to corroborate the things shown here in your video helps us to understand our new found hobby. 🐝👍
Thank you just pulled a full hive it had 3 deeps I knew the colony was struggling . We had rain and 30 degrees . The other 2 have the girl came out to check me out . The dead hive did have mites( 5-7 mites) on 200 bodies... no queen and 5 frames of capped honey lots of chew wax on. The bottom . Only 3 brood frames intact. humph .....
i saw your video where you inspected a hive and decided to leave a mostly full super on over winter. what about feeding? sugar water? thanks for all your video, i have seen all of them.
With regards to occasional empty cells in brood frames I believe that a recent study has shown that this is deliberately done to aid in temperature regulation, so no cause for concern...unlike spotty brood.
Hi Dave, although it is cold at 44F and low I see bees flying out of the hive. It seems to me like they have a hard time trying to find the entry and I see just about thirty dead bees on the floor every two days, I have placed the hive in a ground floor balcony away from wind and rain and snow. What do they want out of the hive at this time of the year when there is nothing outside for the bees? Is that number of dead bees normal at this time of year?
Hi Dave, I picked a couple of the "dead" bees on my balcony floor and took them in. I placed them on the table just to look at them, and lo and behold, some of them started to move a leg, and then trying to move, and then moving their wings, and then they were buzzing around the light. I couldn't believe it. It seems they were not dead, only frozen. What do you male out of this?
Nice job David. Good review/explanation.
Glad it was helpful!
I had spotty brood this summer, tried feeding, tried caging my queen for 6 days, then decided to really watch my queen & noticed she had an injury. Her middle arm was injured so she wasn't laying well. I replaced her & the hive began thriving. But I learned what to do from watching all these videos. This is my 2nd year, my 1st year was a fail but so far my bees are doing so well this year, I feel good about going into winter with this hive. Thanks so much for all your great videos!
John Wooden was once asked why his college basketball teams were successful? Mr. Wooden replied, because we do the fundamentals over and over. I have been beekeeping for over 20 years in the mountains of South East Kentucky. Every first week of January. I set on my couch. And I reread my notes, beekeeping how to books(Walter T Kelly), old magazine beekeeping articles. In other words, I go over the fundamentals of beekeeping over and over.
Thanks for the video David!
You bet!
Thanks!
Thank you so much for the super thanks!!! You're the best!
Great videos. Would like to see a video about resource hive. All the uses, how much can you take, what to do with it for winter. All possible uses. Thanks
Great suggestion! I'll get to work on that.
I would very much like to see that video. I have only recently heard about a resource hive. I have been reading about keeping since June and watching David as well as others and haven't seen anything about resource hives or how to maintain them.
Love your course
Thank you so much for watching and for being a great subscriber for 3 years!!
Thank you for your detailed explanation of a newly laying queen, the stages from egg to larvae to pupae being capped over to finish the transformation into an adult worker as shown, and the site of a new downy young female emerging from a cell is constantly a great view to see time and time again. A frame of good brood patterns also is always nice to behold as you start caring for and watching your honeybees grow. New beekeepers this is excellent advice especially paired with an advanced mentor to corroborate the things shown here in your video helps us to understand our new found hobby. 🐝👍
I'm glad you enjoyed the video. Thanks for watching.
Good video.
Thanks!
Great video David. Thanks for all your work!
I appreciate soooooooo much your kind words. You'll never know how impactful your comment was.
Thank you just pulled a full hive it had 3 deeps I knew the colony was struggling . We had rain and 30 degrees . The other 2 have the girl came out to check me out . The dead hive did have mites( 5-7 mites) on 200 bodies... no queen and 5 frames of capped honey lots of chew wax on. The bottom . Only 3 brood frames intact. humph .....
Sorry to hear you lost one.
Appreciate it all the advice you give us. Have a Wonderful Thanksgiving to you and your family.
I appreciate your kind comments alot. You'll never know how much your comment encouraged me.
i saw your video where you inspected a hive and decided to leave a mostly full super on over winter. what about feeding? sugar water? thanks for all your video, i have seen all of them.
Thank you this video really helps
Glad it helped
Great video thanks for sharing 👍 with us. Great info 😊
Brian, you are such a great supporter of me and Sheri and this channel. Happy Thanksgiving to you and yours!!!
With regards to occasional empty cells in brood frames I believe that a recent study has shown that this is deliberately done to aid in temperature regulation, so no cause for concern...unlike spotty brood.
I'd love to review that study. Sometimes I've noticed it is a problem in the plastic foundation, like a bump on the floor of the cell.
@@beekI'll try to hunt it down, this was relayed to me by my tutor in an AFB inspection certification course I recently undertook.
Hi Dave, although it is cold at 44F and low I see bees flying out of the hive. It seems to me like they have a hard time trying to find the entry and I see just about thirty dead bees on the floor every two days, I have placed the hive in a ground floor balcony away from wind and rain and snow. What do they want out of the hive at this time of the year when there is nothing outside for the bees?
Is that number of dead bees normal at this time of year?
Sounds like normal "house cleaning" and the bees still like to fly out for a potty break. They do not defecate inside the hive.
G'day David,
Where can I get drone frames?
I'm in Victoria, Australia.
There has to be many bee companies in Australia.
Hi Dave, I picked a couple of the "dead" bees on my balcony floor and took them in. I placed them on the table just to look at them, and lo and behold, some of them started to move a leg, and then trying to move, and then moving their wings, and then they were buzzing around the light. I couldn't believe it. It seems they were not dead, only frozen. What do you male out of this?
Probably got cold and wet