🔵What do my bees need for winter? October 11th
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Incredible fall flow down here in Southeast Alabama. We have been blessed this year with our flows.
We had so much rain here in north west ALABAMA the goldenrod was blooming like crazy but it got washed out every other day and not much nectar flow. Getting that great butterscotch smell coming from the hives after all the rain stopped for a couple days. Had 2 late swarms come to some boxes hard to believe they were swarming this late in the year. Great video and good looking bee's. ❤🐝🐝👍
WOW. Our goldenrod is blowing up bad. Ask me how i know? I'm eating allergy tabs like crazy
Great video Kamon. You have the heart of a teacher for sure and do a great job sharing your knowledge. Thanks!
Hi Kamon and Laurel. This video couldn't have come at a better time! Here in E. TN, fall flow has been a bust as well. You can smell the "dirty socks," of the pollen, but very little honey/nectar. The white asters are blooming now, so we'll see how they do. Planning on feeding anyway for 2-3 weeks. I was so grateful to see this video because I was trying not to freak out about the lack of honey. Thank you for all you do!🐝🍯🌞🌻❤️
Sorry you are having the same experience. People ask how is the fall flow and I am like....what flow? That bad
North of Knoxville. Yeah, it was quite a surprise! They've been busting their tails just to feed themselves day by day. This is why, when people ask me, "How much honey do you get from your bees?" I just say, "Well, it depends..." Lol
@Jeremy - Lindsey Homestead Farm & Honeybees Just seven hives. I want them to make it to Spring 2022 so I can hopefully expand a little bit.
Fall nectar flow in Northern California was very light. How many lbs of pollen sub have your bees gone through? Thanks for the video man
im movin my hives closer to house,expecting deep lake effect snow this winter in Ohio,,i been stayin 2wks ahead of Castle Hives ,,i like his teachin,,, THANX TO YOU and what you got me thinkin last month im ahead,,,,hes only 45min south of me but im on the lake so effects are way different,,BRING IT ON,,,C_YA
Our Fall flow was a bust. I've had 2:1 on mine for 2 weeks now and they're gulping it up. Thanks for sharing this Kamon.
Southern Indiana. Past two weeks I've been using 2:1.
As I took my daily after work walk in the bee yard today I caught the sweet smell of "butterscotch". I've been waiting on that for a few weeks. That tells me the girls are finally getting fall nectar. Lifted a couple hives and could tell a big difference from a few days ago. The white asters are in full bloom now!
I just started working bees with my dad, so I don't have many years to compare this flow to. He's been keeping bees since the mid 80's and said this fall was the worst fall flow he's ever seen.
Hi Kamon. Great video. ?... In TN when do you decide whether to reduce to a single box for winter?
Been feeding 1:1 since August for a total of 275 lbs of Sugar for 7 hives. Last week they stopped taking it so prepared 100 lbs of winter patties to put on in December once the cluster moves to the top of the box. Lack of rain here in NW Iowa caused alot of people to have queen issues.
Thanks Kamon.
Hey Kamon....up here in KY we just had a huge turnaround with the fall flow. Once the "white asters" started blooming the hives really started packing on nectar. Was our saving grace last year too. The purple asters and goldenrod were a huge disappointment
I'm a Audible Member and have been for years...thanks for the book suggestion
Thanks for the video K&L! I think location of the hives are the key to how much they can make on their own. Hives at my house is packing in nectar and my hives 7 miles away I’ve been having to feed for 2 months. Roll Tide! We’re down one but not out yet.
Our knotweed is drying up in KY same time as the goldenrod. We have mite treatments on but will be condensing and bulking up this weekend. Our local bee group said we can feed pro sweet or 2:1 up to right about Thanksgiving, then do sugar bricks as insurance.
looking good ,rainin nw arkansas, about to treat mites ,reduce and prep,for winter, 2nd yr 6 colonies
Our hives lost honey during the fall flow due 2 weeks in the high 50s and high 30s. Frosted 3 days straight.
Luxuriously🙂 🌼😄
100% with you sir feed the children over leaving honey in the hives! Backfill with sugar water all day
Oddly enough we normally don’t have a fall flow. This year though they’ve filled boxes back up after extracting. Some think it’s the spotted lantern fly boosting the flow? We’ ll see after getting another year to look at under our belt to see if it’s a pattern beginning?
Yep , I was surprised to see some hives lost weight in October after seeing so much lush foliage this fall. I think the added nectar this fall was washed away by the many heavy rains we had this fall, 3 weeks of 2 to 1 should do the trick., Thanks Kamon & Laurel
I don’t use 2:1 people say it helps the bees store honey more for fall for winter food. But that is not true at all all it is is thicker sugar water 1:1 is all you need especially if you add honey b healthy and amino b boosters
Do you have another vid on a horizontal hive? This is the first I time I have seen one.
We've had a great flow all year here.🤠 It seemed that Everytime it rained the trees just busted out in blooms. Never seen these trees bloom so many times in one year.🤔 Perhaps it was the hard freeze we got last winter, but Our citrus trees are in sad shape around here . 🇺🇸🤠On the tip of TX.
I never depend on a fall flow. When I harvest I leave their winter stores. I don't feed sugar syrup in the fall as it seems to promote robbing. I do give the nucs that are light fondant as a final winter prep. It is given when day time highs are consistently below 10 C.
Thank you that great been doing it right 🤪 Kamon I have question maybe you could help. I want to do the Oxalic acid shop towels. But I can only find a big recipe I only have for hives two boxes each and I need a recipe that I can put the shop towels in before November. If you can help me could you send me a recipe thanks
Kamon
ive notice on your hives and also Ian's hives that peel back silver looks like pieces of sun visers for your car but its not where do you get those want to try them out
I get mine from Lowes. Perhaps other hardware store carry them also. The brand I use is called reflectix
think you guy's in the south have a harder time in the winter , as the bee's may be more active , and up here in WI the cold keeps them shut in. Your long hive seems interesting !
Thanks Kamon!! Always looking forward to the next one. Are you coming to Texas and chase pigs a few days?
Soon as I get some spare time! Hopefully I can find some time for muzzleloader in a couple weeks and get a couple of white tails
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We have piles of game here. I moved here from the mountains of NC and this hunting will spoil you.
Interesting: you are having to prepare early for Winter. I hope you can keep the momentum up so it well for you and the bees ☺
I have been feeding 1:1 since june we have not had a good flow at all here in kentucky i just switched to 2:1 and all but. 1 hive is ready to go
HI there
I get what you are saying.
But how do you avoid to not mix the organic honey with all this sugar you feed them?
We have had a nectar dearth since late June and the bees won't make honey till April in quantity to be pulled. We are careful in spring to not feed close to the honey flow and we super with empty combs specifically for honey. With a little care only pure honey is taken.
Very informative as always👍 Those are some nice brood frames! I think my hives might be in trouble but time will tell.🐝Hoping the bees will figure it out. Thanks for sharing!
Same for Southern Illinois. My hives have a gazillion bees, bringing in nectar by the carload, but they're not taking much of the sugar. It's a conundrum.
I was surprised here, 60 miles SW from you. I was really hoping for a great Fall flow, considering all the rain this summer, but it just hasn't happened.
Same I have just kept waiting for it but it never happened!
Fall flow is a bust in southwest Ohio. Some early with iron weed and now with aster. Golden rod a zero.
Can I leave a super on the hive for winter?
Kamon - How do you know the bees aren't putting sugar water or "funny honey" in the honey frames you extract from? On a Langstroth hive I always pull the honey supers off before I feed sugar water. I don't see you having that option with the long hive. Thanks for taking the time to answer.
Been feeding mine 2:1. Had a smaller colony starve out even w/feeding. Constant rain has not helped. Only good thing about wax moth larva is my friends chickens are like the Chicken Avengers.
Making small pollen patties to place with next feeding. SHB are as bad as you say.
Great video as usual! Our fall flow has been kind of a bust also. Luckily We have been feeding pretty steadily since the dearth. Pollen supplement has made a huge difference for us this season.
what size is the feeder in the horizontal hive and where did you get it? Thanks for the video, this will be my first wintering over with 2 hives.
Looks like a 2 frame feeder. Think they are 2 gallons or so, you can look them up on Mann Lake or Dadant fairly cheap.
This is a Dadant 1 gallon. They work, but in hindsight I would go with 1.5 gallon feeder or. 2 gallon. 1 is too small to be convenient when the bees need heavy feeding
This is really fun how many colonies do you have
Are you going to sell any queens from micheal palmer mated with your carnies thanks for your videos learned a lot from the talk about insulation.
Have you tried the Apimaye Jumbo Feeders? If so, what did you think? I tested out 3 of them and they appear to work really well. I found only 2 dead bees between all 3 of the Jumbo Feeders. Sure makes feeding a LOT easier when you can feed 10 liters at a time. I liked them so well I ordered 36 more of them from Korhan.
Hi Kamon, really like your channel. I'm curious about your "long hive" box. Do you like it? If so would like to know more about it. Have you done a video on it? Thanks
Wishing you luck for the fall and winter.
Had a question also for you... for the mountain camp method, have you ever tested a variation of just sticking an in hive feeder inside the hive for all winter that ONLY has sugar in it (no syrup, but dry sugar only)? And how did it go? Is there any problem with the U shape edges harming the bees ability to get out of the feeder when its really cold out?
I'm sure Kamon will answer....
Meantime :
I would think the Bees would ignore a Frame Feeder with Sugar in it (?) Or not get it !?!
Why you ask ? ... 🙄
I would say, the Bees by nature, need to move "Up" to Feed during the Winter !
So it's probably better to add that White Sugar above* the Colony Nest... That way, as they move up, around 1cm per Day. (That's what they say for us in the UK re Wintering Bees.) So they will rise up higher in the Hive, as Winter progresses, and when Spring comes, those lower Frames are empty of Stores, but good to go for the Queen to lay up that new Spring Brood !
Hope this helps. 🤗
Happy Beekeeping 2021.
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* You can add White Sugar to a Rapid Round Feeders, up top ! .... Just remember to remove that internal inner lid, so the Bees can 'Crawl' all over that Dry Sugar ! (Don't do this with Syrup, as they will Drown in it ! 🙄)
I use a Rapid Round Feeder in my Horizontal Hive with great results. ✔️ It was Built for me, and has the Head Space under the Lifting Lid to accommodate a RR Feeder.
Tip :
If your limited in space in your HH, add some Sheets of Newspaper in the Middle of the Hive, and add a Pile of Dry White Sugar on top of it. Any moisture rising will be absorbed by the Paper and Sugar, and this, will result in a Sugar Block (Hard Candy) that the Bees lick, turn back to Syrup, and feed to them, or that new Brood. 👍
My HH Frames are Jumbo Deeps Langstroth types., And, I have x 14 in the Hive ! So that's 30cm /12" per Frame (!) So the Bees have lots of Stores to access there, as they move 'across' the HH Frames, sideways (!) Or move up a tad, in an SOS situation !
Win, win... 😏
@@ME_MeAndMyBees Thank you very much for your thoughts. It was very nice to hear raw details. Bees are interesting and challenging.
Your feeder is there any type of mesh in it or is it just a open frame feeder? Iv got some like that but the bees seem to drowned in it
When would you do mountain camp method in southern Virginia ?Thank you.
Here I would wait till late November otherwise feed them syrup
Hi, I have a problem.... or a suspicion rather and need info on bees. I have freinds who have a neighbor that seems to be mentally unstable, she is allways accusing them of things they don't do. They are a little afraid of her. Recently she bought a box of bees. My freind has a salt water pool . The neighbor came over to his yard and began to have a friendly conversation. She steered the conversation toward bees. He mentioned that he sees them drinking in his pool. He said the conversation was odd, she was to nice.
Now, all of her bees are dead , she posted picts of the nest on FB and is accusing my freind of useing pesticides to kill them. Someone pointed out that the nest looked to void of food and said they starved... I don't know. But she said my freind was complaining about bees in her pool and that he killed them with pesticides. Now she has called the EPA to investigate.
We suspect she bought the bees with the plan to set him up from the get go. It isn't illegal to kill bees unless you use pesticides. She said they died of pesticides b4 anyone can even look into that... like how can she be certain it was pesticides unless she sprayed them.
So my question is this, has anyone heard of other ppl who will buy bees just to kill them and blame someone elese? She is the type of person who would, I am just wondering if ppl who investigate such things have found a pattern and this is like something maby activists do has it been done by others for revenge??
My freinds are great ppl, even after all she has done they still try to be kind to her.
about the conference, have a ticket to conference, airline tickets my wife and I. Do not have hotel yet. was hoping to see a decent list of hotels and distance from the venue. Looking for something up to about $125 per nite, continental breakfast and maybe a courtesy van from the airport. Is it possible to get a list out? Have been on internet looking but honestly don't know how far from airport or how far from venue. Gets kinda confusing for me. Thanks Jim in Alaska
@Jeremy - Lindsey Homestead Farm & Honeybees sounds like a guy should just rent a car and make the drive. Any public transportation? Maybe Kaymon will have a van running back and forth from airport to Sevierville. Haha
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I think the pandemic have really thought people the importance of multiple streams of income, unfortunately having a job doesn't mean security