Best way to learn sometimes. It’s my training tract for sure. I do something and then I realize I best do it differently or better next time. Don’t sweat it, you’ll still be at 30 hives in no time.
Live and learn. I'll be at 30 huh. . lol. . I bet around 15 with a NUC yard. ( Plan to sell some NUC's next season to keep my numbers at or around 15. )
Pretty ambitious throwing Supers on this time of year. I respect the optimism, severe drought down here in southwest Iowa and my girls are still taking almost a gallon a day. Just happy the weather is finally cooling down so I can get after them mites.
I was pulling honey yesterday, one of the hives had two deep supers on it, but they were empty. It appears that there was a leak in the boxes when I set the escapes, allowing the unguarded honey to be robbed out. At least it was my bees that benefitted from all that honey.
Oh wow. . I checked my 2 colonies at the farm yesterday. One had a complete super capped out already. Looks like I'll get a fall crop. I'll have to send you a jar.
My thoughts on losing a hive. You hate when it happens, but that is why I keep at least four to five more hives than my goal. Have too many in spring....fall has taken a few and winter will probably take couple from me too. Accidents might take a couple too.
I’ve lost some most likely due to some of my own mistakes this year. I’m still above 30 and hope to get most of them through the winter. I originally wanted to split out to 50 now but I’d rather do it in the spring under more ideal conditions.
Brian. If you could do it over, would you consider moving some or all of those old queens to nuc equipment as an insurance policy against a requeening failure?
@@CastleHives Honestly, requeening is still something I'm not very experienced with. I rely on a combination of colonies requeening themselves and just producing nucs to take the place of those that aren't successful after a swarm or supersedure event. If we learn something, the experience is not lost on us. All the best, Brian!
Great Video Brian, in your opinion, on hive alive liquid added to sugar syrup, if your wife hands you a measuring spoon and it's a tbsp instead of tsp and you end up adding almost twice the amount as the directions call for, what's the outcome gonna be for the bees?
I’m glad you show mistakes. I don’t learn as much from videos that are always picture perfect :)
That is why i show everything. 100% transparency is my moto.
Best way to learn sometimes. It’s my training tract for sure. I do something and then I realize I best do it differently or better next time. Don’t sweat it, you’ll still be at 30 hives in no time.
Live and learn. I'll be at 30 huh. . lol. . I bet around 15 with a NUC yard. ( Plan to sell some NUC's next season to keep my numbers at or around 15. )
That queeen was an easy catch.. fascinating video, Brian. Yeah, things happen. 👍
Things do happen, and we learn is all. .
Bummer on the loss but overall looking very nice! Good stuff!
Yeah. It is a bummer. But, like you said, overall they're looking good.
Pretty ambitious throwing Supers on this time of year. I respect the optimism, severe drought down here in southwest Iowa and my girls are still taking almost a gallon a day. Just happy the weather is finally cooling down so I can get after them mites.
In Ohio, we have supers on through September. The Goldenrod/Asters flow hits pretty good here.
We are having that smell all over our yard but that’s a good thing 😊
It is definitely a good thing.
What a bummer! Thanks Brian!!
Yeah. It happens you know. Thanks Rodney.
Sorry for losing your hive. Thank you for sharing your mistakes, it helps others learn.
That is how we all learn, sharing mistakes. Appreciate you watching. I always try to be 100% transparent.
@@CastleHives Appreciate that. Subscribed.
@@nohamalife That's awesome. Appreciate the support.
Happens fast when queenless in the summer.
No doubt.
I was pulling honey yesterday, one of the hives had two deep supers on it, but they were empty. It appears that there was a leak in the boxes when I set the escapes, allowing the unguarded honey to be robbed out. At least it was my bees that benefitted from all that honey.
Oh wow. . I checked my 2 colonies at the farm yesterday. One had a complete super capped out already. Looks like I'll get a fall crop. I'll have to send you a jar.
My thoughts on losing a hive. You hate when it happens, but that is why I keep at least four to five more hives than my goal. Have too many in spring....fall has taken a few and winter will probably take couple from me too. Accidents might take a couple too.
That's the truth. I'm at 16 now, and would be fine with 12 or 13. That said, if I loose a few this winter i'd be content.
You win some, and you lose some. Happens to us all.
That's the truth.
Good to see you Brian, we all mess up from time to time so don’t be too hard on yourself. Take care and have a blessed day my friend.
Hey Tony. . Thanks for stopping by. It happens, and stings when it does, you know. Hope all is well.
I’ve lost some most likely due to some of my own mistakes this year. I’m still above 30 and hope to get most of them through the winter. I originally wanted to split out to 50 now but I’d rather do it in the spring under more ideal conditions.
Probably best to split in the spring when they have better conditions available yeah. Above 30 is still a decent number John.
Brian. If you could do it over, would you consider moving some or all of those old queens to nuc equipment as an insurance policy against a requeening failure?
I would do that, and I would install the new Queens at 5 days. Learned how not to requeen.
@@CastleHives Honestly, requeening is still something I'm not very experienced with. I rely on a combination of colonies requeening themselves and just producing nucs to take the place of those that aren't successful after a swarm or supersedure event. If we learn something, the experience is not lost on us. All the best, Brian!
@@CastleHives Of course, Phil dubbed my set-aside nucs the "Zombee" hives. Those things are gold, to me!
Great Video Brian, in your opinion, on hive alive liquid added to sugar syrup, if your wife hands you a measuring spoon and it's a tbsp instead of tsp and you end up adding almost twice the amount as the directions call for, what's the outcome gonna be for the bees?
I can message Dara and ask what the outcome would be. Appreciate you watching
@CastleHives Thanks Brian i stopped short of double the dose. Basically, i added 21 tsp into 6 gallons of syrup
I love to set queens aside in nucs and not pinch them. If requeen fails, I recombine the hive and let it go.
That's probably what I'll do moving forward.
Practice grabbing drones and learn to grab the queen, so much easier.
I've done it before. I need to just go that route and quit messing with cages.
Smells like money
Oh yeah. .