my bees are bringing in some nectar and pollen from somewhere. They're filling frames. E. Tennessee, 1750ft. Edit: "Red maple is a challenge to identify because of the way it changes characteristics as it gets larger. This tree has slick, light gray bark when it is small As it gets larger it develops a thicker, grayish-brown, flaky bark that is heaviest at the base and becomes smoother up the trunk. Full-grown trees may have flaky bark all the way up into the limbs. While this bark is in transition and smooth patches of bark are still present, very small pimples can usually be found scattered over the smooth surface. The crotch between trunk and limbs on red maple is usually narrow."
Our red maples are just starting to show buds here in Central Missouri. And yes, I raise chickens...turkeys, guinea fowl, and quail, too. Bees and birds just naturally seem to go together on a farmstead, imho. 😊
Hello my name is Larry and I live near Oak Ridge Tennessee. Thank you for your videos I enjoy watching them. I am a bee keeper I just have 7 hives. The maples here are just starting to bud may start blooming in 8 to 10 days. I have chickens but only 9 but they keep us in eggs.
Here in southeast,Ky the red maples had started blooming around February 11, but the following week the temps dropped dramatically. Today is February 18 and it’s 20 degrees out this morning, but the temps are supposed to raise this week,so I’m hoping the maples open on up. I’ve been seeing Red, white, yellow and a brownish pollen when the bees have been out working these last few weeks.
Thanks for the videos. I enjoy them a lot! We have 20 hives, 20 chickens, and a cocky roo here in SW Michigan. The Maple buds are swelling but not blooming.
Here in Central Virginia maples have been blooming for 2 weeks mainly the tops. I was able to do hive inspections last week and they are filling some of their frames with nectar too. We turned cold again yesterday with lows in the upper teens so it’s a back and forth game here right now. Spring is soon.
Yup-bees, chickens, peacocks, turkeys, ducks and goats. And yes, its very convenient to have a big red maple on the property to alert the start of the season!
West South Carolina and our maple is just now starting to bloom. I am starting bees this year and do a large garden. Want to start maple syrup next January also!
Definitely ready here in NC! Started feeding this week on our bees. They’ve been hitting the pollen feeder as well. Can’t wait to get my queens for splits and NUCs I ordered from Dave to expand more gentle genetics into my apiaries. 👍
Appreciate the video! 👍 No maples blooming here, but the bees have overwintered in good shape and are building up quick! Populations have exploded even with night temps in low 20s. Miner Bees started in the garden this week. Spring coming soon!
That was a silver maple i believe.... In west central NJ ,right along the Delaware River we had the first blooms of silver maple on February 9th....12" of snow yesterday and 10 degrees last night ..the bees will have to wait a little longer.
South side Va. Campbell Co. Red Maple isn't blooming yet , but close. Bees are out on warm days and I have been feeding some sugar water. I have a few head of cattle and I feed them some silage. There's usually some silage and dry feed left in the back of my truck and the bees go crazy over it. They get all down in it and I see them taking whatever it is they're getting back to the hives. Got chickens too, wouldn't be a farm without chickens. Peace.
Here in Denver Co no maple blooming. Just a back yard beekeeper with 4 hives. Five chickens. Gardening 20 varieties of garlic 🧄. A number of linden trees in this area. Makes an aromatic varietal Honey. LINDEN blossom honey 🍯.
LAST WEEK WE WERE MID 50'S. BEES WERE BRINGING IN YELLOW POLLEN I GUESS WAS FROM CROCUSES. DAFFODILS ARE 5" TALL ON SOUTH SIDE OF HOUSE. A FEW BEES WERE COVERED WITH YELLOW POLLEN .
Here in central New Hampshire, we are a couple, 3 weeks off from red maple blossoms. We have a Norway maple that is imported and escaped and blooms early.
Nothing happening in Northeast Indiana yet. We are typically a month behind the southern states. Soon, we'll see Red Maple and Purple Deadnettle pollen going into the hives.
I'm in Virginia south of WV, the bees are bringing in pollen and brooding up. Some of my double deep hives are active in both boxes and an Apimaye I pulled four frames of sealed brood to equalize, the bees are pulling wax with a very light syrup.. I'm out hefting hives every week and intend to throw on supers pulled in the fall as feed if the hive is out of stores.. Last year lots of people had hives starve after a false spring.
Here in NM we are getting warm afternoons. I am feeding now and I see them bringing in pollen. Middle of winter... As a noobee I'm just trying to survive winter.
Keep a rooster and / or tom turkey with the hens. The tom will watch the air and its size will discourage hawks. The rooster will quietly cluck and hens will run for cover. I let my chickens free range. 4 -5 hens would follow a rooster. Everyone said the eagles, vultures, hawks, and raptors would get them. The chickens would stand still when rooster clucked, and if the bird came close, they ran under the truck or deep in bushes. You gotta keep a male (sentinal) turkey or chicken rooster to keep watch over girls from above.
Pollen collection has exploded here in Central Mo. from mostly silver maples best I can tell. We keep Muscovys, guineas, Chinese and African geese and various chickens. I'm really becoming partial to Silver Laced Wyandottes.
My chickens get under my hives which I think help keep the beetle and mites under control better plus it gets my bees used to stuff being close to them and seems to make them calmer when I’m in my bees just my opinion though
Certainly interested in chicken raising, for eggs and meat both. I went down a research hole and almost pulled the trigger on testing out a small quail operation for something similar. Have any of you had any experience with them?
I don’t think there are any red maples in my area. I don’t know what else to judge from. I live in the high desert and we are having a false spring. We will have more cold storms coming.
Hey David I've got maples doing the same thing here in SW Iowa! It's way early and I've been debating what to do myself. Ended up giving them some dry pollen on the warm days but it cold again and froze so I'm afraid it may ruin the maple buds. I overwinter with double deeps and they are still heavy so I think my bees will be alright tho. Thanks for sharing do you have any thoughts?
What state are you located in? I am in ct but we still got 4 inches of snow over here😭 (I am new to bee keeping and trying to figure out how far I am behind)
Sorry but this makes no sense, why feed now when you have natural pollen and nectar coming in. For me this is the sign that bees don't need my help and it's time to add another box.
my bees are bringing in some nectar and pollen from somewhere. They're filling frames.
E. Tennessee, 1750ft.
Edit: "Red maple is a challenge to identify
because of the way it changes characteristics as it gets
larger. This tree has slick, light gray bark when it is small
As it gets larger it develops a thicker, grayish-brown, flaky
bark that is heaviest at the base and becomes smoother up
the trunk. Full-grown trees may have flaky bark all the
way up into the limbs. While this bark is in transition and
smooth patches of bark are still present, very small
pimples can usually be found scattered over the smooth
surface. The crotch between trunk and limbs on red
maple is usually narrow."
Red Maple are in bloom in Northern Kentucky, Henry/ Trimble County. Live your videos!!
Our red maples are just starting to show buds here in Central Missouri. And yes, I raise chickens...turkeys, guinea fowl, and quail, too. Bees and birds just naturally seem to go together on a farmstead, imho. 😊
Hello my name is Larry and I live near Oak Ridge Tennessee. Thank you for your videos I enjoy watching them. I am a bee keeper I just have 7 hives. The maples here are just starting to bud may start blooming in 8 to 10 days. I have chickens but only 9 but they keep us in eggs.
West Ga here, Red Maple is full bloom. We just finished a week of Sugar Maple blooming.
Here in southeast,Ky the red maples had started blooming around February 11, but the following week the temps dropped dramatically. Today is February 18 and it’s 20 degrees out this morning, but the temps are supposed to raise this week,so I’m hoping the maples open on up. I’ve been seeing Red, white, yellow and a brownish pollen when the bees have been out working these last few weeks.
Missing your 2 frame videos, hope your doing well!
the 2 frame videos are amazing i agree.
Hey David, it's 25 degrees and snow on the ground here in Maryland.
Excited for spring and another bee season. Got 20 chickens and enjoy their eggs.
Thanks for the videos. I enjoy them a lot! We have 20 hives, 20 chickens, and a cocky roo here in SW Michigan. The Maple buds are swelling but not blooming.
I have bees and mottle java chicken breed and white muscovy ducks in middle Tennessee . My red maple trees haven't bloomed yet . Great information .
Red maple here in faith NC is blooming well and the bees are bringing in good pollen.
I'm in northern Kentucky my bee's are bringing in pollen also.
my peach trees in Texas are blooming. My bees will go nuts in a few days.
Snow here in Central Eastern Indiana. As one of my fellow Hooisers said we're about a month behind the Southern folk.
I think they are swamp maples. I can’t wait to get 5 of your packages that you personally put together.
Our red and silver maple trees have been blooming for two weeks here in the bootheel of Missouri
Here in Central Virginia maples have been blooming for 2 weeks mainly the tops. I was able to do hive inspections last week and they are filling some of their frames with nectar too. We turned cold again yesterday with lows in the upper teens so it’s a back and forth game here right now. Spring is soon.
Red maples bloomed 2 weeks ago south east Georgia, pretty much done. Very few out in my swamp still blooming.
Yup-bees, chickens, peacocks, turkeys, ducks and goats. And yes, its very convenient to have a big red maple on the property to alert the start of the season!
West South Carolina and our maple is just now starting to bloom. I am starting bees this year and do a large garden. Want to start maple syrup next January also!
We have 26 free range chickens. Love our hens (and 3 roosters lol)!
Definitely ready here in NC! Started feeding this week on our bees. They’ve been hitting the pollen feeder as well. Can’t wait to get my queens for splits and NUCs I ordered from Dave to expand more gentle genetics into my apiaries. 👍
Appreciate the video! 👍
No maples blooming here, but the bees have overwintered in good shape and are building up quick! Populations have exploded even with night temps in low 20s.
Miner Bees started in the garden this week. Spring coming soon!
That was a silver maple i believe.... In west central NJ ,right along the Delaware River we had the first blooms of silver maple on February 9th....12" of snow yesterday and 10 degrees last night ..the bees will have to wait a little longer.
South side Va. Campbell Co. Red Maple isn't blooming yet , but close. Bees are out on warm days and I have been feeding some sugar water. I have a few head of cattle and I feed them some silage. There's usually some silage and dry feed left in the back of my truck and the bees go crazy over it. They get all down in it and I see them taking whatever it is they're getting back to the hives. Got chickens too, wouldn't be a farm without chickens. Peace.
We have chickens and some turkeys. Had them before the bees. SE South Dakota is still covered in snow, no maples blooming here yet.
Here in Denver Co no maple blooming. Just a back yard beekeeper with 4 hives. Five chickens. Gardening 20 varieties of garlic 🧄. A number of linden trees in this area. Makes an aromatic varietal Honey. LINDEN blossom honey 🍯.
Some Maples just starting to flower in Somerset County Maryland. Bees on warmer days bringing in red, white and yellow pollen.
South central KY red maple buds will swell this week, Fruit trees need trimming and we have chicken Rhode Island reds, and American Bress.
Red maples are bluming here in Powell, TN. Full of bees.
LAST WEEK WE WERE MID 50'S. BEES WERE BRINGING IN YELLOW POLLEN I GUESS WAS FROM CROCUSES. DAFFODILS ARE 5" TALL ON SOUTH SIDE OF HOUSE. A FEW BEES WERE COVERED WITH YELLOW POLLEN .
Bees, chickens, did have ducks and guineas. Here in middle TN, the red maple is nearly done blooming.
My red maple started blooming 2 weeks ago and is full bloom now in South Eastern, WA.
We have chickens too! 😂
20 hens and a rooster free range here. I keep a few cows as well.
N.E. Alabama we have red maple,Dead nettle and dandelions. We have chicken’s , ducks, quail, and goats.
We have silver maples blooming. You can easily ID them when the leaves come out, their leaf shape is different than red maples.
Bees are swarming in south central AL. The bradford pear trees are in bloom. The rain had stopped them from swarming.
Dream Big brother 🙏
Northwest GA as well. Close to 75 and my bees are bringing in pollen. Gonna start feeding soon.
Just ordered a package from your website. I do have chickens also.
Red Maple starting on the downside of full bloom in north Alabama.
Starting to bloom in Mccaysville Ga
Here in central New Hampshire, we are a couple, 3 weeks off from red maple blossoms. We have a Norway maple that is imported and escaped and blooms early.
30 chickens here, I think we'll be about mid April for blooms here in Colorado.
Just starting to bud out here in southern West Virginia
Nothing happening in Northeast Indiana yet. We are typically a month behind the southern states. Soon, we'll see Red Maple and Purple Deadnettle pollen going into the hives.
Red Maple blooming here in Knoxville area. Also hen bit, Dead nettle, Persian speedwell, Bittercrest
Maple blooming here in north Alabama also keep chickens and rabbits and keep a garden
red maples have buds but no blooms yet here in the upstate of SC
Red Mable blooming and bees carrying pollen Odon Indiana
I'm in Virginia south of WV, the bees are bringing in pollen and brooding up. Some of my double deep hives are active in both boxes and an Apimaye I pulled four frames of sealed brood to equalize, the bees are pulling wax with a very light syrup.. I'm out hefting hives every week and intend to throw on supers pulled in the fall as feed if the hive is out of stores.. Last year lots of people had hives starve after a false spring.
We have 14 chickens, used to have 18 stupid fox!
Here in NM we are getting warm afternoons. I am feeding now and I see them bringing in pollen. Middle of winter...
As a noobee I'm just trying to survive winter.
Yep, chickens here as well.
Chickens, ducks, geese, turkeys. An orchard full of all the things.
Red maple is blooming where I live, but I live about 2 miles north of where Dave films.
No maples yet in WNC. But Easter lilies are blooming.
My wife makes fun of me because I call them Easter Lilly. She say no they are daffodils lol.
In winter, do you put out sugar water buckets at all? Or do they hibernate all that time?
Yep have chickens. Maple buds by Flowery Branch.
The bright red is probably Henbit, 6" to 8" high blooms purple has a square stem.
Keep a rooster and / or tom turkey with the hens. The tom will watch the air and its size will discourage hawks. The rooster will quietly cluck and hens will run for cover. I let my chickens free range. 4 -5 hens would follow a rooster. Everyone said the eagles, vultures, hawks, and raptors would get them. The chickens would stand still when rooster clucked, and if the bird came close, they ran under the truck or deep in bushes. You gotta keep a male (sentinal) turkey or chicken rooster to keep watch over girls from above.
Blooming in Tifton Ga
Sw va Silver maples are budding. Not blooming really yet
Chickens here too!
Pollen collection has exploded here in Central Mo. from mostly silver maples best I can tell. We keep Muscovys, guineas, Chinese and African geese and various chickens. I'm really becoming partial to Silver Laced Wyandottes.
I used to keep chickens, ducks and turkeys. Now i just have bees.
My chickens get under my hives which I think help keep the beetle and mites under control better plus it gets my bees used to stuff being close to them and seems to make them calmer when I’m in my bees just my opinion though
I'd love to have chickens too, but the HOA doesn't allow it. I do have 4 hives though. I also just added some solar.
Does ultra bee pollen have a shelf life? My bees haven't been hitting up my feeder yet, but it's pollen from the large bag I got 2 seasons ago.
Very long shelf life. As long as you keep it dry.
Certainly interested in chicken raising, for eggs and meat both. I went down a research hole and almost pulled the trigger on testing out a small quail operation for something similar. Have any of you had any experience with them?
Ours in western nc are not bloomed yet
I don’t think there are any red maples in my area. I don’t know what else to judge from. I live in the high desert and we are having a false spring. We will have more cold storms coming.
Southeast PA, no red maples yet (3/1). Are your queens for sale from 2024 or overwintered?
4-6 chickens, red ranger & New hampshire
How long do you feed the 2:1 sugar syrup? How much do you feed? Do you feed 1:1 anytime to make the colony stronger?
Hey David I've got maples doing the same thing here in SW Iowa! It's way early and I've been debating what to do myself. Ended up giving them some dry pollen on the warm days but it cold again and froze so I'm afraid it may ruin the maple buds. I overwinter with double deeps and they are still heavy so I think my bees will be alright tho. Thanks for sharing do you have any thoughts?
Yes, just keep an eye on the weight of the hive.
Would you put caped brewed frame in a swarm trap?
Red maple has another 3 weeks in Central ohio
Tupelo mississippi bee's bringing in dark pollen. About a week already
I keep chickens. What Growing Zone are you in Please.
We are in zone 7 here in North Georgia.
Red maple is not blooming here in Arlington Tn.
What state are you located in? I am in ct but we still got 4 inches of snow over here😭 (I am new to bee keeping and trying to figure out how far I am behind)
Hello, do you have raw propolis? I need it. Thanks
I have chickens as well. How do I order packages without queens? I need three.
Have 13 chicken Union S C
Sorry but this makes no sense, why feed now when you have natural pollen and nectar coming in. For me this is the sign that bees don't need my help and it's time to add another box.
I'm in NW Georgia, red maple is beginning to bloom on our property.
We have Bees, chickens and rabbits.