Thanks for your time in 2023 and before. Hope you can keep it up and enjoy what you do. Burn out is hard for me. Been with bees 11 years. Only have 21 doing good now
In South Florida a single deep is the way to go since the girls essentially forage year round. Bees tend to be meaner with double deeps down here, probabally because there's more to defend. Our painted bottom boards and tops rarely last more than five years. Boxes rot at the corners and edges.
in my honest opinon it all comes down to location not every city of a state going to have the same temperature as the only acturet thing would be that of a local beekeeper but apart from that take things with a grain of sult in regards to state wide a beekeeper needs 3 set of knowledge 1 beekeeping knowledge 2 climet knowledge ie wather humility etc 3 botanist knowledge ie the types of plants/flowers/trees that are flowering for how long thay flower etc
3 years ago, I was forced to overwinter twenty single 5 frame deep nucs (SE Pennsylvania). Long story.... They all survived and it open my mind to thinking outside of my normal management which was always double deep overwintering. I would say smaller colonies do better in single boxes over winter. Bigger colonies are more resilient to cold and come out of winter bigger. But is bigger better?
Good honest advice. We were booth neighbors last year and disappointed I will miss this year but I got a new hip for Christmas. I hope you have a great Expo.
I'm in Canada I use singles doubles and even 6 frame nucs all depends on were the colonies are at when fall comes if there big colonies I use doubles if there new first year mid season or swarms they are singles and my Bucs I make threw the season they winters great too I like poly hives better then wood
I loved this video I have to say I run thick coding of wax on the inner corner of new boxes and I make my candy bord in small old microwave in my garage to get the temperature right and don't piss of the wife. Happy wife happy life have happy new year thank you and Sheri for wonderful Bee Year 2023.
Stick with single deep and supers for honey OR brood. Much easier on the back! simpler for eqt storage and purchase too :) LOL I answered before I watched the whole vid! If you start there and are comfy, stay there . Just bee prepared to end up with 3 supers, 2 for honey and one will * likely* have brood. What David says about feed too!
I am still studying bee keeping, planning to take bee class with local bee association next month. Wondering if you can talk about value of layan hives for people with weak backs. Thanks.
Here in the UK, we're preparing to have to start dealing with Asian hornets. There are all sorta of gadgets and gizmos coming into UK beekeeping stores to help deal with this, and we have to quickly make the right choices. I'd like to see you talk about the Asian hornet issue in western Europe. You're viewers might find it interesting.
I think a 10 watt heater in the bottom under the screen might be a good thing. Maybe even putting a 5 watt heater in the center of the hive, mount in a frame using aluminum and screen to spread the heat and screen for the bees to hold on beside the warm aluminum sheet. I don't have any bees yet, but there's a swarm of ideas in my head. 😊
Thanks for sharing your great information. I did attend your live Thursday. So many of my questions were answered. I did learn that i should check my candy board in two weeks after installing them. I'm wondering at what percentage that has been consumed. when should I put on a new one 50% 65% etc?😊
Dave I always tell people that I sell bees to that are new to take a class and I usually recommend yours and I may loose money but I won’t sell bees to someone new who has not taken classes.
I live in the PNW Oregon, it always 🌧 raining .can anyone suggest something to keep the girls drier. I learned the hard way about making sure the hive is level or tipped forward so water doesn't get in. Any PNW Beek squad ? I am down to o e hive and this is my first year
Thanks for your time in 2023 and before. Hope you can keep it up and enjoy what you do. Burn out is hard for me. Been with bees 11 years. Only have 21 doing good now
In South Florida a single deep is the way to go since the girls essentially forage year round. Bees tend to be meaner with double deeps down here, probabally because there's more to defend. Our painted bottom boards and tops rarely last more than five years. Boxes rot at the corners and edges.
Single brood management works very well Perrysville, IN
in my honest opinon it all comes down to location not every city of a state going to have the same temperature as the only acturet thing would be that of a local beekeeper but apart from that take things with a grain of sult in regards to state wide a beekeeper needs 3 set of knowledge
1 beekeeping knowledge
2 climet knowledge ie wather humility etc
3 botanist knowledge ie the types of plants/flowers/trees that are flowering for how long thay flower etc
3 years ago, I was forced to overwinter twenty single 5 frame deep nucs (SE Pennsylvania). Long story.... They all survived and it open my mind to thinking outside of my normal management which was always double deep overwintering. I would say smaller colonies do better in single boxes over winter. Bigger colonies are more resilient to cold and come out of winter bigger. But is bigger better?
Great life advice 🤩👍🏼
Its what ever works for you
00:20:09 A friendly salesman makes you careless about the purchase while enjoying the experience 😂
Just curious… How is the horizontal hive doing going into winter?
Good honest advice. We were booth neighbors last year and disappointed I will miss this year but I got a new hip for Christmas. I hope you have a great Expo.
I'm in Canada I use singles doubles and even 6 frame nucs all depends on were the colonies are at when fall comes if there big colonies I use doubles if there new first year mid season or swarms they are singles and my Bucs I make threw the season they winters great too I like poly hives better then wood
Great 👍 video. Looking forward to meeting you and Sheri at the BEE 🐝 EXPO!!!!!
Great explanation Dave and i totally agree.
I'm in NY. I inspected my colony yesterday, and they have all type of brood. I'm running Doble deep, and I'm uso running organic sugar candy board
Great show very good topic
I loved this video I have to say I run thick coding of wax on the inner corner of new boxes and I make my candy bord in small old microwave in my garage to get the temperature right and don't piss of the wife.
Happy wife happy life have happy new year thank you and Sheri for wonderful Bee Year 2023.
You are a wise man.
I just found out that my hive died, is it safe to process the honey?
It’s my first year in and I only have single deep and a super for winter! But I am always willing to experiment with double deeps!
Stick with single deep and supers for honey OR brood. Much easier on the back! simpler for eqt storage and purchase too :) LOL I answered before I watched the whole vid! If you start there and are comfy, stay there . Just bee prepared to end up with 3 supers, 2 for honey and one will * likely* have brood. What David says about feed too!
Keep up the good work Dave
I am still studying bee keeping, planning to take bee class with local bee association next month. Wondering if you can talk about value of layan hives for people with weak backs. Thanks.
Love your content
Here in the UK, we're preparing to have to start dealing with Asian hornets. There are all sorta of gadgets and gizmos coming into UK beekeeping stores to help deal with this, and we have to quickly make the right choices.
I'd like to see you talk about the Asian hornet issue in western Europe. You're viewers might find it interesting.
I think a 10 watt heater in the bottom under the screen might be a good thing. Maybe even putting a 5 watt heater in the center of the hive, mount in a frame using aluminum and screen to spread the heat and screen for the bees to hold on beside the warm aluminum sheet. I don't have any bees yet, but there's a swarm of ideas in my head. 😊
Thanks for sharing your great information. I did attend your live Thursday. So many of my questions were answered.
I did learn that i should check my candy board in two weeks after installing them. I'm wondering at what percentage that has been consumed. when should I put on a new one 50% 65% etc?😊
95%
Dave I always tell people that I sell bees to that are new to take a class and I usually recommend yours and I may loose money but I won’t sell bees to someone new who has not taken classes.
Queen rearing on the front burn for me this season.
In UK it's popular to have 1.5 box, that is brood box and supper.
can i paint my boxes with bees in the box
Chance of getting stung is higher but we have done it at time and it works but you just can't paint their bottom board entrance for obvious reasons.
thanks so much for your help i am a new bee keeper and your youtube chanel is awssome@@beek
I have an iPhone 8+.
I live in the PNW Oregon, it always 🌧 raining .can anyone suggest something to keep the girls drier. I learned the hard way about making sure the hive is level or tipped forward so water doesn't get in. Any PNW Beek squad ? I am down to o e hive and this is my first year
To me beekeeping is a lot of trial and error