Beekeeping In Hot Weather
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- Опубликовано: 5 сен 2024
- How to keep bees in hot weather. I'll give a few tips on how you can keep your hive cool on these hot summer days. Sometimes it becomes too hot even for bees to carry out their regular activities. Also, we'll examine a small 5 frame nuc and see if they are expanding and if the frame of bees we added actually helped.
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We grow old a day at a time. I'm grateful every morning when I get up. Im 74 and my bee's are so entertaining. I just love to sit and watch them or drive around with the 4-wheeler looking to see what they are eating. Love your coffee time. The boxes are a little hard for me to lift off to do checks but my hubby says he can help anytime I'm ready for his help.
Keep up the joy of beekeeping! At 75 I face tests with my hive but I will never give up. There are many seasoned women like us out there. Bee Blessed.
Yes! You are the Mr. Rogers of beekeeping! Love your videos and your positivity.
Very nice of you to say, I appreciate it.
Dave, you are my go-to guy for bee knowledge and this is my 1st year of beekeeping. My Nuc was installed May 3rd. I so love these little bits of love. However, they sure make me feel unprepared to enjoy this hobby. Today, here in Western Tennessee, the weather is over 100 degrees. My hive is in direct sunlight until 5 PM. I present fresh water throughout the day. Thank You for the great tips. You are like a brother to me. I could listen to you talk for hours. By the way, I turned 75 years young last February and work around the heavy lifting and try to be so gentle with the bees. I am an "old soul", my dear grandmother was my guiding angel. She would be so proud of me for taking on this challenge. Love coffee time with you!!! Hope to meet you in person. Being called Mr. Roger's is a complement.
I totally get that 60 is the new 30 line... right there with you! Agreed that the alternative to aging is no bueno!
Wow Dave what a great video. Your the go to guy for bee keeping. I know Dave on a non bee keeping basis and he is not only one of the most intelligent people I’ve ever met, but also the most genuine. He’s the real deal and he lives and loves his bee friends and students.
Thank you Mike! You are a great friend!!
I love that you’re wearing an Active Self Protection shirt. ASPers unite 😆
Thanks for the info Dave, I started my first two hives this year, I turned 65 in January, I enjoy your video and appreciate your incite. I just ordered your book and am looking forward to receiving it. On a side note, I have 10 children, 28 grandchildren and 3 great grandchildren with a couple more on the way. Keep up the good work.
Good for you Richard, big family! Thank you so much for ordering our book. I really appreciate it.
Guess I'm one of the couple who like coffee times. Amen to the getting old.
Awesome!
I retired at 54 and am now 66 but life is now such a struggle (physically) No energy and like you say I miss all my mentors that have passed on before me. It is where do I go to get guidance now? And the young people I see don't understand my inability to get things done. I miss that I was never able to raise a family of my own, which makes getting older even harder for me. I had throat cancer at 56 that has robbed me of so much that I thought I could look forward to. So Dave that is my wah wah wah Poor me story, but I am still here (by the grace of God) And love that even at 66 I can learn something new / like beekeeping. Love your lessons! keep up the good work.
Ah Peter, you are a great one!!
Your not old at all! The fact that your active will keep you young at heart. I’m 58, but don’t feel like it, and I try to stay active as well. I love the new coffee talk platform, I’ll have to see if I have an interesting mug to send you. Thx for sharing your knowledge. 😊🐝
Great! I welcome all coffee mugs :)
Thank you for spending time with us. Old no, young at heart we are! Also, love the idea regarding the new frame and filming of the frame being built up.
Glad to hear. I'm going to set things up today and start making that video watch a frame development each day.
Lovely coffe time chat! I learn something new with each of your bee lessons and this coffee time chat could have come from my mouth as well I'm 52, female and just starting out as a beekeeper. We're on a farm, and I started making soap from our animal products in the past few years and that opened a new conversation point for both my Mom and my lovely mother in law...so many memories I brought back to them from their childhoods, watching their Mom's make soap. My mother in law told me the only way I could do it closer to what her Mom did was to cook it oustide in a big black pot. Boy, would I like to do that for her before she passes and have a ball laughing with her about me being a homesteader.
I'm like you, and I married a man like you. We've both been fascinated with the more experience generations and have listened and learned so much from them. Thanks for your videos, and the chat. You brought back a memory from my youth, remembering thinking a neighbor's daughter that came home for a visit on her 30th birthday got the comment from little 'ol me...Mom, she's 30? That's so old! And she's so beautiful! That got a frown and then a grin from the 30 year old. Guess I didn't think we could still be beautiful at 30...LOL
Cool, I hope you can make that soap in a big pot with your mother in law. It's so rewarding and energizing to inspire and brighten up other people's lives.
Given the choice; I'd much prefer getting old, to the alternative :)
I needed to hear all of this today Dave! I got my first hive this May and at age 58 I was wondering if I was too old to even start beekeeping. This was certainly encouraging! I will say that lifting bee boxes has really reninded me that I need to get in better shape! I'm enjoying it and the bees are doing great! I'm also in Central Illinois about 30 miles NW of Peoria so I have been worried about the scorching heat and am hoping to get something set up for more shade on my hive. Your plywood idea is great! I have tall prairie plants and an apple tree on the west side of the bee area, but it doesn't help mid day when that sun is beating down! Thanks a bunch!
Very glad the videos are helping Lisa. Glad hear.
Perfect timing again!! Im in southeast texas and was sitting next to my hive just today and thought i should do something for them in this heat. They get morning sun and afternoon shade. I made a screened inner cover with thin rails to hold the top cover up a bit. Im 57 and like you i preferred being around older people when i was young. The changes they saw come about and the skills they had!! I learned hard work and living simple is honorable from them. Keep the videos coming. I learn so much from watching you!!
Thanks Jeff. So many great people around!!
Learned so much from you, David! Thanks for all you do. And it’s nice to hear a little wisdom from your life journey.
Your feedback is encouraging. Thank you.
I enjoyed the video. I, like many here, just began beekeeping this year. I turn 59 in a few weeks and was worried whether or not I'd be able to get in there with all the bees and inspect the hive, etc. So far so good! Definitely keeps my mind busy and lowers my stress level. Looking forward to watching and learning more from you and your videos.
That is awesome!
David, I don’t get older, I just get more experienced each day. lol I see folks and think they’re old then it hits me that 70 is just around the corner for me. I guess its okay to still think young!
Indeed Don, we have to count it a privilege to live a long life!
Hi David, Just received my Backyard Beekeeping book and am very impressed with it. I especially like the page layouts and can'twait to start delving into the book itself. Congtats to youand you wife for the work both of you put into this book.+
Ron Bienick
Wow! Thanks Ron. Sheri and I appreciate the support a bunch!
Amazon texted me today that your book was shipped today and I’ll get it Thursday. Congratulations on the debut!!!
Sooooo glad to hear. Thank you for support me and Sheri on the book purchase.
That thingy is an Enlarger! Those were the days / nights making prints in the darkroom!
I have learned so much from these videos and love coffee time. Keep it going!
Enlarger, there you go! I'm glad you enjoy coffee time!
Great video. I have gotten my first hive this year, we lured a swarm to my yard back in May. Im also in Illinois as well but closer to st.louis Missouri line. Its great to see someone with videos with the same weather situations as myself.
Indeed. Thanks for your kind comments.
True compliment in Mr. Rogers reference, good for you!
Indeed. He was a neat guy.
I just ordered your book David.
Oh that is so nice of you I appreciate it so much. Enjoy
I enjoy your videos and reference some of them sometimes in my own - in particular - Shake out method doesn't work for laying workers. lol No one believes that for some reason. If you are compared to Mr. Rogers, you are in good company. Appreciate your work. Take care.
I appreciate your videos and that you share your bee experience with us. Also, I've camped at Giant City State Park many, many times starting about 1985. Hiking, rapelling, Makanda Vulture Fest, etc. What a beautiful place.
Cool. Years ago I was soooo poor and lived a stressful life. My wife stashed some money aside and surprised me by taking me there. Oh wow, it was so nice. Brings back great memories every year I go back.
Dave, your only as old as you think you are. 51 and I act and feel like I’m in my 20’s. Keep on keeping on. West Central Indiana here.
Yuppers Roy, so true!!
Well done David. I resemble the "old man" comment. LoL.
Thanks for the smiles, David - love that piano music! lol
Glad you enjoyed it. Stay cool.
Would love for a pointing to sections of the frames you pulled(eggs, nectar, honey, pollen).
great tips thanks for sharing
Bonus wise comments on intergenerational relationship. Appreciated.
Glad to hear you enjoy coffee time.
I ordered one of your books. I can hardly wait to get it.
Well thank you soooooo much. That means alot Teri.
Thanks for the video! I enjoyed it and like all the positivity in these crazy times.
Thanks Jake.
Love your videos! Thanks!
Thanks Randy, I'm enjoy making more as we head into 50,000 subscribers. Thought I'd keep making more.
So if each hive has it's own queen, do your hives ever attack eachother?
The Zen beekeeper,!
Thank you!
Hi David, enjoy your videos very much, been beekeeping for about 4 years now and have learned so much about our honey bees. I would like to know where I could purchase a pair of gloves like you are wearing in this video, could you please give me that info.
Was borned and raised in southern Illinois not far from Giant City State Park, now live in Southern Indiana.
BEE BLESSED
Gosh I cannot remember. They are sting proof. I do like them when I just do not want to take a sting. I'll be posting a video tomorrow and you'll see me wearing them because when I have to work fast and do alot of work, I like having them on.
Well the " Giant city state park" was my 4th cup with you , i am 69 not old , 90 is old , so dont panic you look fit and well , i learn from you, every video , will have to introduce your wife to us over coffee one day , can 1 straighten the route 66 sign please ,take care Peter Australia.
I've traveled Route 66 alot in fact for a few years I lived right on Rt66 as it went through a town here in Central Illinois.
Great video again, I could listen all day..
Great to hear, thank you.
good video
Thanks
Hi, David. I'm 75 and got my first Nuc June 27th this year. I have your book and I love your videos. Question: will the coin tip work using a migratory lid? With Covid-19 I couldn't get a telescoping lid. Thanks!
Thanks Sharon. A telescoping top provides alittle more "covert" opening under the lid whereas a migratory lid just opens up the hive in the open. Thank you for supporting us on purchasing our book, Sheri and I appreciate it. Please consider leaving an honest review on Amazon.
David Burns, what are your thoughts and experiences about using thermal treatments to control Varroa mites? I have read some articles about this and also looked at a couple of different products that people are selling. Would like to hear from you about this.
Not a big fan of it. I like my methods of screen bottom board, powdered sugar dusting, green drone comb trapping and breaking the queen's brood cycle late summer and fall and formic when needed.
Active self protection 👍
Dave, I have a screened bottom board now, but I also have the plastic slide board that goes underneath. I live in So Ca. where the hot humid weather is upon us. Would you recommend that I remove the inner plastic board to give the girls better ventilation during the summer months and if so, will it affect night time temperatures in the hive? Also, my hive is a bit weak right now, so should I remove the entrance reducer as well to help with ventilation ?
Yes yes and yes
David, I noticed some writing on your boxes. Can you tell me what kind and brand markers you use and can they be washed off between seasons? I have used Sharpie markers in the past but they are permanent. We really enjoy your videos and I don’t think you are old at all as we are the same age. Thank you
I use a queen marking pen. Have no idea where Sheri gets them for me, but POSCA is the name.
Quick question: hypothetically, if I took an empty hive, could I put a queen in it, a frame of honey, and shake in a few hundred worker bees, would it survive? Would the queen be accepted in time to start laying?
It is possible. Depends on where you live and how hard your winters are.
Thanks for sharing Dave and I guess I'm a lot like you iv'e always had older friends and now that i'm older a lot of my friends are younger guys because the others have pasted on funny how that works lol
Yes indeed Dave.
What brand of gloves are you using? Are the rubber or nitrile?
Dunno, but I'll find out.
Naaa! We're not old. But my body is starting to tell me different! Lol!
Q. Do you have any idea why large grasshoppers would hangout on my hives?? :)
Yes, they eat bees
@@beek guess I'll have to catch them and let my chickens have a snack.
Nuc is how you said it, a nook is a small area and also pronounced nok. Oh God, we're bot old. When did that happen?
Hey David thanks for another video. I have a question about Ground Bees. At my office outside the main entrance we have ground Bees they are not wasp or hornets they are bigger than a Honey bee but smaller than a bumble bee. they are bringing in a lot of pollen and it appears to be 1 bee per hole. Last year there were 6 or 8 of them this year about 2 dozen. Do you have any recommendations as to how to discourage them from coming back next year. I have been a bee keeper for about 12 years i have 8 hives and have set up 2 of my friends with 4 hives each. I have just never encountered these type of Bees. They are not aggressive, i have stood in the middle of them for several minutes and never even got bumped. the holes are about the size of a first grade pencil.
Ground bees probably come in many shapes and sizes but the traditional ground bee is usually aggressive. Be careful.
You don't get ants with the box on the ground?
Luckily no, not here in Illinois
Hi i was wondering if you gave any experience with flow hive 2
Zero experience, sorry
David Burns Ty for reply i love your vids ty
Do you have trouble with ants when you put that coin in your hive?
No, my ant problem is more in the spring than summer.
you are not far from me. I am in INDIANA
Hello Indiana! It's funny because I have people visit our store after watching my videos for year not realizing I live near them. I guess they thought I lived somewhere far away.
Why aren’t packages called “pacs”?😎
I like that!! See if we can start a trend. Some people call Langstroth hives "Langs"
Hoping your white clover and sourwood is blooming like mine!!!
It’s okay as long as you wake up from a 79 year old.
No chance of “beekeeping in hot weather” here in the PNW 😂
Jealous!