Your price is good on those feeders but the shipping is expensive. My neighbor has about 50 production colonies about 300 yards away from my bees and I think they would empty my wallet as well as my hives if i were to open feed. I have some smaller colonies that may not make it because of robbing already. Do you make your splits larger in that situation or just hope and pray? I notice the honey producers here in Oregon usually use large jars on top of the hives to feed the bees.
I put the community feeder on my yard, and noticed some strange bees are there. When feeder was empty, they were flying somewhere far from my bee's hives. I am sure that I am feeding all county's bees, bald head hornets, bumble bees, ants, and flies.
I followed your directions on making a bee feeder. very hard to find the buckets. but we did find out and drilled it. problem. the water is not flowing. I had to tip the bucket. too much vacuum? we drilled tiny holes (maybe smaller than you recommended. should we redrill them larger? I'm in NE Illinois near the Wisconsin border (50 miles southeast of Milwaukee)
We have seven, six yard dumpsters at work, every dumpster is loaded with bees. It's sad a lot of bees die trapped in side garbage bags. Last week there was about 30 bees drinking from the liquid using out of the dumpster drain hole.
@@claytoncolegrove5169 yes I did a split to in April I think but they never produced a queen that I could tell my son and I made some vidios about it but never seen a queen
Hey David I am 1st year bee keeper and i made a couple small splits last week. I made sure to put eggs pollen honey frames in with 2 frames of brood that is emerging new bees. Went back out today to check and just about all my bees had left the nucs What am i.doing wrong need help
@@artgallery6881 I am a beekeeper. I'm in central Texas and some of my hives have a total of about 2 frames each hive of drone brood. Is that a sign that they might want to swarm or just a bad queen. The drone brood is on the outsides of the frames
@@JakeBeesos When you do inspection just look for Queen cells they're shaped like a peanut. If they're breeding Queens they are going to split . I'm assuming you have vertical hives. the vertical hive is a little more difficult to prevent colony collapse but they are geared towards honey production. Horizontal hives are much easier to keep. Some beekeepers only do 1 anual inspection or even open it twice a year. To try to answer your question I have to make some assumptions. Number one you don't really want them to split. or you don't have another Hive to just artificially split them into or don't want to. if this is the case just get rid of Queen cells and add more space for them to create more brood. eventually they'll fill out that cavity and want to split anyway it's just a natural process. These really large 5ft long horizontal hives have enough space in them. To support just an enormous colony . a horizontal Hive that's 5 to 6 ft wide and 16 in deep that's an unusually large Hive but if it's left alone for a few seasons the bees are going to split even in something like that anyway. where they have so much room to create brood. keep in mind there are natural hives that have been recorded at as much as 40 and 60 years old. No one helps support their survival. it's really just all about the Interior space they are occupying. Anyway back to what I was saying. If you're in it for honey look into a vertical flow hive super. Assuming you have vertical hives. Having at least one horizontal Hive is a good idea. I have two. And the number of vertical hives 6 with the flow Hive on top of the ones that are strong enough to support the flow hive. I find my vertical hives die-off much easier. With two 5 ft long horizontal hives I have resources to pull from almost always. Dr. Leo something I don't know his last name offhand author beekeeping with a smile. He is an expert in horizontal Hive keeping. Frederick Dunn has a RUclips channel. This guy knows alot about beekeeping. He just added a horizontal hive and I believe he only has three videos on it but they are very educational. He will find just like everyone else the bees multiply very prolifically and it's an excellent way to add bees to vertical hives if you need two he has set up so his frame sizes are all the same which I would recommend. the horizontal Hive with the extra deep frame does very well through snowy and cold Winters. In hot climate it's not so necessary to have very deep frames. Off grid with Doug and Stacy has a playlist with Dr Leo sargossa I think is his last name. anyway you'll hear a European accent with Dr Leo he's from Russia and he literally has a PhD and beekeeping like a doctorate in forestry. That guy really knows how to keep a horizontal hive. There are channel did like 12 hours with that guy as a guest appearanceand if you can make it through the whole playlist it virtually will tell you everything you need to know. Viewing those two resources increased my knowledge literally tenfold. I hope this helps there may be some errors in the text because I use voice to text but I hope you have a good time with beekeeping and obviously I am a proponent for any pollinators in our agricultural system
40% of the American bees collapsed in 2019 The American standard is broken Look at the European standard that is 1,000 years old You don't need to feed your bees at all
Brad, goldenrod is a perennial plant that blooms/grows in August/September that provides the honey bees with great resources going into Fall/Winter. Here in North Georgia, it's kind of the honey bee's "last hoorah" of the year. Hope this helps....
Love your videos! In answer to the question posed in the title,though, I`d say the time to stop was when any discomfort became apparent in the crotch area.:)
Great video I am in TN and a new bee keeper. Your videos help me a lot with the bees on our home stead.
I can tell you those hive top feeders are the best thing I bought in a while. Excellent way to feed. Thanks BYBs!
Thank you so much.
Thnx David.
It is good to have such a mild reminder for feeding
Here in west central texas the broad leaf milkweed and sunflowers are still in bloom. My hives are minding there own buisness
I hope to do October splits in SW Florida when I get there from Michigan
some goldenrod is blooming now. been open feeding and free pollen too
Your price is good on those feeders but the shipping is expensive. My neighbor has about 50 production colonies about 300 yards away from my bees and I think they would empty my wallet as well as my hives if i were to open feed. I have some smaller colonies that may not make it because of robbing already. Do you make your splits larger in that situation or just hope and pray? I notice the honey producers here in Oregon usually use large jars on top of the hives to feed the bees.
I put the community feeder on my yard, and noticed some strange bees are there. When feeder was empty, they were flying somewhere far from my bee's hives. I am sure that I am feeding all county's bees, bald head hornets, bumble bees, ants, and flies.
I'm in Iowa and debating another spit since I'm seeing supersedur cells already in my new spit.
I’ve purchased the hive top feeders and can’t seem to get the bees to use them. They don’t seem to be able to figure them out.
I followed your directions on making a bee feeder. very hard to find the buckets. but we did find out and drilled it. problem. the water is not flowing. I had to tip the bucket. too much vacuum? we drilled tiny holes (maybe smaller than you recommended. should we redrill them larger? I'm in NE Illinois near the Wisconsin border (50 miles southeast of Milwaukee)
I had the same problem. Fixed it by drilling the holes bigger, David does just over an eighth inch.
thanks for the great info , really injoy your videos
We have seven, six yard dumpsters at work, every dumpster is loaded with bees. It's sad a lot of bees die trapped in side garbage bags. Last week there was about 30 bees drinking from the liquid using out of the dumpster drain hole.
Why get a feeder when the dearth stops in the dearth that's when you need to feed your bees right?
Can you take a frame of bees from one hive and put it in a new hive without the queen and will the bees make another queen.
If larva is any older than 3 days they can make a queen cell, then it hatches and has to fly out to mate.
I am in southern wv my elevation is 3200 feet
I’m in Maryland and most people stop doing splits by early August, mostly because our nectar run is abysmal compared even to neighboring states.
What do you clean those feeders with ? Bleach?
if you get land over here maybe you can show me the bees
I built a top feeder and was curious as to what i can do to stop them from drowning. I did use noodle slices but is that enough?
Use wood
What do mean doing splits exactly and do u add a queen or do u let the bees make there own queen
I was hoping by putting eggs and larva brood frames they would but they left and now everything was being robbed out
@@claytoncolegrove5169 yes I did a split to in April I think but they never produced a queen that I could tell my son and I made some vidios about it but never seen a queen
Hey David
I am 1st year bee keeper and i made a couple small splits last week.
I made sure to put eggs pollen honey frames in with 2 frames of brood that is emerging new bees. Went back out today to check and just about all my bees had left the nucs
What am i.doing wrong need help
When you do the split leave the split in the position of the mother hive, then move the mother hive to new location.
@@davidhaught84 ok thanks for the information on moving the mother hive never would have thought of that so thanks and will try that today
As long as their is drone Brood in the hive. Does that mean that they can split themselves as in a swarm no matter how late in the year ?
@@artgallery6881 I am a beekeeper. I'm in central Texas and some of my hives have a total of about 2 frames each hive of drone brood. Is that a sign that they might want to swarm or just a bad queen.
The drone brood is on the outsides of the frames
@@JakeBeesos
When you do inspection just look for Queen cells they're shaped like a peanut. If they're breeding Queens they are going to split . I'm assuming you have vertical hives. the vertical hive is a little more difficult to prevent colony collapse but they are geared towards honey production. Horizontal hives are much easier to keep. Some beekeepers only do 1 anual inspection or even open it twice a year. To try to answer your question I have to make some assumptions. Number one you don't really want them to split. or you don't have another Hive to just artificially split them into or don't want to. if this is the case just get rid of Queen cells and add more space for them to create more brood. eventually they'll fill out that cavity and want to split anyway it's just a natural process. These really large 5ft long horizontal hives have enough space in them. To support just an enormous colony . a horizontal Hive that's 5 to 6 ft wide and 16 in deep that's an unusually large Hive but if it's left alone for a few seasons the bees are going to split even in something like that anyway. where they have so much room to create brood. keep in mind there are natural hives that have been recorded at as much as 40 and 60 years old. No one helps support their survival. it's really just all about the Interior space they are occupying. Anyway back to what I was saying. If you're in it for honey look into a vertical flow hive super. Assuming you have vertical hives. Having at least one horizontal Hive is a good idea. I have two. And the number of vertical hives 6 with the flow Hive on top of the ones that are strong enough to support the flow hive. I find my vertical hives die-off much easier. With two 5 ft long horizontal hives I have resources to pull from almost always.
Dr. Leo something I don't know his last name offhand author beekeeping with a smile. He is an expert in horizontal Hive keeping.
Frederick Dunn has a RUclips channel. This guy knows alot about beekeeping. He just added a horizontal hive and I believe he only has three videos on it but they are very educational. He will find just like everyone else the bees multiply very prolifically and it's an excellent way to add bees to vertical hives if you need two he has set up so his frame sizes are all the same which I would recommend. the horizontal Hive with the extra deep frame does very well through snowy and cold Winters. In hot climate it's not so necessary to have very deep frames.
Off grid with Doug and Stacy has a playlist with Dr Leo sargossa I think is his last name. anyway you'll hear a European accent with Dr Leo he's from Russia and he literally has a PhD and beekeeping like a doctorate in forestry. That guy really knows how to keep a horizontal hive. There are channel did like 12 hours with that guy as a guest appearanceand if you can make it through the whole playlist it virtually will tell you everything you need to know.
Viewing those two resources increased my knowledge literally tenfold.
I hope this helps there may be some errors in the text because I use voice to text but I hope you have a good time with beekeeping and obviously I am a proponent for any pollinators in our agricultural system
ruclips.net/video/9RI0u3Ohevg/видео.html
ruclips.net/video/sK5ascF_LHs/видео.html. His opinion on the horizontal hive
The wasps and yellow jackets are picking off dead/sick bees below the entrance.
It got 108f today
40% of the American bees collapsed in 2019
The American standard is broken
Look at the European standard that is 1,000 years old
You don't need to feed your bees at all
Thank you forresponding. You know the main thing is is that you're having a good time with it I'm happy you're enjoying this
Then pretty little bumblebee have one hell of a WAP
Can anybody tell me what gold Rod is
Brad, goldenrod is a perennial plant that blooms/grows in August/September that provides the honey bees with great resources going into Fall/Winter. Here in North Georgia, it's kind of the honey bee's "last hoorah" of the year. Hope this helps....
@@rodneybailey3477 thanks so much for the help
@Choocha Lagoocha thanks
Love your videos! In answer to the question posed in the title,though, I`d say the time to stop was when any discomfort became apparent in the crotch area.:)
@Choocha Lagoocha It was a joke, hence the ":)" at the end.
You're completely wrong you don't have to feed them at all
You know you're right that's my mistake