Great topic 👍 too often we concentrate on what's wrong and forget you have to learn about what's right first. Best regards from southern New Zealand 👋😃
Very informative - thx! Q How far/near should hives be from one another? Can I just randomly add hives to one particular area? What about robbing/fighting? Dries de Klerk Gauteng South Africa
Generally speaking, spacing hives ~3 ft (1 meter) apart is a common recommendation. It does not matter too much, though, as commercial beekeepers often keep 4 - 6 hives on a single pallet, with the hives touching one another. Drift is always common in an apiary and not generally a problem unless your colonies have something like American foulbrood. There is little you can do to stop drift in an apiary, except space hives, but it is not necessarily bad. You can randomly add hives to an apiary. Resources dictate the optimum number of colonies that can be managed in a single apiary. It is hard to know without me being familiar with your area, but most ‘typical’ areas can host 10 - 30 colonies before resources become depleted. Robbing is only a problem when resources are depleted. It can happen in apiaries of two colonies or apiaries of 100 colonies. We have a good document on robbing that you can find here: edis.ifas.ufl.edu/publication/IN1064.
Dr. Ellis, could you cover apiary layout when you have if you already haven’t? I have 16 colonies in a 50’ x 30’ area. About 3’ apart separated by about 6-8’ spaced rows…. I have a feeling that’s too tightly clustered? Not sure how many drift to each hive? Additionally, I did I mite check about 3rd hive and they had a mite count of about 2-5 so I’d assume the other colonies have the same. I’m going to try Randy Oliver’s aggressive technique 8 grams per colony every 5th day x10 treatments…. Hoping that will hold me over til next spring. What do ya think? Thanks!🇺🇸🐊
Thanks for the suggestion of a video on apiary layout. This is a great idea. We can add this to our list of videos to consider. Your apiary is not too tightly clustered. It is common for bees to drift in an apiary. This is typically only a problem for spread of Varroa or American foulbrood. Be sure to keep those under control. If you do, drift is not really a big deal. It is very normal and a common part of keeping multiple hives in one location. For Varroa treatments, we can only recommend using labeled products according to the label instructions.
Nice job. It is really helpful to have more than one colony so you can compare and share.
Definitely!
The speaker here is awesome .and this is the best eplanation video i have seen on uTube!!
Thank you very much for your kind words!
This is how a real extension education must work ❤.
Thank you!
Awesome totally awesome video .and i tell my people the same things .thankyou .
I am always impressed with the University of Florida extension outreach and how many different ways they are educating public.
Thank you for the wonderful words! We certainly try our best.
I’m from Canada I love bees so much
So do we!
Thank you.👍🏽❤️❤️❤️❤️
Very interesting and informative.🇬🇧
Glad you think so!
Something ever beekeepers need learn it took me several years to learn very good topping Thank you for your work.
Thanks for taking the time to watch!
Thank you for this review and highlight. Thanks for you tubing
Thanks for watching!
Beekeeping is cool!
Great topic 👍 too often we concentrate on what's wrong and forget you have to learn about what's right first. Best regards from southern New Zealand 👋😃
Thank you very much!
@@UFHoneyBeeLab1 you're welcome, it was a great video and fantastic topic 👍👋
Nice video ❤
Esther Freeway
McKenzie Trace
Keeling Cliffs
Waters Point
I follow thes same things with my bees
Christiansen Gateway
Bednar Park
Bode Stravenue
Runolfsson Causeway
Cartwright Vista
Very informative - thx!
Q
How far/near should hives be from one another? Can I just randomly add hives to one particular area? What about robbing/fighting?
Dries de Klerk
Gauteng
South Africa
Generally speaking, spacing hives ~3 ft (1 meter) apart is a common recommendation. It does not matter too much, though, as commercial beekeepers often keep 4 - 6 hives on a single pallet, with the hives touching one another. Drift is always common in an apiary and not generally a problem unless your colonies have something like American foulbrood. There is little you can do to stop drift in an apiary, except space hives, but it is not necessarily bad. You can randomly add hives to an apiary. Resources dictate the optimum number of colonies that can be managed in a single apiary. It is hard to know without me being familiar with your area, but most ‘typical’ areas can host 10 - 30 colonies before resources become depleted. Robbing is only a problem when resources are depleted. It can happen in apiaries of two colonies or apiaries of 100 colonies. We have a good document on robbing that you can find here: edis.ifas.ufl.edu/publication/IN1064.
Dr. Ellis, could you cover apiary layout when you have if you already haven’t? I have 16 colonies in a 50’ x 30’ area. About 3’ apart separated by about 6-8’ spaced rows…. I have a feeling that’s too tightly clustered? Not sure how many drift to each hive? Additionally, I did I mite check about 3rd hive and they had a mite count of about 2-5 so I’d assume the other colonies have the same. I’m going to try Randy Oliver’s aggressive technique 8 grams per colony every 5th day x10 treatments…. Hoping that will hold me over til next spring. What do ya think? Thanks!🇺🇸🐊
Thanks for the suggestion of a video on apiary layout. This is a great idea. We can add this to our list of videos to consider. Your apiary is not too tightly clustered. It is common for bees to drift in an apiary. This is typically only a problem for spread of Varroa or American foulbrood. Be sure to keep those under control. If you do, drift is not really a big deal. It is very normal and a common part of keeping multiple hives in one location. For Varroa treatments, we can only recommend using labeled products according to the label instructions.
@@UFHoneyBeeLab1 Ok understood. Thanks!🐊
Mikel Overpass
Vita Squares
Andreane Crossing
Yost Garden
Beer Skyway
Gutkowski Bypass
Ziemann Island
Brown Daniel Martin David Lopez Jose
Jo Squares
Please talk of apis cerana
Thanks for this suggestion! We can include a video, in the future, on other species of Apis.
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