I really like the idea of a community feeder but im very concerned about it as a transmission factor for disease. As you say at the start you could be feeding your neighbours bees. If your neighbours bees have foulbrood, now do all your hives.
I use a regular feeding jar with rhe tiny holes in the lid. I have bees at my front door in the morning flying around waiting for me to bring the sugar water out. Its so funny
I used the bucket feeder and the tray full of rocks and sticks and had so many bees they were drowning each other. So i just decide to give each hive a pint a day and they have plenty of honey and so far no robbing. I'll add my candy boards when the frost gets here. By the the way I used the bucket last year, no problem.
AFB was found only about a hour away from me, that beekeeper was a strong proponent of open feeding always posting pictures of his swarmed bucket feeders. It is a very ineffective way to feed, but makes people feel like they’re really making a difference when they see the bees dog piling into the syrup drowning.
Unfortunately, I missed your livestream and I am very curious about several of the questions asked in this thread that you might have discussed in livestream. My question: Is there a downside to bees working on putting up comb on your waxed foundation frames this late in the year? Ie: would they be using their energy differently in September. First year beekeeper, here. I’m looking forward to watching all your online courses I purchased!
I did a little community feeder using a small chicken waterer with stones around the ring for them to climb on. Worked really well but the wasps overwhelmed it, now I have a mega wasp nest under the siding of my house that I'm waiting for the first good freeze to kill so I can spray and seal up the opening. One of the drawbacks to community feeding, I guess. On the bright side my bees were able to draw out an entire deep of mostly empty frames and filled them mostly with sugar water based honey, which I'm not bothered with, I'm just trying to get the hive built up after a bad start last year. Next year with luck I'll have some honey to harvest. Watching your videos has been invaluable over the past 2 years in keeping my bees alive and helping them go grow. I feel much more comfortable having bees now and going into winter.
Thoughts about setting out frames that need to be cleaned up after honey harvest, as a community resource in a small backyard? (i.e. 20-30 yards away...?) Is it wise to set the frames out along with the 'secret feeding recipe'?
I use gravel in my remote feeders, making sure they have higher areas to feed from. I found some bees seem to be fighting. But no, they are just cleaning up other bees. Fun to watch!
Hi, 8-frame are not as heavy and some add on equipment is limited. I use 10-frame because its the commercial standard. A med box full of honey weighs 70 lbs, and a deep can be 90+ lbs.. The only real difference is the volume of space, spring swarming can be more of a problem in smaller hive bodies because some people run all medium equipment.
I feed in my birdbath and I don’t have to worry about rain bc it’s gone within a few hours! They devour it and it’s so fun to watch out my kitchen window.
I place a feeder in an empty hive box with a beesmart bottom board with entrance only bees can enter. It keeps out large wasp and hornets. Not yellow jackets. Charlotte NC
Open (community) feeding is a great way to spread disease and parasites. Imagine bees from every AFB-infected colony within 5 miles of your feeder rubbing wings with your own bees. For that reason, community feeding is unlawful in many jurisdictions. Further, the feeding frenzy can terrify the neighbors.
This looks very sloppy. I prefer the 5 gal. bucket method. It needs a tightly sealing lid and one with the cups around the perimeter. Drill a 1/8 hole from the inside into the center of the cups. When inverted the cups fill and bees feed around the whole circumference.
I really like the idea of a community feeder but im very concerned about it as a transmission factor for disease. As you say at the start you could be feeding your neighbours bees. If your neighbours bees have foulbrood, now do all your hives.
I use a regular feeding jar with rhe tiny holes in the lid. I have bees at my front door in the morning flying around waiting for me to bring the sugar water out. Its so funny
Ive found sticks will eventually sink. If you have lava rocks they work great to keep bees from drowning.
I used the bucket feeder and the tray full of rocks and sticks and had so many bees they were drowning each other. So i just decide to give each hive a pint a day and they have plenty of honey and so far no robbing. I'll add my candy boards when the frost gets here. By the the way I used the bucket last year, no problem.
Hi David
About community feeding how do we know how much sugar syrup every hive took before overwintering ?
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Is this done while top feeding colonies?
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Thank you mr burns Greatly appreciated.
What about spreading diseases with community feeders?.
AFB was found only about a hour away from me, that beekeeper was a strong proponent of open feeding always posting pictures of his swarmed bucket feeders. It is a very ineffective way to feed, but makes people feel like they’re really making a difference when they see the bees dog piling into the syrup drowning.
How can I find the other nine Videos?
Thank you for your help.
More great info! Thank you! I will be waiting for all your tips and tricks!
Hi David. I thought we were to do 2:1 sugar ratio in the fall?
Thanks again David I'm excited and appreciate this 10 tips for September!
Bravo👍, pozzz
Unfortunately, I missed your livestream and I am very curious about several of the questions asked in this thread that you might have discussed in livestream. My question: Is there a downside to bees working on putting up comb on your waxed foundation frames this late in the year? Ie: would they be using their energy differently in September. First year beekeeper, here. I’m looking forward to watching all your online courses I purchased!
I did a little community feeder using a small chicken waterer with stones around the ring for them to climb on. Worked really well but the wasps overwhelmed it, now I have a mega wasp nest under the siding of my house that I'm waiting for the first good freeze to kill so I can spray and seal up the opening. One of the drawbacks to community feeding, I guess. On the bright side my bees were able to draw out an entire deep of mostly empty frames and filled them mostly with sugar water based honey, which I'm not bothered with, I'm just trying to get the hive built up after a bad start last year. Next year with luck I'll have some honey to harvest. Watching your videos has been invaluable over the past 2 years in keeping my bees alive and helping them go grow. I feel much more comfortable having bees now and going into winter.
Thank you for all the great information you provided us. Much appreciated.
My mentor said that "community feeding" may spread disease/mites... your thoughts?
Thx
Thanks for everything you do for us.
I hear you say sugar water mix 1 to 1 but how much sugar water mix for the other products your adding . 1 gt, 1 gal, etc etc.
How do you keep this from becoming yellowjacket-bee-healthy or hornet-bee-healthy?
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Can I still do an extraction, I missed doing one in July and august.?
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Yellow jackets and bumble bees were on mine. No honey bees at all while I was watching.
Thoughts about setting out frames that need to be cleaned up after honey harvest, as a community resource in a small backyard? (i.e. 20-30 yards away...?) Is it wise to set the frames out along with the 'secret feeding recipe'?
That's a great question for our livestream tonight (Thursday) at 7pm www.honeybeesonline.com/live Hope you can join us.
I use gravel in my remote feeders, making sure they have higher areas to feed from. I found some bees seem to be fighting. But no, they are just cleaning up other bees. Fun to watch!
Is there any chance you can cause a swarm by feeding too much? Right now I’m feeding a quart a day for three hives. Is that enough?
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What are your thoughts on using metal frames versus wood?
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Hi guys, is it too late to treat for varroa?
Thank you!
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If mites aren't under control all season long, September is too late to recover.
@@BlaineNay Thank you!
I have a question. What is better 8 frame hive or a 10 frame one? Is there a difference?...
Hi, 8-frame are not as heavy and some add on equipment is limited. I use 10-frame because its the commercial standard. A med box full of honey weighs 70 lbs, and a deep can be 90+ lbs.. The only real difference is the volume of space, spring swarming can be more of a problem in smaller hive bodies because some people run all medium equipment.
Is this type of info in your course?
Soon the farmers will be harvesting the corn by your yard, better grab a few ears!🌽
I feed in my birdbath and I don’t have to worry about rain bc it’s gone within a few hours! They devour it and it’s so fun to watch out my kitchen window.
I place a feeder in an empty hive box with a beesmart bottom board with entrance only bees can enter. It keeps out large wasp and hornets. Not yellow jackets. Charlotte NC
Open (community) feeding is a great way to spread disease and parasites. Imagine bees from every AFB-infected colony within 5 miles of your feeder rubbing wings with your own bees. For that reason, community feeding is unlawful in many jurisdictions. Further, the feeding frenzy can terrify the neighbors.
This looks very sloppy. I prefer the 5 gal. bucket method. It needs a tightly sealing lid and one with the cups around the perimeter. Drill a 1/8 hole from the inside into the center of the cups. When inverted the cups fill and bees feed around the whole circumference.