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Very new information. Thank you. Will be giving this a try

I hope honeybee vaccines do NOT come into widepread use. There are much better and safer solutions for honeybee health.

Is there going to be any discussing this? Or is this an adverstisement.

Thanks guys. This was really good. Something I’m trying as an integrative. Pest management is a medium frame and a deep box with heavy wax on the bottom so they draw it into drone brood easier to remove that way.

Hello Temijin, Here are some answers to your questions: Excellent question about colony number in an apiary…and the best answer is….it depends! If the habitat is not adequate and the bees struggle to collect nectar and pollen, one colony in an apiary could be too much. Conversely, if habitat is abundant (preferred!), colonies are just limited by the number of foragers and the resulting honey surplus is an excellent sign that competition is not a significant issue. Honey bees do space their nests apart from each other by choice, so our apiaries are artificial gatherings of colonies. That means we need to take precautions to protect them from diseases and pests that can transfer between hive to hive (because of beekeepers with hive tools, moving equipment, and the drifting of bees). We also need to monitor them for incoming nutrition and amend the habitat or move them if it is not adequate. Feral hives swarm more often because they are not managed to prevent swarming. The sperm is mixed and stored in the queens spermatheca. Colonies get more defensive over the season due to population growth (more bees available to defend the colony) and at times of resource dearth.

Question: Do feral hives swarm as often as non feral hives? If not, why not?

Question: What is the optimum bee yard size in hives to reduce stress? Fifty hives compete with each other far more than five hives in a given forage area. Are we forcing bees to over harvest the area which forces the bees to expand their search area that wears out the bee faster, need more energy and predation exposure by over concentrating hives in fewer rather than more bee yards thereby increasing hive stress?

Question: How does the queen deploy the sperm from multiple males. Is all the sperm mixed so that each egg has a random sperm or is the sperm used in the order or reverse order of the mating drones? I'm curious how a hive may turn from docile to hyper defensive over the course of a season.

Listening to this In Wales today not seeing many hives that are alive and thriving maybe new beekeeper in this area

I keep bees at 11 different places I do this so I can have more hives.

Fascinating, thrilling story about the late Warwick Kerr

Without even starting the podcast I went straight to audible and pre-ordered the audiobook. Sometimes, the PDF is included for download. Thank you, from West Virginia, I love this podcast!!

Great interview, Thanks

Love listening to Dr. Seeley!

I'm using this for my research project. Thanks for this super cool video!

Good information but very discouraging to anyone thinking about becoming a beekeeper. The episodes make it seem like you need extensive knowledge, experience and access to mentors in order to have any type of success. I am reconsidering buying hives after listening.

Well done 👍🏽❤️❤️❤️🐝🐝🐝

Florida central 😂❤️❤️❤️

🎉 thanks guys.

28:30 very important points to make for backyard operations. I hope listeners will consider their broader impact.

It was great seeing you at the North American Honey Bee Expo! I'm so glad you had Erica on as your guest. I do wish that your CZcams presentations would include video. Lots of great things ahead coming from Best For Bees :)

Charles Linder is doing great things for the beekeeping community

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Be careful guys doing business with Charles Linder he is a crooker. He gets bees from other commercial beekeepers then he finds all kinds of arguments no to pay for the bees once is in his possession. There is a reason why he grew so quick in the beekeeping industry. You do business with him you also contribute and give more power to a scammer like charlie. He goes by Lazy B honey bee ranch.

Is it the case that if the capital cost of a bee hive with bees costs a third of the price they would not need to be moved? If that is the case why not just build ZEST hives which are less than 1/3rd. the cost of a trad. one, and do not move them. They would need some prior flower crops to sustain them when there are no almond flowers, but honey gathering rights could be sold by the farmer rather than bought in. Check out the DIY ZEST hive.

Central Florida outside of Tampa and a member of tampabaybeekeepers club

I wish this was a vedio

wish i could get ahold of Dr Traynor....i heard something about brood breaks and putting comb for drones. ...thanks

Happy New Year! Turned this on first thing while doing farm chores. Thank you for still having it, even on the holidays. And yes, go Pack go 😂. My 2024 is going out to Kim, thank you for the inspiration.

Merry Christmas!!! Heartbroken to hear of Kim's passing. My prayers are with his family.

Canastota NY, 130 miles west of Greenwich NY

Interesting about blueberries. The field i used help hay 55 years ago is now a blueberry field. This field is in Lynden on the Canadian border. Now I'm a beekeeper in upstate NY.

And why does it work?

Check out Bob Bennies u-tube video’s use of essential oils. 3 way combinations. See why the combination of oils and why it knocks out EFB. Other commercial bee keepers is where he got it. Tee tree is one but why do the others work. Works on EFB and more than likely AFB . That would be a good study how much of the combinations is effective and what is to much or toxic.

I have some VSH queen hives that have gone through 2 summers without treating and their hives have produced honey. And I only have 5 - 7 hives in a yard. I don't use screen bottom boards on all colonies. I suggest you have Dr John Harbo or upcoming queen producer Cory Stevens do a podcast with your team on VSH Assay for VSH criteria. Beekeepers need to realize that not all who sell VSH queens have went through the arduous task of determining true VSH queens. Thank you for all you do for education.

I wish Tina would have talked about traveling holes between frames, and if she feels that they are necessary like Dr. Leo does. Dr Leo uses wax foundation, but I have plastic foundation, many drawn out already, and was considering drilling one hole through each frame as a easy travel hole.

If ARS wanted to reach beekeepers, why not contact state bee inspectors? Many of them are in contact with their state's beekeepers.

Hello, is the app still available?

Just got my 1st Russian Queen from Coy Bee Company few weeks ago, I’m excited to see how she does.

One of the ways that we can all get started with pollinators is just stop and pickup the plastic and paper trash that’s being blown around our planet.

Thank you for inviting us to be on the podcast again.

Dr. Tom D. Seeley, is so wonderful to listen to! you can hear how he really loves bees, and not cuz of what they bring us.

Hi I’m Sam this is my third year taking care of bees I currently have just one hive. I live in NW Montana at 4,000 feet and still learning, I have yet to have a hive survive a winter.

Good stuff! Having such beekeeping influencers all together was enjoyable. Thanks for sharing some fascinating information.

It was an absolute honor to be on your show! I was so excited to talk with both of you, Kim Flottum authored my very first bee book: "The New Starting Right With Bees Paperback - December 31, 1997" When I took my very first beekeeping course, they handed this book out to all of us. All these years later, we meet via zoom! Thank you!

Love the podcast thanks guys great conversation information keep it up

When your show is nothing but an ad congratulations you are no longer a beekeeper you are a street walker for your pimp. Good job.

We need more Russian genetics. The commercial keepers keep using weak genetics that require chemicals to survive mites. The Russian bees also winter over much better than Italians. We need to breed for better genetics as the mites will out evolve any chemical. Amateur beekeepers should only be using Russians.

Switch stocks a few years ago with queens from Steven & Angelia Coy (RHBA members). Very pleased with them. We have some feral TN mtn bees at another location. But in our isolated area, we are very pleased with the Russians.

With the Russians been around for so long, are Russian genetics becoming more common in the general gene pool?