Great video Bob! Thanks so much for taking the time to share some insight to your operation. I enjoy listening to you speak and appreciate seeing your approach. Wishing you and your bees the best of success ✌️🐝🐝🐝
Thank you for the video. This is such a great idea for Nucs. I’ll remember it for next year for sure. Although maybe it won’t work since I’m in Michigan, but anything is worth a try. Please keep the videos coming. I wish I could be at the conference in TN, but I have baby goats due the 7th. Thank you again and good luck to Tommy 😁
Bob, thanks for the video! I’m definitely going to remember this technique so if I have a very small hive going into next winter. I’m looking forward to seeing, meeting and listening to you in January at the conference in Lebanon, TN.
I like seeing your populations, makes me feel better about how mine look...much the same but definitely shrunk from late summer populations. I've poured the OA treatments to mine and need to get another one in. It was 30f this morning in eastern KY. I was surprised at the high mite counts I had this fall....and I've tried to be diligent in treating my colonies. Much greater mite infestation this year than last. It's busy work!
I treated over a month ago i am Canadian so we have a short season. I have the fogger and the wand. I use the wand when no brood if brood i use the fogger, Thanks for sharing and best of luck to Tommy in his new venture
I think you would do just fine in the 5 frame nuc. I overwinter in 5 frame nucs here in Tulsa Oklahoma with great success. Looking forward to hearing you speak in Lebanon, Tn. in January. Best luck! I usually if needed find a comb of emerging brood from a full size hive and put it in there in spring and they will grow fast enough to fill out a 10 frame and then I can sell an overwintered nuc and add a queen to the other 5 frames to sell a spring nuc.
Hi Malcolm. In our area a five frame nuc does fine over winter if it's full of bees. Your strategy for boosting in the spring is something we do a lot. Introduce yourself in Tenn. Look forward to meeting you.
Thanks bob I am coming Wednesday to pick up a few hives thanks so much for the response I got it I try to follow all your teachings to a tee again thanks
Nice setup. I overwinter nucs separately. Of course preparation for overwinter 6 frame nucs is another level. I will try to make 20 double screens and do splits etc. ❤
Hi, Bob, Another good video. I am all set for the winter except for an OA treatment. It is still warm enough here that I have 2:1syrup on the hives to let them build up all they can. Once daytime highs are consistently in the low 40s the syrup will come off. Our maple flow usually starts mid-March. I have a bee yard at the house and a couple of beautiful maples out back. I know spring has arrived when I walk out of the house and hear the roar of bees in the maple. THis year our maple bloom got wiped out by a late ice storm, and our locust to a severe wind and rain storm. I have outyard for next year out where they will get canola, locust, and star thistle, one on a lilac farm, and another on an organic farm. Winter is for preparation and for dreaming of spring.Best, Stu
I built a double screen board last winter after watching your videos and used it several times during the summer. Never thought of using it for overwintering nucs. Thanks for the tip Bob. Have a Great Thanksgiving. Good luck in finding a good replacement for Tommy.
As far south as you are, and being commercial, I'm a little surprised that you'd go to this much trouble. I'm sure the method works great, although I've never used it because I live in relatively the same climate as you and usually do ok with wintering these small nucs in their own 5 frame boxes that I start them in. I guess the problem that I see that could become an issue is having to remove ( set to the side) a top hive to inspect the bottom hive every time. I don't see that as much of an issue until early spring when those lower hives need to be inspected. So, my question to you is when do you usually plan on removing the upper nuc portion, and I assume move it to another yard at that point ??? As a side note, I am gonna build a few of these double screen boards this winter just to have around. I've seen enough of your use of them now through several videos that you've made to see that this tool could be handy to have around in certain situations, particularly at a hobby level like me where having a place to stick a small secondary swarm or split until they get established means a lot. Thanks for taking time out to do these videos........ you're making watching youtubes for legit bee information respectable again.
Hello. The nucs you see in this video would not make it in our area without the help from the double screen boards. A good five framer would though. We'll move the nucs off to another yard when they have ample hatching brood and are on the upswing again. After the mid winter stimulation that hopefully will occur in early to mid March. We will give the bottom hives a good inspection in mid February and hopefully not again until the nucs are gone. As you've noticed there are pros and cons to everything and yes once you've had these double screen boards around for awhile you will discover all kinds of uses.
Yeah, I need to keep in mind that you're trying to run a genetic cross that starts up a little later in the spring. I guess what I noticed in this video is that it appears that there isn't a frame feeder left in that bottom hive at this point. I'm sure you've got them packed in with stores at this point, but I've seen stores disappear quickly as early as late January if we have a mild winter. My concern would be if those bottom hives start getting light before a good flow, then trying to feed them becomes a much bigger hassle with that nuc setting on top. I know that lots of folks frown on feeding anything in late spring for fear of getting syrup mixed with their honey, but I'd rather feed a little bit in early spring if need be, rather than to let them die from starvation. I realize that there is value in both top and bottom portions of your setup here......I guess I'm looking at the bottom portion as being my bread and butter hive that would have the highest priority, and would receive most of my attention in late winter when hives can get light. Although I've integrated some Carniolan genetics into my yard in recent years, I still see a lot of Italian influence in mine from years of running them here. Its got better in late winter now, but late March can still get a little spooky if I get as much as 2-3 warm weeks in January or early February.
Hey bob this is Albee the lost bee an from candlerwas nice to met you and your men thanks for the hives I’ve got them on the yard looking forward to doing more business in the coming year thanks for your patience albee
Hey Bob, still using single and mostly double nucs here in Nashville winters with good luck. Hard to change. We will see you at Hive Life Conf in Jan, Merry Christmas.
Bob, I truly enjoy your videos, I try to retain as much info as possible. I just started early this year and have 5 hives now, and would like to grow. I am located in Central Florida 3 miles from Kennedy Space Center Gates, so the weather here is way different than yours, still in the 70's in daytime and hight 60's at night. We just finished harvesting Brazilian pepper tree honey and surprisingly bees are out on Mexican Clover aka Florida Pusley aka Florida snow now as it blooms for a long while. I inspect my hives every week, and now we still have good amount of brood not like in the summer but still nice. I bought some of your sourwood honey and you were right, it is very delicious. thank you for taking time to make those videos, keep it up. C
I am going to have to see if that works here in south central pa. Last year was my first time trying to get nucs through winter. My third year and actually finally got my first colony through winter, went in with 6 big colonies and 4 nucs and the only one to make it this far was in my 8 frame had to put a deep of honey on them at the end of feb and then gave a pollen pattie last week. My wife gave me permission to spend 1400.00 on bees and equipment this year i am hoping to be able to go into next winter with 20 big colonies. Learned from my mistakes figured i would not treat my bees because to me they should be able to take care of themselves and well mites is probably why i lost all but one. This year i want to start getting more serious with beekeeping and see where it takes me in life. Learning a lot from kayman, canadian beekeeper and bobs channels.
Hey Bob, I was wondering you have quite a few bee yards of course you don't buy a bunch of land to keep them. Where do you keep your bees, how do you go about finding the locations?
Most of my current yards have come through word of mouth, friends telling friends or friends asking friends. I have been known to stop and ask if I see a place I'm interested in.
@@bobbinnie9872 Thanks. My one (so far) bee yard is at a community garden, I posted in a local beekeeping group looking for a place to keep them when I moved here. Do you give the landowners something?
Nice video, good luck to Tommy, hope he set up on CZcams. I am Just researching Beekeeping for future events, and find it fascinating at how much knowledge can "bee" gained. Enjoy watching your other videos too here in England.
Thanks for sharing. Good luck to Tommy and Honey Please. Lol. When you create Nucs can you let them raise their own queen or do you normally always add one? I appreciate you sharing your knowledge with us. Stay safe and healthy! - Tom
Quick question Bob. I have one small colony that I wanted to put on top of the strong colony using the double screen board. How do I prevent the bees from flying back to their original hive location?
Hi Daisy. The best way is to move the weak colony to a new location which is at least 3 miles away and leave them there for at least 2 weeks before moving them back. This may be more than you're able to do. Another way would be to move them in small increments towards their new location each day.
Hi Bob: In late September I treat my colonies 30 plus days for mites. In late November I insulate the entire hive(s) for winter with 1/2 inch and 1 inch board type insulation. I immediately begin feeding pollen substitute patties and sugar patties on framed chicken wire screens and continue this process until warm weather begins to set in, then feed sugar water until nectar time. Before following this process I was losing colonies, but haven't lost any now in two years. I'm located in SW Virginia and we do have some pretty cold winters. I'm wondering if this process won't also work with nucs. I'll be trying it this year as I plan to rear my own queens and will increase my colonies.
Thank you for sharing. I love double screen boards. They are so versatile so I like to see how others use them. At 9:30, only 8 frames are put in the hive. Why not 10? The hive is small so they are unlikely to build to need those extra frames on the end. On the other hand, if you don’t get to them in time then you will have a mess and you’re probably going to use those frames later anyway.
Great video, Bob. Thanks for sharing! I wonder if this technique would work well here in Washington State, near Seattle area? Best of luck in you new business, Tommy! Here's wishing you a prosperous & successful adventure.
@@bobbinnie9872 Thanks Bob. I have all screen bottoms on all my hives here in Florida so i shoot it thru the feeder hole in the lid. So far it seems to be working.
Bob did you do a video on how these turned out . I would like to try this in Canada next year with nucs slid together in groups of 4 wrapped in R20 insulation . Im just kinda chicken 🐔 Len
These nucs turned out fine. I know of a few beekeepers in the north that successfully overwinter two nucs side by side over strong double deeps. Michael Palmer in Vermont has some videos on it.
Hey Bob, I am an old timer like Dick Brickner, I am 77 years old. The first time around for me was in the late 70's and early 80's. This is my third year, I started with the meanest hive I have ever seen 3 years ago and built up to 4 hives and lost one over the winter. I built up to 11 hives this year, one went queenless so I combined with a double screen board which worked and I gave one hive to an old friend, 78 years old, who was starting this year for the second time as well. I used double screen boards back when I first got started. My screens, which I still have, are full screens and the ones I made the end of last year are full screens also. Your double screens use a smaller area, two round holes. Why not make them a full screen? Hope you get this message, I realize this is a last year post. Thanks.
I really liked your video about the over wintering of nucs. I understand why you use the double holes in this application, it makes sense to concentrate the heat in the area of the 3-4 frames to get maximum heat. Maybe I have answered my own question. I can see that there can be times when a full screen can be better than a smaller area. Such as combining two hives and doing splits. I would love to hear your thoughts on this. Thanks again.
Hi John. Full screens work great, I've used them a lot in the past and sell them in our store. Our two main reasons for using the style you see in this video are ease of construction and durability. Although the full screen may let a bit more heat rise up, the two large holes we have seem quite adequate. We have a short video you may like, "How To Make Double Screen Boards" czcams.com/video/w3-wqwbfeE4/video.html
@@bobbinnie9872 Too cold for me as well. Family and career "trapped" me in MN. Beekeeping is confined to 4-5 months. In April, I will know if my bees survived in a viable healthy size.
Thanks for sharing. It would be about a 6 hour drive for me but I would love to have one of those nucs in spring. Are those breeds as calm as my Italian mutts?
@@bobbinnie9872 I may take drive and come down to your store this spring anyway. Beautiful country down there. Trying to soak up your knowledge. Thanks
Bob, do the not do well if left in five frame boxes or just do much better in big box above strong single? I overwinter some five frame colonies up in NJ.
@@bobbinnie9872 ever considered using a divided deep and have two nucs above double screen board? I am going to build some this winter to try next year.
thanks Bob!! love your videos!! I keep hearing from NON Treatment folks that Pollen Patties are junk food. I use them but really dont know exactly what is in pollen sub? Is it true there is no pollen in pollen sub?? what makes them not junk food?? thanks!!
We use pollen supplement only when we need too. See our video "Feeding pollen Substitute" for my thoughts on that. czcams.com/video/u7TniiztjpQ/video.html
When you're using oxalic acid on these hives and nucs I'm guessing you only put the oxalic acid in the bottom box and let the fumes drift into the upper nuc? In other words, you're not doing the upper boxes separately?
Do you guys have a method or schedule on phasing out older queens? I guess you’re probably selling enough bees throughout the year that you never get to that point of having yards with older stock in them?
We do end up with some older queens. Old to us is second year. Colonies that are dedicated to nuc production generally get requeened in the spring, some time after we have slit them hard. Overwintered colonies that are kept for honey production are usually requeened in spring or early summer before our sourwood flow. We also do some requeening in early fall, there's always a few that slip through the cracks or simply aren't doing well. We have no problem replacing a first year queen if she's not doing a good job.
@@bobbinnie9872 I think for new beekeepers this is the hardest thing to do. Instead of replacing the queen (buy or from their own nuc yard) the try to hold on and hope for the best. It's tough for a lot of beekeepers to kill the poor performing queen just because.
Thank you for this great tutorial video. Today I used a double screen board to place a small/weak 2 frame NUC on top of a strong hive in hopes of getting the NUC through winter (this NUC was the remnants of a hive that got robbed out). I placed a 1.5 gallon frame feeder in a 10 frame deep hive box with the two frames of brood and queen. Then I stole a frame of honey from the strong hive below and placed it next to the brood frames. I then put empty frames with foundation in the box to fill up the remainder of the space. Would you make any other changes to help this weak hive?
A colony that size may struggle to utilize an inside feeder like that in cold weather. When we can do it, we prefer a jar over the cluster set in a hole in the lid. Even better would be a jar resting on an inner cover, surrounded by an empty box with lid. Boost it every time you can with small patches of emerging brood.
@@bobbinnie9872 Thank you for your reply. I'll go out and put a jar on with a box like you recommend. Something else of note, the queen is not marked so she is probably not the original queen. I found this interesting, they have the will to survive.
I have a 5 frame nuc. Would you recommend putting it on my 10 frame beside it on a doublescreen board for the winter in the Chattanooga area? If so...how will the bees know to go to their new location?
If the five frame nuc is full of bees it will probably be OK on its own in your area. This of course is if it has a good queen and is in good condition. Three or four frames may need the double screen board. If you're going to use the double screen I would recommend moving it two miles or more for a week and then moving it back to its new location. This could be done later, in late fall, if you like.
I normally find those small nucs in September and feed them 2 rounds of inverted syrup (pro sweet) really gives them a jump start ...not sure why its like them smaller nucs dont have the energy to convert the syrup into feed or something .. On reg 1:1 they just struggle along slow to build up ... Love these double screen boards probably the most under used bee equipment there is .. I think entrance reducers are the most over used bee equipment there is imo .. How are you cutting them holes in the double screen boards just a reg hole saw ? .. Good luck Tommy . post a link to your queens
Just found you and subscribed. Question: Where do you get your caucasians? I've had Italians and Carnies. I've always wanted to try Caucasians but can't seem to find them. I'm not big like you so a breeding set up wouldn't work for me, except breeding my mother queen with local stock through open mating. I'm hoping to get back into raising queens and building nucs after quite a few years. I'm in Pennsylvania and want to see how the offspring of the mother queen Caucasian overwinter. How are they with dealing with mites?
We're going to have daughters of our Caucasian breeder queens next summer. Check with our store for dates after the first of the year. 706 782 6722. They still get mites, but they don't get sick as easy.
@@bobbinnie9872 Wow, thank you for answering my comments and questions. I watched a lot of your videos last night and today and felt I sent a lot of comments. Like I said in one of your videos, you are exactly like my mentor who was a pollinator.
Thanks for the videos, really nice informations. I just watched them all in just 2 days. I really wonder how the syrup pump on your truck works? Is there some kind of automatic electric on/off system that triggers the pump to start when needed? Thanks a lot Dave from France
I made a few of these and forgot about them but I have a few small colonies so Im going to put them to use today. We had a few weeks of 30 and It was not fun. I see yours only have an entrance for the bottom of the top hive but no top vent for the lower hive. Are you thinking the top hive will act as a vent for the bottom? Got a question, One of my strongest hives just left a box full of honey a week ago. Just gone. ideas? Great info and thank you.
A top ventilation hole is not as absolutely necessary here as in the north. Hard to say on that hive without being there but they usually won't just up and leave this time of year.
Hello there and How far up North do you think this will work in your opinion Bob? I wish Tommy good luck in his new business. One other question was do you think a 5 frame deep and a medium 5 frame will work to overwinter or is topping a larger have a better choice ? I have candy boards on them too but have yet to put anything in them.
This could work in all northern states if the nuc is strong enough and the lower colony is big enough. Not knowing how far north you are I would say probably on your 1 1/2 story nuc..
@@bobbinnie9872 I'm in Delaware Bob & wow that's a super fast reply thank you. Going on my 3rd year and trying to figure out how to go from Backyard beekeeper to small Nuc sales. My biggest issue is I have a small yard I have been looking for property to expand but can't find anywhere.
Hi Allen. We save every second or third nuc with queen to combine with the queenless assets and make a small single. I'll be showing this in a short vide in a few weeks.
I like the manner in which Caucasians overwinter. Their frugal and quiet. They are also a gentle stock and seem to blend with other stocks well. The more I look at the antimicrobial properties of propolis, which Caucasians make plenty of, the more I think it's a good thing in the colony. They have a reputation for less swarming and peak just a bit later in spring which I think suits our area. I've had them in the past and look forward to having them again.
Hello Bob: I've watched your video: "OVERWINTERING NUCS ON A DOUBLE SCREEN BOARD". I would like to know if I can use the exact same technique but introducing a fertilized queen. Later I want to work on the double queen technique
When you say well fed in a single box how many frames of capped honey are your talking. I notice you use 10 frame hives. 2nd question…. I noticed when your helper put the nuc into the full size hive that he fill completely with frames…. Do you not have issues with comb being built in that gap.
If a small nuc is missing a few frames in winter it's not a problem because there won't be any comb building until spring. Well fed for a small nuc could be as little as 2 or three well filled frames.
@@bobbinnie9872 thank you for your speedy reply. I thought as much EE the Nuc. frames. Can I ask another 2 questions please? How many frames of capped honey do u pack a solid single down with for winter. And why not merge a weak hive over a strong with a Queen excluder to allow the increase in bee numbers and heat to help the Nuc get going. Would increase the brood nest more in early spring would it not?
@@debbierodda2203 Hi Debbie. I like to see our good singles go into winter 75% to 85% full of food. As to the second question, if you're referring to overwintering a small colony over a larger one with a queen excluder between them there could be problems keeping both queens. Although boosting the upper colony is always helpful, keeping each unit separated with a double screen board will work much better.
In in Naselle wa..we have really wet cold winters and have a really difficult time trying to winter bees over..not much success..I do build. New bees and leave plenty of honey..why do you and other bee keepers winter over Nucs?? With problems trying to winter over a double deep how or why Nucs??
For us, they are late season splits with very young queens that will develop into what will probably be our very best colonies the next season. Think of them as "low mileage" queens that have proven themselves over winter and will be mature enough in the spring to do a better job than any spring queen that is freshly introduced.
Bob, in the last minute of the video, you spoke that the singles down are well fed till Feb, (when the maple blooms). How many full honey deep frames does it take for a single with 7 frame of bees to sustain for around 2.5-3 months? Does that mean that the rest of the 3 deep frames are honey frames (ie. round about 9 kg Honey?) . Isn't it too less?
We try to get at least 40 or 50 pounds in them if possible. It sounds like a lot but it works. Timing is important because if you get them heavy too soon they won't have much brood in the fall.
@@bobbinnie9872 Bob, the weight of one deep honey frame is about 8 pounds. 50 Pounds amounts to 6-7 frames! How can you have 6-7 frames of honey be with 7 frames of bees as you spoke in the video? Are you talking about double deep colony? Kindly clarify, because the math doesn't add up for a single deep colony!
@@arpit12021989 We're talking about singles. Keep in mind that bees will also be covering segments of comb containing honey. A box well prepared will weigh 75 or 80 pounds with the flat lid but not with the pallet. This weight would include the bees, woodenware and food. You could also check out Ian Stepplers "A Canadian Beekeepers Blog" where he routinely prepares single story colonies for winter that are full of bees and weigh 85 pounds.
Question, your bottom box of bees don't seem to have a top exit? Your double screen board seems to have a bottom entree for the top box. It dosn't seem to have a top exit either. Is this normal?
@@bobbinnie9872 Good morning and thanks for the response. I am in northern Quebec where temperatures in january can drop as low à -30. So it would be necessary to have an inner cover with a top hole.
I do have 2 weak hives that probably wouldn't make this winter but I will experiment and give this a try! Thanks and keep up with the great videos and information!
Bob. I have noticed you mentioning about selling overwintered Nucs. Is there any thing special about overwintering a Nuc, and then selling it, rather than selling it in fall itself? or it has something to do with operational patterns that you have in your outfit ? Or you get a better price for Nucs post winter? Thanks
We have sold late summer nucs both ways. Fall and spring. Of course the biggest demand for nucs is in the spring and because an overwintered nuc is ready earlier than one made in the spring they can sell for more.
340 videos!!! You've been busy. You're right, these little nucs wouldn't make it up there. But I bet a good five framer would if it was treated like this.
@@bobbinnie9872 yes and you've got my wheels spinning thinking about it for next year if the situation presents itself. I'm an experiment type of guy. I like trying new ways to skin a cat.
@@KevinsNorthernExposure I'm confident you've heard of Michael Palmer? If not, look him up and see how he runs and overwinter nucs. It would help you get off the ground in that cold country of Wisconsin in overwintering the nucs.
@@beebob1279 lol.....Palmer is exactly how I overwinter my bees. I'm doing ok wintering bees...I know you've seen my vids....you've had to hear me talk about Palmer.......this talk with Bob was just for smaller hives to get through winter in a single nuc box...above my normal hives.
Thanks Bob, that's an interesting video, and food for thought for our next winter in Australia. Can you stack more of the nucs on top of each other with more double screen boards to continue to share the heat? ie why just one and not two (or even more if entrances were re-arranged) nucs on top or each other?
@@josephchianelli3623 With 3 nephews running amuck, & 4 dogs, there's so much background noise here, I frequently have to turn up volume for watching videos!
Thanks for showing about double screens, i am going to build several for use. Look forward to hearing you in person at hive life conference in january.
Ha bob great video, I always look to see if u done one I use to get a email when u did, but I guess you tube changed I do not get emails on any one when they make a new video, I know I did not do any thing to stop them, I have a weak hive I am going to do this with the double screen board that is a wonderful idea, Honey Please sounds like a great name for a business, tell him if he has time to make some videos that would be great. do u think he will ship queens, Question if I may, when u do your OA treatment do u have a certain dose that u use. Thanks again for the wonderful video I hope u and your family have a wonderful Thanksgiving
Hi Frances. Try unsubscribing from channels and then restart your computer and resubscribe. Make sure you click on the bell when you do. Tommy will be shipping queens when they're ready to start selling. We will start our oxalic treatments in about ten days when we're sure everything is brood-less.We use one gram per box.
Thanks for the videos. Cograts Tommy. Make videos right away.. Bob, I live in South Louisiana. Checking today we still have creamy brood, and capped brood. Temp today 71 f. I am not sure if we ever have no brood. I will pay attention to when and if most of the hives go totally broodlless.
@@bobbinnie9872Hello, the bottom box of the big hive has any ventilation or it's made by wood? I ask this to understand if it's enough ventilation during the winter. Thanks.
Great video Bob! Thanks so much for taking the time to share some insight to your operation. I enjoy listening to you speak and appreciate seeing your approach. Wishing you and your bees the best of success ✌️🐝🐝🐝
all looks Good BOB, Great Video as always
Thank you for the video. This is such a great idea for Nucs. I’ll remember it for next year for sure. Although maybe it won’t work since I’m in Michigan, but anything is worth a try. Please keep the videos coming. I wish I could be at the conference in TN, but I have baby goats due the 7th. Thank you again and good luck to Tommy 😁
Bob, thanks for the video! I’m definitely going to remember this technique so if I have a very small hive going into next winter. I’m looking forward to seeing, meeting and listening to you in January at the conference in Lebanon, TN.
Winter is almost here so I'm sure Mr. Bob will bee making more bee videos keep'em coming 🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝
Another great video. Thanks bob .got to love double screen boards. I been using some thank to you bob.
I like seeing your populations, makes me feel better about how mine look...much the same but definitely shrunk from late summer populations. I've poured the OA treatments to mine and need to get another one in. It was 30f this morning in eastern KY. I was surprised at the high mite counts I had this fall....and I've tried to be diligent in treating my colonies. Much greater mite infestation this year than last. It's busy work!
These videos are a wonderful resource for a beginner like me. Keep up the good work Sir. Best wishes from west cork in Ireland 🇮🇪
Thanks, love Ireland.
Good luck, Tommy! I look forward to getting some of your queens.
Hi Pat. Tommy is getting a lot of comments. I'll remind him to have a look.
Bob, thanks for the video!
Thanks Bob. Since your first video on these boards I had planned to use some of these. I made 4 and will be using all 4 to over winter a few boxes.
I treated over a month ago i am Canadian so we have a short season. I have the fogger and the wand. I use the wand when no brood if brood i use the fogger, Thanks for sharing and best of luck to Tommy in his new venture
What’s ur rational for using one with brood and not the other?
I think you would do just fine in the 5 frame nuc.
I overwinter in 5 frame nucs here in Tulsa Oklahoma with great success.
Looking forward to hearing you speak in Lebanon, Tn. in January.
Best luck!
I usually if needed find a comb of emerging brood from a full size hive and put it in there in spring and they will grow fast enough to fill out a 10 frame and then I can sell an overwintered nuc and add a queen to the other 5 frames to sell a spring nuc.
Hi Malcolm. In our area a five frame nuc does fine over winter if it's full of bees. Your strategy for boosting in the spring is something we do a lot. Introduce yourself in Tenn. Look forward to meeting you.
Might give this a shot next year. thanks for another great video!
Thanks bob I am coming Wednesday to pick up a few hives thanks so much for the response I got it I try to follow all your teachings to a tee again thanks
Thank you.. first instruction on how to overwinter nucs. Some of us, hobby keepers, would like to work mostly nucs.
Nice setup. I overwinter nucs separately. Of course preparation for overwinter 6 frame nucs is another level.
I will try to make 20 double screens and do splits etc. ❤
Hi, Bob, Another good video. I am all set for the winter except for an OA treatment. It is still warm enough here that I have 2:1syrup on the hives to let them build up all they can. Once daytime highs are consistently in the low 40s the syrup will come off. Our maple flow usually starts mid-March. I have a bee yard at the house and a couple of beautiful maples out back. I know spring has arrived when I walk out of the house and hear the roar of bees in the maple. THis year our maple bloom got wiped out by a late ice storm, and our locust to a severe wind and rain storm. I have outyard for next year out where they will get canola, locust, and star thistle, one on a lilac farm, and another on an organic farm. Winter is for preparation and for dreaming of spring.Best, Stu
I built a double screen board last winter after watching your videos and used it several times during the summer. Never thought of using it for overwintering nucs. Thanks for the tip Bob. Have a Great Thanksgiving. Good luck in finding a good replacement for Tommy.
Thanks.
As far south as you are, and being commercial, I'm a little surprised that you'd go to this much trouble. I'm sure the method works great, although I've never used it because I live in relatively the same climate as you and usually do ok with wintering these small nucs in their own 5 frame boxes that I start them in. I guess the problem that I see that could become an issue is having to remove ( set to the side) a top hive to inspect the bottom hive every time. I don't see that as much of an issue until early spring when those lower hives need to be inspected. So, my question to you is when do you usually plan on removing the upper nuc portion, and I assume move it to another yard at that point ??? As a side note, I am gonna build a few of these double screen boards this winter just to have around. I've seen enough of your use of them now through several videos that you've made to see that this tool could be handy to have around in certain situations, particularly at a hobby level like me where having a place to stick a small secondary swarm or split until they get established means a lot. Thanks for taking time out to do these videos........ you're making watching youtubes for legit bee information respectable again.
Hello. The nucs you see in this video would not make it in our area without the help from the double screen boards. A good five framer would though. We'll move the nucs off to another yard when they have ample hatching brood and are on the upswing again. After the mid winter stimulation that hopefully will occur in early to mid March. We will give the bottom hives a good inspection in mid February and hopefully not again until the nucs are gone. As you've noticed there are pros and cons to everything and yes once you've had these double screen boards around for awhile you will discover all kinds of uses.
Yeah, I need to keep in mind that you're trying to run a genetic cross that starts up a little later in the spring. I guess what I noticed in this video is that it appears that there isn't a frame feeder left in that bottom hive at this point. I'm sure you've got them packed in with stores at this point, but I've seen stores disappear quickly as early as late January if we have a mild winter. My concern would be if those bottom hives start getting light before a good flow, then trying to feed them becomes a much bigger hassle with that nuc setting on top. I know that lots of folks frown on feeding anything in late spring for fear of getting syrup mixed with their honey, but I'd rather feed a little bit in early spring if need be, rather than to let them die from starvation. I realize that there is value in both top and bottom portions of your setup here......I guess I'm looking at the bottom portion as being my bread and butter hive that would have the highest priority, and would receive most of my attention in late winter when hives can get light. Although I've integrated some Carniolan genetics into my yard in recent years, I still see a lot of Italian influence in mine from years of running them here. Its got better in late winter now, but late March can still get a little spooky if I get as much as 2-3 warm weeks in January or early February.
Thanks, very informative
Nice video greetings from Belgium 🇧🇪
Hey bob this is Albee the lost bee an from candlerwas nice to met you and your men thanks for the hives I’ve got them on the yard looking forward to doing more business in the coming year thanks for your patience albee
Thanks, it nice to meet you too..
I need to move. Lol This Maryland cold has got me chompin at the bit to long during the winter months. Good luck Tommy.
Hey Bob, still using single and mostly double nucs here in Nashville winters with good luck. Hard to change. We will see you at Hive Life Conf in Jan, Merry Christmas.
I am trying it this winter.
Bob, I truly enjoy your videos, I try to retain as much info as possible. I just started early this year and have 5 hives now, and would like to grow. I am located in Central Florida 3 miles from Kennedy Space Center Gates, so the weather here is way different than yours, still in the 70's in daytime and hight 60's at night. We just finished harvesting Brazilian pepper tree honey and surprisingly bees are out on Mexican Clover aka Florida Pusley aka Florida snow now as it blooms for a long while. I inspect my hives every week, and now we still have good amount of brood not like in the summer but still nice.
I bought some of your sourwood honey and you were right, it is very delicious.
thank you for taking time to make those videos, keep it up. C
Thanks.
I am going to have to see if that works here in south central pa. Last year was my first time trying to get nucs through winter. My third year and actually finally got my first colony through winter, went in with 6 big colonies and 4 nucs and the only one to make it this far was in my 8 frame had to put a deep of honey on them at the end of feb and then gave a pollen pattie last week. My wife gave me permission to spend 1400.00 on bees and equipment this year i am hoping to be able to go into next winter with 20 big colonies. Learned from my mistakes figured i would not treat my bees because to me they should be able to take care of themselves and well mites is probably why i lost all but one. This year i want to start getting more serious with beekeeping and see where it takes me in life. Learning a lot from kayman, canadian beekeeper and bobs channels.
Tommy's going to be missed for sure! Good Luck, Tommy.
Hey Bob, I was wondering you have quite a few bee yards of course you don't buy a bunch of land to keep them. Where do you keep your bees, how do you go about finding the locations?
Most of my current yards have come through word of mouth, friends telling friends or friends asking friends. I have been known to stop and ask if I see a place I'm interested in.
@@bobbinnie9872 Thanks. My one (so far) bee yard is at a community garden, I posted in a local beekeeping group looking for a place to keep them when I moved here. Do you give the landowners something?
@@derricklewis6724 Usually a case of honey. Some don't want that much.
This is a very nice video, thank you.
Nice video, good luck to Tommy, hope he set up on CZcams. I am Just researching Beekeeping for future events, and find it fascinating at how much knowledge can "bee" gained. Enjoy watching your other videos too here in England.
Thank you.
Congratulations to you Tommy
Thanks for sharing. Good luck to Tommy and Honey Please. Lol.
When you create Nucs can you let them raise their own queen or do you normally always add one? I appreciate you sharing your knowledge with us. Stay safe and healthy! - Tom
We generally start nucs with a queen cell in late spring and summer and a queen purchased from north Florida in early spring.
@@bobbinnie9872 thanks Bob. Stay safe and hope you have a Happy Thanksgiving. I love your videos. - Tom
Quick question Bob. I have one small colony that I wanted to put on top of the strong colony using the double screen board. How do I prevent the bees from flying back to their original hive location?
Hi Daisy. The best way is to move the weak colony to a new location which is at least 3 miles away and leave them there for at least 2 weeks before moving them back. This may be more than you're able to do. Another way would be to move them in small increments towards their new location each day.
Bob Binnie thank you so much!!! I got a few double screen board after listening to your lecture on CZcams. I appreciate it your reply a lot.
Hi sir I'm in Jamaica 🇯🇲 with 20 🗃 of 🐝 Bees I have to keep moving when I'm working in yard 20 or more
Hi Bob:
In late September I treat my colonies 30 plus days for mites. In late November I insulate the entire hive(s) for winter with 1/2 inch and 1 inch board type insulation. I immediately begin feeding pollen substitute patties and sugar patties on framed chicken wire screens and continue this process until warm weather begins to set in, then feed sugar water until nectar time. Before following this process I was losing colonies, but haven't lost any now in two years. I'm located in SW Virginia and we do have some pretty cold winters. I'm wondering if this process won't also work with nucs. I'll be trying it this year as I plan to rear my own queens and will increase my colonies.
Thank you for sharing. I love double screen boards. They are so versatile so I like to see how others use them.
At 9:30, only 8 frames are put in the hive. Why not 10? The hive is small so they are unlikely to build to need those extra frames on the end. On the other hand, if you don’t get to them in time then you will have a mess and you’re probably going to use those frames later anyway.
We were short of frames that day. We will definitely fill them up in time.
Doesn't look like no. Hive Beatles. Your hives look excellent 👌
Great video, Bob. Thanks for sharing! I wonder if this technique would work well here in Washington State, near Seattle area?
Best of luck in you new business, Tommy! Here's wishing you a prosperous & successful adventure.
I'm sure it would small nucs in your area.
@@bobbinnie9872 Thanks Bob, for taking the time to answer our question!
Thanks for sharing Bob! Can you demo your OA treatment for us?
See our video "How To Treat for Varroa Mites with a ProVap 110 Oxalic Acid Vaporizer czcams.com/video/ACqrvbNJC7w/video.html
@@bobbinnie9872 Thanks Bob. I have all screen bottoms on all my hives here in Florida so i shoot it thru the feeder hole in the lid. So far it seems to be working.
Bob did you do a video on how these turned out .
I would like to try this in Canada next year with nucs slid together in groups of 4 wrapped in R20 insulation .
Im just kinda chicken 🐔
Len
These nucs turned out fine. I know of a few beekeepers in the north that successfully overwinter two nucs side by side over strong double deeps. Michael Palmer in Vermont has some videos on it.
I love to hear the sound of the bees flying.
Music to my ears. Scary for some.
Hey Bob, I am an old timer like Dick Brickner, I am 77 years old. The first time around for me was in the late 70's and early 80's. This is my third year, I started with the meanest hive I have ever seen 3 years ago and built up to 4 hives and lost one over the winter. I built up to 11 hives this year, one went queenless so I combined with a double screen board which worked and I gave one hive to an old friend, 78 years old, who was starting this year for the second time as well.
I used double screen boards back when I first got started. My screens, which I still have, are full screens and the ones I made the end of last year are full screens also.
Your double screens use a smaller area, two round holes. Why not make them a full screen?
Hope you get this message, I realize this is a last year post. Thanks.
I really liked your video about the over wintering of nucs. I understand why you use the double holes in this application, it makes sense to concentrate the heat in the area of the 3-4 frames to get maximum heat. Maybe I have answered my own question. I can see that there can be times when a full screen can be better than a smaller area. Such as combining two hives and doing splits. I would love to hear your thoughts on this. Thanks again.
Hi John. Full screens work great, I've used them a lot in the past and sell them in our store. Our two main reasons for using the style you see in this video are ease of construction and durability. Although the full screen may let a bit more heat rise up, the two large holes we have seem quite adequate. We have a short video you may like, "How To Make Double Screen Boards" czcams.com/video/w3-wqwbfeE4/video.html
I smiled when you mentioned MN. I do live in St. Paul, MN. I am thinking anything less than the 7-8 frames probably will not make it.
Too cold for me in MN.
@@bobbinnie9872 Too cold for me as well. Family and career "trapped" me in MN. Beekeeping is confined to 4-5 months. In April, I will know if my bees survived in a viable healthy size.
Thanks for sharing. It would be about a 6 hour drive for me but I would love to have one of those nucs in spring. Are those breeds as calm as my Italian mutts?
Hi Keith. These nucs won't be for sale in the spring, I need them for drone stock. Carniolan and Caucasians are fairly gentle.
@@bobbinnie9872 I may take drive and come down to your store this spring anyway. Beautiful country down there. Trying to soak up your knowledge. Thanks
Bob, do the not do well if left in five frame boxes or just do much better in big box above strong single? I overwinter some five frame colonies up in NJ.
In our area a strong five frame nuc will do OK in a nuc box but these smaller nucs (2 to 4 frames) need that extra help.
@@bobbinnie9872 ever considered using a divided deep and have two nucs above double screen board? I am going to build some this winter to try next year.
@@PutEmInTheBox I was wondering the same? Bob, what say you?
@@bobbinnie9872 ?
thanks Bob!! love your videos!! I keep hearing from NON Treatment folks that Pollen Patties are junk food. I use them but really dont know exactly what is in pollen sub? Is it true there is no pollen in pollen sub?? what makes them not junk food?? thanks!!
We use pollen supplement only when we need too. See our video "Feeding pollen Substitute" for my thoughts on that. czcams.com/video/u7TniiztjpQ/video.html
A lot of the non treatments folks I've come across are a little kookoo.
When you're using oxalic acid on these hives and nucs I'm guessing you only put the oxalic acid in the bottom box and let the fumes drift into the upper nuc? In other words, you're not doing the upper boxes separately?
That's correct. When we check under lids the fumes are definitely moving around the entire hive.
Do you guys have a method or schedule on phasing out older queens? I guess you’re probably selling enough bees throughout the year that you never get to that point of having yards with older stock in them?
We do end up with some older queens. Old to us is second year. Colonies that are dedicated to nuc production generally get requeened in the spring, some time after we have slit them hard. Overwintered colonies that are kept for honey production are usually requeened in spring or early summer before our sourwood flow. We also do some requeening in early fall, there's always a few that slip through the cracks or simply aren't doing well. We have no problem replacing a first year queen if she's not doing a good job.
@@bobbinnie9872 I think for new beekeepers this is the hardest thing to do. Instead of replacing the queen (buy or from their own nuc yard) the try to hold on and hope for the best. It's tough for a lot of beekeepers to kill the poor performing queen just because.
I hope Tommy has done well. I looked up his company and the only thing that pops up is a company called Honey Please in Tennille Ga.
Tommy is doing well but he isn't with that company.
@@bobbinnie9872 Thank You Bob. Glad Tommy is is doing well.
Excellent video Bob, thank you! Sent you an email.
Chapter 11 nucs the dos and donts .
Thank you for this great tutorial video. Today I used a double screen board to place a small/weak 2 frame NUC on top of a strong hive in hopes of getting the NUC through winter (this NUC was the remnants of a hive that got robbed out). I placed a 1.5 gallon frame feeder in a 10 frame deep hive box with the two frames of brood and queen. Then I stole a frame of honey from the strong hive below and placed it next to the brood frames. I then put empty frames with foundation in the box to fill up the remainder of the space. Would you make any other changes to help this weak hive?
A colony that size may struggle to utilize an inside feeder like that in cold weather. When we can do it, we prefer a jar over the cluster set in a hole in the lid. Even better would be a jar resting on an inner cover, surrounded by an empty box with lid. Boost it every time you can with small patches of emerging brood.
@@bobbinnie9872 Thank you for your reply. I'll go out and put a jar on with a box like you recommend. Something else of note, the queen is not marked so she is probably not the original queen. I found this interesting, they have the will to survive.
I have a 5 frame nuc. Would you recommend putting it on my 10 frame beside it on a doublescreen board for the winter in the Chattanooga area? If so...how will the bees know to go to their new location?
If the five frame nuc is full of bees it will probably be OK on its own in your area. This of course is if it has a good queen and is in good condition. Three or four frames may need the double screen board.
If you're going to use the double screen I would recommend moving it two miles or more for a week and then moving it back to its new location. This could be done later, in late fall, if you like.
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I normally find those small nucs in September and feed them 2 rounds of inverted syrup (pro sweet) really gives them a jump start ...not sure why its like them smaller nucs dont have the energy to convert the syrup into feed or something .. On reg 1:1 they just struggle along slow to build up ... Love these double screen boards probably the most under used bee equipment there is .. I think entrance reducers are the most over used bee equipment there is imo .. How are you cutting them holes in the double screen boards just a reg hole saw ? .. Good luck Tommy . post a link to your queens
Yes, it is just a hole saw. We use the same custom hole saw we use for making the feeding holes in our lids. Tommy saw your comment.
Just found you and subscribed. Question: Where do you get your caucasians? I've had Italians and Carnies. I've always wanted to try Caucasians but can't seem to find them. I'm not big like you so a breeding set up wouldn't work for me, except breeding my mother queen with local stock through open mating. I'm hoping to get back into raising queens and building nucs after quite a few years.
I'm in Pennsylvania and want to see how the offspring of the mother queen Caucasian overwinter.
How are they with dealing with mites?
We're going to have daughters of our Caucasian breeder queens next summer. Check with our store for dates after the first of the year. 706 782 6722. They still get mites, but they don't get sick as easy.
@@bobbinnie9872 Wow, thank you for answering my comments and questions. I watched a lot of your videos last night and today and felt I sent a lot of comments.
Like I said in one of your videos, you are exactly like my mentor who was a pollinator.
Thanks for the videos, really nice informations.
I just watched them all in just 2 days.
I really wonder how the syrup pump on your truck works?
Is there some kind of automatic electric on/off system that triggers the pump to start when needed?
Thanks a lot
Dave from France
Hi Dave. I have a video with that included coming out within a week and the pump actually comes from France.
Ok cool, that's very nice!
Thank you
I made a few of these and forgot about them but I have a few small colonies so Im going to put them to use today. We had a few weeks of 30 and It was not fun. I see yours only have an entrance for the bottom of the top hive but no top vent for the lower hive. Are you thinking the top hive will act as a vent for the bottom? Got a question, One of my strongest hives just left a box full of honey a week ago. Just gone. ideas? Great info and thank you.
A top ventilation hole is not as absolutely necessary here as in the north. Hard to say on that hive without being there but they usually won't just up and leave this time of year.
yea I know .It's been a weird year here in Charlotte and they left 80 pounds of honey behind. I will feed it to the bees in Feb.
So when you put your nucs on top you are adding frames to the top box to make it set up like a normal 8-10 frame set up?
Yes, even though they don't need them at first, we add them anyway.
Hello there and How far up North do you think this will work in your opinion Bob? I wish Tommy good luck in his new business. One other question was do you think a 5 frame deep and a medium 5 frame will work to overwinter or is topping a larger have a better choice ? I have candy boards on them too but have yet to put anything in them.
This could work in all northern states if the nuc is strong enough and the lower colony is big enough. Not knowing how far north you are I would say probably on your 1 1/2 story nuc..
@@bobbinnie9872 I'm in Delaware Bob & wow that's a super fast reply thank you. Going on my 3rd year and trying to figure out how to go from Backyard beekeeper to small Nuc sales. My biggest issue is I have a small yard I have been looking for property to expand but can't find anywhere.
Hey bob question at the end of the queen mating season you take the last run of queens what do you do with all the assets left thanks
Hi Allen. We save every second or third nuc with queen to combine with the queenless assets and make a small single. I'll be showing this in a short vide in a few weeks.
High Bob...What will the genetics of the caucasian bee add to your operation? Glenn Campbell
I like the manner in which Caucasians overwinter. Their frugal and quiet. They are also a gentle stock and seem to blend with other stocks well. The more I look at the antimicrobial properties of propolis, which Caucasians make plenty of, the more I think it's a good thing in the colony. They have a reputation for less swarming and peak just a bit later in spring which I think suits our area. I've had them in the past and look forward to having them again.
Hello Bob:
I've watched your video: "OVERWINTERING NUCS ON A DOUBLE SCREEN BOARD". I would like to know if I can use the exact same technique but introducing a fertilized queen. Later I want to work on the double queen technique
I`m sorry bob, I meant the video How to split bees
Yes, you can. I talk about this in our video "Splitting Using a Double Screen Board" czcams.com/video/Z62UwOLfdMo/video.html
When you say well fed in a single box how many frames of capped honey are your talking. I notice you use 10 frame hives. 2nd question…. I noticed when your helper put the nuc into the full size hive that he fill completely with frames…. Do you not have issues with comb being built in that gap.
If a small nuc is missing a few frames in winter it's not a problem because there won't be any comb building until spring. Well fed for a small nuc could be as little as 2 or three well filled frames.
@@bobbinnie9872 thank you for your speedy reply. I thought as much EE the Nuc. frames. Can I ask another 2 questions please? How many frames of capped honey do u pack a solid single down with for winter. And why not merge a weak hive over a strong with a Queen excluder to allow the increase in bee numbers and heat to help the Nuc get going. Would increase the brood nest more in early spring would it not?
@@debbierodda2203 Hi Debbie. I like to see our good singles go into winter 75% to 85% full of food. As to the second question, if you're referring to overwintering a small colony over a larger one with a queen excluder between them there could be problems keeping both queens. Although boosting the upper colony is always helpful, keeping each unit separated with a double screen board will work much better.
@@bobbinnie9872 many thanks.
In in Naselle wa..we have really wet cold winters and have a really difficult time trying to winter bees over..not much success..I do build. New bees and leave plenty of honey..why do you and other bee keepers winter over Nucs?? With problems trying to winter over a double deep how or why Nucs??
For us, they are late season splits with very young queens that will develop into what will probably be our very best colonies the next season. Think of them as "low mileage" queens that have proven themselves over winter and will be mature enough in the spring to do a better job than any spring queen that is freshly introduced.
Bob, in the last minute of the video, you spoke that the singles down are well fed till Feb, (when the maple blooms). How many full honey deep frames does it take for a single with 7 frame of bees to sustain for around 2.5-3 months? Does that mean that the rest of the 3 deep frames are honey frames (ie. round about 9 kg Honey?) . Isn't it too less?
We try to get at least 40 or 50 pounds in them if possible. It sounds like a lot but it works. Timing is important because if you get them heavy too soon they won't have much brood in the fall.
@@bobbinnie9872 Bob, the weight of one deep honey frame is about 8 pounds. 50 Pounds amounts to 6-7 frames! How can you have 6-7 frames of honey be with 7 frames of bees as you spoke in the video? Are you talking about double deep colony? Kindly clarify, because the math doesn't add up for a single deep colony!
@@arpit12021989 We're talking about singles. Keep in mind that bees will also be covering segments of comb containing honey. A box well prepared will weigh 75 or 80 pounds with the flat lid but not with the pallet. This weight would include the bees, woodenware and food. You could also check out Ian Stepplers "A Canadian Beekeepers Blog" where he routinely prepares single story colonies for winter that are full of bees and weigh 85 pounds.
@@bobbinnie9872 Got some clarity. Thanks a lot.
Question, your bottom box of bees don't seem to have a top exit? Your double screen board seems to have a bottom entree for the top box. It dosn't seem to have a top exit either. Is this normal?
In this instance yes. A top ventilation hole is not as absolutely necessary here as in the north.
@@bobbinnie9872 Good morning and thanks for the response. I am in northern Quebec where temperatures in january can drop as low à -30. So it would be necessary to have an inner cover with a top hole.
I do have 2 weak hives that probably wouldn't make this winter but I will experiment and give this a try! Thanks and keep up with the great videos and information!
Bob. I have noticed you mentioning about selling overwintered Nucs. Is there any thing special about overwintering a Nuc, and then selling it, rather than selling it in fall itself? or it has something to do with operational patterns that you have in your outfit ? Or you get a better price for Nucs post winter? Thanks
We have sold late summer nucs both ways. Fall and spring. Of course the biggest demand for nucs is in the spring and because an overwintered nuc is ready earlier than one made in the spring they can sell for more.
Do you accepte intershipers from outside usa ?
Not at this time.
using the term "winter" very loosely! lol ..... interesting concept...yeah...this would not fly here in Wisconsin.
340 videos!!! You've been busy. You're right, these little nucs wouldn't make it up there. But I bet a good five framer would if it was treated like this.
@@bobbinnie9872 yes and you've got my wheels spinning thinking about it for next year if the situation presents itself.
I'm an experiment type of guy. I like trying new ways to skin a cat.
@@KevinsNorthernExposure I'm confident you've heard of Michael Palmer? If not, look him up and see how he runs and overwinter nucs. It would help you get off the ground in that cold country of Wisconsin in overwintering the nucs.
@@beebob1279 lol.....Palmer is exactly how I overwinter my bees. I'm doing ok wintering bees...I know you've seen my vids....you've had to hear me talk about Palmer.......this talk with Bob was just for smaller hives to get through winter in a single nuc box...above my normal hives.
Thanks Bob, that's an interesting video, and food for thought for our next winter in Australia.
Can you stack more of the nucs on top of each other with more double screen boards to continue to share the heat? ie why just one and not two (or even more if entrances were re-arranged) nucs on top or each other?
That could work if the bottom colony was strong. Some people create a situation where there are two nucs, side by side, over a good strong colony.
Thanks for another great video Bob....
Do you ever have a problem with robbing when you get into the hives this time of year?
Yes, but on this cool day we were OK.
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Bob - when hives are separated by a double screen board, do you do anything special when treating with oxalic acid?
We treat both halves normally.
You need a microphone Bob so we can hear you better.
I heard him just fine. I did have to turn up the volume of the laptop a wee bit in some places.
@@pnwRC. if you heard him just fine you wouldn't have had to turn up the volume in some places.
@@josephchianelli3623 With 3 nephews running amuck, & 4 dogs, there's so much background noise here, I frequently have to turn up volume for watching videos!
Y'all need to get a good Bluetooth speaker. My JBL Flip 3 works great!
Thanks for showing about double screens, i am going to build several for use. Look forward to hearing you in person at hive life conference in january.
Ha bob great video, I always look to see if u done one I use to get a email when u did, but I guess you tube changed I do not get emails on any one when they make a new video, I know I did not do any thing to stop them, I have a weak hive I am going to do this with the double screen board that is a wonderful idea, Honey Please sounds like a great name for a business, tell him if he has time to make some videos that would be great. do u think he will ship queens, Question if I may, when u do your OA treatment do u have a certain dose that u use. Thanks again for the wonderful video I hope u and your family have a wonderful Thanksgiving
Hi Frances. Try unsubscribing from channels and then restart your computer and resubscribe. Make sure you click on the bell when you do. Tommy will be shipping queens when they're ready to start selling. We will start our oxalic treatments in about ten days when we're sure everything is brood-less.We use one gram per box.
Thanks for the videos. Cograts Tommy.
Make videos right away..
Bob, I live in South Louisiana. Checking today we still have creamy brood, and capped brood. Temp today 71 f. I am not sure if we ever have no brood. I will pay attention to when and if most of the hives go totally broodlless.
Is 1 3/8 in hole big enough for ventilation I live in md
Yes, many only use a 3/4.
@@bobbinnie9872Hello, the bottom box of the big hive has any ventilation or it's made by wood? I ask this to understand if it's enough ventilation during the winter. Thanks.
The bottom hive does not have any separate upper ventilation in this instance but air does rise through the double screen.@@liviotassse
@@bobbinnie9872 So, bottom hive floor has no screen, it's a regular wood floor.
Yes, correct. In our area this all works OK.@@liviotassse