This video is great info. I checked out MSU. Thank you both corroborating my suspicions and help me grow in saving bees. NB: My bees died of months of wet followed by a cold snap, aided by a beginning bee keeper.
I had might that ape sugar brick plus honey bee bar and kuzzy bee rap. But did have trouble early with a robbing attempted . But put a robbing screen on hive. Checked hive Feb 2024 in Iowa after finding a lot of dead bees outside hive. So inspected it and could hive dead.
I've never tried it. It sounds heavy and tall :p Where do the other honey supers go? I had read the tallest beehive ever recorded had 2 or more queens in it. I know it can be done, but I just don't see the benefit. Does it help the bees in some way?
my losses this winter is literally because they froze. the clusters were to small. there was a drought last summer and the clusters didn’t get large enough.
Sorry to hear that. Do you think the drought caused a lack of food and this prevented the hive from growing large enough in population? Was the cluster small all summer long?
@@BeekeepingMadeSimple I don’t know what the case is with it and I do have a field that has golden rod. I just think maybe the cluster was too small. The only thing I could think of thank you again Charlie PA I belong to Bee club here in PA, so I’m going to try another three nukes this spring lol you’ll be hearing a lot from me. Thank you again.
@@BeekeepingMadeSimple yes, i couldn’t get enough food into the hives for them to grow sufficiently. i am taking steps to prevent that from happening again.
The two hives that I lost they seem to be clustered right around the pollen paddy. Would that mean starvation because I did put the dry sugar and a big piece of Pollen Patty but I did lose two hives. Thank you Charlie PA.
Sorry you lost your hives. Both hives had a dead cluster around the pollen? Did the hives die early on in the winter or later on? Was there a way for the cluster to get past the pollen to the sugar? Was there honey still in the hive? It doesn't sound like they starved. Did you see moisture in the hive? i would look at other signs of the hive's collapse other than where the cluster was. The fact that both hives collapsed often is a sign of a varroa infestation or nosema if you were swapping frames between hives.
@@BeekeepingMadeSimple thank you for the respond after watching your video I went back outside and started going through the frames. It seems to me very little honey very little nectar. I do not see any capped brood at all It seems like construction stopped when I closed up the hive for the winter more empty cone I do appreciate your input and I’m not gonna give up. I started late in the season lost a couple of queens. I’m just hoping to start an early spring this time. I did not swap out frames between the hives. There was very little honey from what I said before I did treat for mites in the middle of the summer. They did eat half of the sugar that I put up there, which was probably about 3 pounds and thank you again Charlie PA I would definitely appreciate your feedback
Hi, I’ve been enjoying your videos! Thanks for all the hard work! Quick question, I noticed in some videos that you don’t use a queen excluder. I’m in north Florida, and was wondering if I should or should not use a queen excluder? Thank you :)
No, I don't like to use queen excluders. I don't like to use a piece of equipment unless it's going to help me or the bees in some way and I don't see the overall benefit of a queen excluder. I know that people don't like it when the queen lays eggs in their honey box, but usually the queen only does that when there's no more room in the brood boxes. I would rather my queen move upwards than swarm off. Although I do sell my honey, I don't see the big deal about some eggs on a honey frame. I just don't harvest that frame. When that does happen, I move the queen back into the first deep of the hive and make sure there's room for her to lay. If she does continue to move back up to the honey super, then I will put a queen excluder on. This is very rare, though.
youre quickly becoming my new favorite youtube beekeeper. im learning a little something with every video.
Thanks, Dustin!
Parts of cannibalised brood on the floor of the hive is a good sign of VSH when giving it a spring clean.
Thank you for the comment. I did not know that.
This video is great info. I checked out MSU. Thank you both corroborating my suspicions and help me grow in saving bees.
NB: My bees died of months of wet followed by a cold snap, aided by a beginning bee keeper.
Sorry to hear that. I hope this year, your bees do better over the winter.
Thanks for all your information, really interesting
I had might that ape sugar brick plus honey bee bar and kuzzy bee rap. But did have trouble early with a robbing attempted . But put a robbing screen on hive. Checked hive Feb 2024 in Iowa after finding a lot of dead bees outside hive. So inspected it and could hive dead.
2 brood boxes 2 queens 2 queen excluder 1 super. What r ur thoughts on this set up?
I've never tried it. It sounds heavy and tall :p Where do the other honey supers go? I had read the tallest beehive ever recorded had 2 or more queens in it. I know it can be done, but I just don't see the benefit. Does it help the bees in some way?
my losses this winter is literally because they froze. the clusters were to small. there was a drought last summer and the clusters didn’t get large enough.
Sorry to hear that. Do you think the drought caused a lack of food and this prevented the hive from growing large enough in population? Was the cluster small all summer long?
@@BeekeepingMadeSimple it was a 5frame nuke, but I put it in an eight frame deep
@@BeekeepingMadeSimple I don’t know what the case is with it and I do have a field that has golden rod. I just think maybe the cluster was too small. The only thing I could think of thank you again Charlie PA I belong to Bee club here in PA, so I’m going to try another three nukes this spring lol you’ll be hearing a lot from me. Thank you again.
@@BeekeepingMadeSimple yes, i couldn’t get enough food into the hives for them to grow sufficiently. i am taking steps to prevent that from happening again.
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The two hives that I lost they seem to be clustered right around the pollen paddy. Would that mean starvation because I did put the dry sugar and a big piece of Pollen Patty but I did lose two hives. Thank you Charlie PA.
Sorry you lost your hives. Both hives had a dead cluster around the pollen? Did the hives die early on in the winter or later on? Was there a way for the cluster to get past the pollen to the sugar? Was there honey still in the hive? It doesn't sound like they starved. Did you see moisture in the hive? i would look at other signs of the hive's collapse other than where the cluster was. The fact that both hives collapsed often is a sign of a varroa infestation or nosema if you were swapping frames between hives.
@@BeekeepingMadeSimple thank you for the respond after watching your video I went back outside and started going through the frames. It seems to me very little honey very little nectar. I do not see any capped brood at all It seems like construction stopped when I closed up the hive for the winter more empty cone I do appreciate your input and I’m not gonna give up. I started late in the season lost a couple of queens. I’m just hoping to start an early spring this time. I did not swap out frames between the hives. There was very little honey from what I said before I did treat for mites in the middle of the summer. They did eat half of the sugar that I put up there, which was probably about 3 pounds and thank you again Charlie PA I would definitely appreciate your feedback
Hi, I’ve been enjoying your videos! Thanks for all the hard work!
Quick question, I noticed in some videos that you don’t use a queen excluder.
I’m in north Florida, and was wondering if I should or should not use a queen excluder?
Thank you :)
No, I don't like to use queen excluders. I don't like to use a piece of equipment unless it's going to help me or the bees in some way and I don't see the overall benefit of a queen excluder. I know that people don't like it when the queen lays eggs in their honey box, but usually the queen only does that when there's no more room in the brood boxes. I would rather my queen move upwards than swarm off. Although I do sell my honey, I don't see the big deal about some eggs on a honey frame. I just don't harvest that frame. When that does happen, I move the queen back into the first deep of the hive and make sure there's room for her to lay. If she does continue to move back up to the honey super, then I will put a queen excluder on. This is very rare, though.