New beekeepers this is the best advice you will ever get

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  • Everything changes from month to month in bee keeping, if you don't change how you bee keep through out the year you will lose. Watch this video, share with everyone you can. No one teaches advice like this. Please like and subscribe to barnyard bees we are here to help the new beekeepers. Please share and forward this video to others.

Komentáře • 214

  • @jennasosa7740
    @jennasosa7740 Před 2 lety +4

    I don't know anything about Football...but I caught your drift. August is "GAME ON!"...lots of stuff happening. Bees are getting ready to swarm, last big flow ready to happen in lots of areas, pests and predators are in full swing, close to harvest time ....
    I don't have bees but I've been learning about them and I'm taking a local bee keeper class now! Thanks for sharing the videos!

    • @davidhaught84
      @davidhaught84  Před 2 lety

      You are quite welcome. Hope you get ya some bees soon...

  • @bigmanTEXAS
    @bigmanTEXAS Před 7 lety +30

    Trying to learn everything I can before getting into this. I don't want to kill the entire hive because of lack of knowledge. Thanks again Mr. David

  • @drumgerry
    @drumgerry Před 6 lety +26

    I've been a beekeeper for 15 years here in Scotland and with a bit of adaptation your advice is spot on even for here. I've been rearing queens using Apideas (mini mating nucs) for some years now and I'm finally sick of them. Last year I stocked a dozen of them with bees and without exception they all absconded. Right now I'm in the process of building two frame nucs to replace them. The two frame nucs use more resources but the versatility of having compatible frames with all of my other kit outweighs that. And you're absolutely right - the beekeeping season is a race against time no matter where you are. Late season splits need to be strong to make it through a winter and having a mated queen to give to them gives them a huge head start in life. Thanks for the vids - I usually find US stuff of limited use for me here in Scotland but yours is a notable exception sir. If any of your viewers haven't discovered Mike Palmer from Vermont and his insights I would recommend they do so without delay. They'll find much in Mike's stuff to complement your advice.

    • @George-nx5lo
      @George-nx5lo Před 5 lety +1

      You are right, Mike Palmer is a very educated and experienced keeper, I hope you have watched his video on the importance of getting stung.

    • @piffy5594
      @piffy5594 Před 4 lety

      Do you feed your bees with sugar water?

    • @leonunlimited7552
      @leonunlimited7552 Před 2 lety

      @@piffy5594 probably not in the cold.. but Spring I would bet he does..

    • @leonunlimited7552
      @leonunlimited7552 Před 2 lety

      Canadian here, winter is hard, lol.

    • @slamdunktiger
      @slamdunktiger Před rokem

      Excellent points

  • @lightzooo
    @lightzooo Před 7 lety +5

    You're right David, "No one teaches advice like the 'Barnyard Bee Man' ". Thanks for all your videos and help!

  • @daniellegraham2000
    @daniellegraham2000 Před rokem +2

    David, I live in upper SC and I am just at the end of finishing my beekeeping classes with the local bee association. I'm so excited to receive my nuks. Your videos have been super helpful! Thank you!

  • @SageandStoneHomestead
    @SageandStoneHomestead Před 3 lety +19

    I wish I cared at all about sports so I could understand the analogies lol

    • @shotnuke
      @shotnuke Před rokem

      Yeah I stopped watching cause it was about 3 min in and I didn’t know what the hell he was saying

  • @bethsuttonyoga2848
    @bethsuttonyoga2848 Před rokem +4

    Your videos have helped me so much! Thank you. Feeling more confident doing my 1st split in spring.

  • @ccoody1
    @ccoody1 Před 7 lety +9

    David, I have been a beekeeper for almost forty years and I always pick something up from your videos. I really appreciate you and Don especially. The two of you have gone a long way towards helping new guys and gals. I am going to switch to your stock in the spring. All of my stock is "HOT" and has made my sixteen year old lose interest. It kind of takes the edge off of your interest to stand in a cloud of pissed off bees and wonder if they are going to find a weak spot in your suit!

  • @garywarren8193
    @garywarren8193 Před 3 lety +2

    I’m in south east Georgia and our season starts in early March with blooms and nectar flow

  • @goldendredger
    @goldendredger Před 7 lety +10

    My first year bee keeping. Love the videos. Learning all the time. I have one strong hive at this point. I am going to leave them alone through winter but will be making splits come spring. I appreciate you sharing how its done.

    • @The_A_Cast
      @The_A_Cast Před 3 lety +4

      Congrats on your beekeeping! I hope it’s still going well 3 years later! I’m going to start beekeeping for the first time this coming spring (2021) and I can’t wait!

    • @beesiege8134
      @beesiege8134 Před 2 lety

      @@The_A_Cast so how are the hives going?

  • @frenkenberg
    @frenkenberg Před 2 lety

    I really appreciate what you said. Because you save people lots of problems with pointing out to start in spring. I actually forgot, that many people don't understand it: Start when Nature starts. Don't try to outsmart it. Rather, e n h a n c e it. I don't want to steal from bees. I offer trade! I offer them home that they accept. In return for mortgage, utilities, they pay me Rent. In Honey. That's what they leave me just before Winter.
    1. Bees don't set up beehives like slums. And while yours are condos, they are still in Clusters . While social, each social entity like Hive should be separated. That allows bees from different hives to divide territory, rather than compete in the same direction.
    2. Your beehives could be vertically taller. That would allow the bees to decide how much brood to breed and how much honey to collect. No need to disrupt their annual cycle.
    their cycle is annual. I don't know if people comprehend, that if cycle is annual, therefore harvest should be annual? lol. don't get it? stop "stealing" honey before harvest. You are like Enterpreneur who, takes seed money before he makes profit. You disrupt Queen Bees calculations about her Economy! They know better how to plan t h e i r lives, because their lives depend on their knowledge, given by God.... but You know better?
    They plan for a year. Think about it. If you provide them with proper housing, they don't need to heat or ventilate, thus, dont' shake and need Energy in the form of Honey.
    So if they have house that doesn't require heating or cooling much. There will be overflow of honey.
    3. Please, stop this myth of Smoking bees. It's sick. Go smoke your own home, or neighbours, or strangers. Am I the FIRST who exposes this fallacy? This insanity? OK. credit to me for exposing this LUNACY.

  • @j.c.2214
    @j.c.2214 Před 6 lety +2

    thanks so much information just started late last summer with 2 hives still doing good, God Bless

  • @kennymae
    @kennymae Před 5 lety

    This is the best video on this particular aspect of beekeeping I have seen. I am getting ready to start raising bees in Mississippi and need all the help I can get. I'm going to now go back and watch EVERYTHING you guys have posted. THANK YOU SO MUCH! I was thinking of volunteering to help someone keep their bees if I can find anyone where I am going. Anyone in the Delta and need help?

  • @TheOregonOutlaw
    @TheOregonOutlaw Před 7 lety +2

    In Baseball Terms - you hit it OUT OF THE PARK with this video! WTG David!!!
    Future video suggestion:
    Harvesting honey with a twist - I'm sure small/medium/commercial bee keepers use different methods - maybe touch on the better avenues possible within each sector.
    Man..... now I'm itching to get a some bees@ and as soon as I can get some property sold, I'm going to become the Outlaw Conductor....My Bees will ROCK!!!
    ~God Bless Our Country~

  • @yonniyon-tusell5035
    @yonniyon-tusell5035 Před 6 lety +1

    I love your videos and the way you explain things on them. Also, I'm amazed of how you handle bees with no suit or gloves or anything and you are so relax around them keep it up and thanks for all the helpful advice!!!

  • @d97381
    @d97381 Před 7 lety +5

    Appreciate the education. Very informative. Thank you. In the Pacific NW here we are limited to warm weather so spot on for us! Again thank you. 🙏

  • @Alisonneri
    @Alisonneri Před 7 lety +2

    Good solid advice , thank you from a one season old bee keeper!

  • @beebob1279
    @beebob1279 Před 6 lety +2

    So you use a starter strip and two wires running the frame. And look at how straight the comb is drawn. I'm hoping to develop more nucs this spring. Is there a trick to getting the foundation drawn straight. I've read to place it between two drawn frames. But you don't seem to be doing this. This looks a lot easier to draw and I'm not spending a fortune buying plastic or wax foundation.
    You showed me that this can work.
    Interesting statement about the mini nucs. I never thought about that. I've built them and wanted to start using them this spring. Maybe I'll be experimenting with both the mini and the nuc for queen rearing this year. Thanks!

    • @Banishedsoulsofficial
      @Banishedsoulsofficial Před 3 lety

      Instead of going through all that just cut a foundation to look like a pyramid. Install narrow side facing down. (It'll look like a V) place in Central of brood. Do this in brood box area with 1 frame and it'll encourage drone production and even queens. The outer frame you can leave foundationless if you choose but I typically wait for a healthy brood build then rob the middle (the V) and a1 honey and 1 egg frame and move your queen to a new box area. Keep some workers on the frame and they'll make a new queen. Be sure to install a new partial frame where you stole one from

  • @BlythewoodBeeCompany
    @BlythewoodBeeCompany Před 5 lety +1

    Good video David. Late season splits are always harder to keep alive. You are right about April splits. They are far more natural that time of year. Good video!

  • @acctahmed7055
    @acctahmed7055 Před 7 lety +9

    Thank you for that sir u just saved one of my week hives God bless you.

  • @violentlyopposed
    @violentlyopposed Před 4 lety +1

    Hi there ! First wanted to thank you for the information on splitting , and instilling the confidence for the walkaway splits . This is my first year bee keeping . I'm located in Pennsylvania .
    My apiary is a bit different. I actually installed two nuc hives on the top of a 3 story apartment building in the middle of a town. There is a river less then a mile away, and I figured that was close enough for their water needs. I just found your channel tonight and will be jumping in to watch many more of your videos . Thanks again !

  • @galenasroute2099
    @galenasroute2099 Před 6 lety +1

    Thanks for this helpful video! Just ordered my bees from Barnyard Bees as a first-time beekeeper, appreciate the info. Great topics.

  • @thomasreto2997
    @thomasreto2997 Před 6 lety

    I am brand new to beekeeping. I bought a veil, smoker and several formed frames with foundation treated with wax. I watched videos and built like a double deep nuc box as a swarm trap will set up tomorrow in backyard. I am in Pittsburgh Pennsylvania so still cold. I have the essential lemongrass oil which I will bait with. Probably won’t be swarm season until next week or so but thanks for sharing your experience. I will let hint know

  • @jeffrutkowski6133
    @jeffrutkowski6133 Před 3 lety

    I can tell you are in a WARM climate. We have snow in April! No splits in April for sure. Thanks for the video!

  • @ronaldlee3278
    @ronaldlee3278 Před 7 lety +3

    Just started beekeeping...real good video.

  • @PRINCESSDREAMYLYN
    @PRINCESSDREAMYLYN Před 7 lety +4

    boric acid and sugar will kill the ants in Texas fire ants were bad i used a throw away cup plastic spoon and mixed regular sugar with roach proof that's mostly boric acid. sprinkles around a mount and they are so addicted to sugar they will kill the mounds. just so the sugar is coated maybe 2 or 3 teaspoons per cup of sugar. around the bee's tho I'd leave in a plastic tub with holes so ants could get in an bee's wouldn't get into it. Keeps them safe :) Great Video thanks for sharing

  • @spudgn
    @spudgn Před 2 lety

    Dave, thank you

  • @jasonr8943
    @jasonr8943 Před 6 lety

    Im starting bee keeping too and in north ga area too I hope to gain lots of knowledge from other bee keepers in the area. Thanks for your help.

  • @amylarson3958
    @amylarson3958 Před 6 lety +1

    Sorry these questions come in this UTube video. 1) you can tell by their sound what's going on at least I feel comfortable saying that. 2) robber bees. This is the question. My girls are being robbed. I've done all the methods - which included, by the way - and awesome short term answer. Take that wet sheet and drape it over the hive. Looks really weird, but it works. That being said, robbers are relentless. Got myself a robber screen. Installed it last night.The girls are having a horrible time finding the entrance. They're all over the screen, so confused it's painful to watch. How much time does it take for them to figure out where their new entrance is? Hours? I'm getting frantic with worry. Thanks for any assistance you can offer me.

  • @trichard5106
    @trichard5106 Před 7 lety +5

    The more you talk, the more we learn. Thanks !

  • @julial7019
    @julial7019 Před 6 lety

    I am a newbee in the NE area. After a dismal year of losing my 2 hives and 1 cutout to varroa I realize I need to put the odds in my favor by doing splits. I also need to understand breaking the brood cycle and treating with OAV. Then maybe, I'll be successful at overwintering and keeping bees. The problem with our area is we don't see much forage until mid-May. Also, with a shorter season in our area, I was thinking it would be harder to split a package than a nuc. The nuc is established the package is not. I do have some drawn comb from my failed hives that might help them. Also, doing a split using an additional (mated) queen would likely speed up the hive's ability to establish itself as a colony quicker. Given the shortness of our season that seems to me to make the most sense. THEN, if I can get the colonies to overwinter I can begin to work on raising my own queens to facilitate my own splits. I suspect you have a bit longer season that I do. Thank you for the video - very helpful.

  • @dadu63
    @dadu63 Před 5 lety

    I love the 2 and 5 frame nuc boxes! Thanks again David!

  • @bitterchild7133
    @bitterchild7133 Před 6 lety

    you and dirtyrooster I like watching both your channels... learn alot

  • @rgriffith2006
    @rgriffith2006 Před 6 lety

    Picking up my nuc today. Old man says I'll be doing a split by the Fall (Jacksonville). Here goes nuttin!

  • @josephwoodall832
    @josephwoodall832 Před 5 lety

    I've just now ordered some of your bees.

  • @huallacanes100
    @huallacanes100 Před 3 lety +1

    An old man told me if you have to put sugar water for bees, you’re taking too much honey! you’re doing it wrong! I agreed

  • @ricdenali4213
    @ricdenali4213 Před 6 lety +1

    Like your style..I️ have a thousand questions...time to watching your other videos.

  • @wwoutdoors7300
    @wwoutdoors7300 Před 5 lety +1

    I’m getting 3 hives next week from a beekeeper that can’t do it anymore. Any advice is welcome. Any video in particular I should watch.

  • @chrisbgarrett
    @chrisbgarrett Před 7 lety +2

    Very nice info,thanks

  • @roycarter6235
    @roycarter6235 Před 4 lety

    Thank you for another excellent video. I'm learning a lot.

  • @joed4463
    @joed4463 Před 6 lety

    I really in joyed listening, thanks

  • @Miss65boo
    @Miss65boo Před 6 lety

    The timing of things depends on where you live. Here in Maine we may have snow still on the ground. May is planting season, so at the beginning of May is the best time for us.

  • @steveluepke9654
    @steveluepke9654 Před 7 lety +1

    Good info David. Keep it up

  • @shanncap
    @shanncap Před 6 lety

    Excellent advice. Thank you

  • @hornbakeracres8321
    @hornbakeracres8321 Před 6 lety

    Have you considered making dual mating nucs out of your typical 5 frame nuc by just placing a divider in place of the middle frame? You would also have to split the lid in half and make entrances on opposite corners. However, this does save on material.

  • @viktoriabrown4310
    @viktoriabrown4310 Před 6 lety +5

    did you leave the frame with a day old larvas in that hive? cause that hive need to raise the new queen

  • @Digger927
    @Digger927 Před 7 lety

    I don't think I'm going to do any more two frame mating nucs. I think I'll just do all four frames. Seems to me that the queens seem to like the extra space better and they are easier to work with the frames and they don't pack with bees as fast. The two frames are too narrow and they still take up a lot of material to build.

  • @dabprod4962
    @dabprod4962 Před 7 lety

    Thanks David.

  • @jdavisnow
    @jdavisnow Před 6 lety

    Thank you David. Watching this helped me a lot. IMy first hives will be delivered tomorrow and I will get bees next spring. Trying to learn as much as possible, and your videos are very educational. Again, thank you.

  • @scottpierson7495
    @scottpierson7495 Před 5 lety

    You are awesome thank you for the help

  • @reverendwestbury4515
    @reverendwestbury4515 Před 5 lety +12

    I don't watch sports so he lost me when he gave the example.

  • @PhillipHall01
    @PhillipHall01 Před 7 lety

    Thanks David , good stuff !!

  • @georgebaumann1
    @georgebaumann1 Před 5 lety

    Great information thank you

  • @jimcracken4590
    @jimcracken4590 Před 7 lety

    Great info .

  • @leroywilson8935
    @leroywilson8935 Před 6 lety

    Good job great explanation Thank you

  • @laviniapeters8165
    @laviniapeters8165 Před 6 lety +1

    I know nothing about bee keeping. My dad found an old hive that had been abandoned in the corner of a roof in one of his buildings. I helped him get the honey out and it was the best I ever had. He has passed now so I have a question . I have lots of flowers on my property and I work with the bees all the time and they never bother me when I'm working but I have some dwarf pines close to my house and the bees keep going in and out of them as if they live there or maybe they are going into the house behind the trees. Would they do that and if so how could I look to find out without disturbing them or getting stung lol ?

  • @xanadu1jw
    @xanadu1jw Před 7 lety +3

    I am starting to get curious about beekeeping. How often do you get stung by your bees?

  • @beeman1350
    @beeman1350 Před 7 lety

    Great video Thanks

  • @628DirtRooster
    @628DirtRooster Před 7 lety +11

    Yard looks nice. Is that corn growing up in the hive stand? lol

    • @628DirtRooster
      @628DirtRooster Před 7 lety +10

      Pro tip... keep a stick of butter in your tool box. ;)

  • @toddfolger9515
    @toddfolger9515 Před 7 lety +3

    Thanks David for helping all of us beekeepers. The videos are great and very informative. Are you still feeding?

    • @evankenison588
      @evankenison588 Před 6 lety

      How do you feed your pollen to him? Do you make pollen patties or just give it to them straight? What pollen patty recipe to use if so? Love your videos. I'll be getting when your Queen's here this next spring.

  • @rickynsue
    @rickynsue Před 2 lety

    I have a new swarm that I captured a week ago. The hive is packed with bees. It was a big swarm. Should I add a brooder(I just have the one) or should I split it. We are going into what I think would be the flow.

  • @wadebarnes6720
    @wadebarnes6720 Před 4 lety

    I would like to see you break it down from your 8 frame into 5 frame never seen it done would like to know how it could be done

  • @user-pt9fn8nt1f
    @user-pt9fn8nt1f Před 6 lety +1

    Hello in Ukraine ))

  • @baconneggs2406
    @baconneggs2406 Před 7 lety

    Good stuff

  • @MrBretHatch
    @MrBretHatch Před 6 lety

    I purchased 2 hives got lots of swarm cells hopefully will have 7 mated queens soon but what I don't understand is how you winter while expanding with nucs

  • @cricketscorner6514
    @cricketscorner6514 Před 7 lety +1

    What no donation JK poking fun would send if needed or asked for. Keep it up yards looking stronger every vid.

  • @boblewis5420
    @boblewis5420 Před 7 lety +2

    Excellent. Very informative. Thank you! You will be my first CZcams. Subscription!

  • @billdomb
    @billdomb Před rokem

    We're in southern Florida. Would we still observe such seasonal behavior?

  • @Peter-od7op
    @Peter-od7op Před 3 lety

    Hi ty for all you do. This summer my first year bee keeping started with 2 nucs one swarmed now have 3 hives not sure if any will make it thru winter. In spring how do i rotate out old frames from the nucs i got.

  • @stanmashek3085
    @stanmashek3085 Před 6 lety

    thanks so much a great video

  • @JeffsLittleEngineService

    thanks for the info

  • @BULPIN847
    @BULPIN847 Před 6 lety +1

    nice video this is Dave I'm a brand new beekeeper Las Vegas Nevada can't be walking around my bees with no a bee suit on too much during the day anyway night times okay I'm thinking about trying to do African eyes my hives by getting rid of my African queen and putting in a gentle type Queen what do you think

  • @morlynhen111399
    @morlynhen111399 Před 5 lety

    Thanks so much for your info. I am starting my first hive and trying to catch a swarm. You told me about adding frames with wax foundation and I just received my swarm commander today. I have a swarm trap set about 200 feet from a wild hive in the top of a live oak tree. Do you think it possible to catch a swarm from that hive? It’s about as big as one of those exercise balls. It’s huge. And are Wild hives susceptible to hive Beatles?

  • @stevethomas9848
    @stevethomas9848 Před 7 lety

    I suppose you have a video on the plans for your nucs as well as the materials you used? Wondering what type materials that was. Thanks.

  • @66otnt
    @66otnt Před 7 lety

    G'day David. Thankyou once again for an EXCELLENT video on your experience. David, can you tell me when you use starter strips for foundation, doesn't that slow down things within the hive, or isn't so much of delay?
    I get it that you can save on foundation, is that your main motive?

  • @teddyhutto3666
    @teddyhutto3666 Před 6 lety +1

    I'm a new beekeeper and my question is if you take the queen out will the other bees make a queen.

  • @whoknows7798
    @whoknows7798 Před 7 lety

    need to learn that I need to do to winner my bees, do I need to isolate my boxes I live in Arkansas winter not too bad here, both of my queens were great, PS, thank for the fish worms caught an 8-pound catfish with one of them L O L

  • @lostinmyspace4910
    @lostinmyspace4910 Před 6 lety

    I always wanted to keep bees, but my limited time doesn't allow, but maybe in the near future. The result is all the honey. I don't know how much time it will take to sell the honey. I can't possibly consume all the production. So how long does it last before it turns sugary and solid?How best to rid of honey besides giving it away? Are there wholesalers that will take it? I don't have time to sell bottles at a weekend stand.

  • @alternetenergy
    @alternetenergy Před 6 lety

    Great video! Really enjoyed it. I see you don’t have to use gear much and don’t seem to be bothered by the bees. Are you raising those (fat bee man stingless bees) or are they just a very calm bunch. And how much do you charge for nucs? Shipped. I’m in central Kentucky. This is the first of your videos I e watched. But I’ll for sure go back and watch all of them now. Thanks for the uploads.

  • @AvocaSingleTrack
    @AvocaSingleTrack Před 6 lety +4

    @18:00 it's not a matter of Bee evolution. They don't have to evolve fast like you say. It's called Natural selection. This is why hives out in remote forests, feral hives don't have all the problems beekeepers have. Feral bees faced all the same diseases and pests that our "kept" bees did ...and many wild, feral colonies died off, but the ones that survived are the ones that already had some trait or characteristic that allowed them to survive. They did not have to Evolve fast like you were talking about after 18:00 or so ...they already had the traits, and the ones that didn't died off are removed from the genepool. What you're left with out in remote forests are the result of natural selection. ----Not trying to dog on your video's. They are great and I really enjoy them...just wanted to point them out. This is precisely what happened to people in Europe in the 14th century and why more people now have the CCR5 gene variant...and we dont often see bubonic plague or AIDS in people with that gene. People who inherited maternal and paternal copies of the CCR5-delta 32 gene are completely immune, while heterozygotes have partial immunity. It is very likely that this life-saving allele occurs as a random mutation and that it was selected for by the devastating black plague epidemics that swept over Europe beginning in the 14th century. During the first wave of plague, between 1347 and 1350, one fourth to one third of all Europeans died from this disease. Natural selection favored those who by chance had inherited the CCR5-delta 32 gene variant. Repeated waves of plague over the next three centuries resulted in an increase in the frequency of CCR5-delta 32 in the European population. ----Thanks for all the really great vids. I appreciate the time you take to produce and share them !

  • @steveramsing1488
    @steveramsing1488 Před 7 lety +3

    When you do a split and don't have success with a new queen what do you do when you get laying workers (due to the long time queenless)? I don't want to join them with another colony because I don't want to introduce the laying workers into another colony. I have this problem occasionally and just let them die off but it seems a waste.

    • @steveramsing1488
      @steveramsing1488 Před 7 lety +3

      If I understand you right, if I get a mated queen in the hive the workers will kill the laying worker? I don't want the laying workers (probably more than one) to kill a new queen. Do Laying workers have the same instinctive nature to kill other queens in their colony?

    • @Banishedsoulsofficial
      @Banishedsoulsofficial Před 3 lety

      Introduce the queen, follow a 3 day release rule and she will straighten the group out.

  • @lynjenkins1562
    @lynjenkins1562 Před 7 lety

    Thanks David. I have two 5 frame Nucs that I want to over winter. I'm feeding now and wondering if I should add supers soon. Do you think there is enough time for them to build out those additional 5 frames?

  • @temijinkahn511
    @temijinkahn511 Před 2 lety

    Starting my first hive. How do you determine a “strong” hive?

  • @onebdcuda
    @onebdcuda Před 6 lety +3

    Where do you sell your honey... website? I'd like to order.

  • @greghill9958
    @greghill9958 Před 2 lety

    I live in wva my elevation is 3400 feet.So my season starts late aprill

  • @tnriverbanks
    @tnriverbanks Před 6 lety +1

    my sisters hives have failed the last two years and she has run out of time. I have helped her some and studied bees for years. I am near Chattanooga are you to far away to sell to me? I have a friend that makes sour wood honey in north Ga.

    • @tnriverbanks
      @tnriverbanks Před 6 lety +1

      Thank you for the quick reply. I have the equipment just need some bee's . I caught a swarm but did not queen them as I thought I had the queen but she may have been weak. If you sell Bee's I am interested. Also do you get any sourwood early season? Enjoying your videos. Thank you sir.

    • @tnriverbanks
      @tnriverbanks Před 6 lety

      Not a Gentleman by the name of J.D is it? Age has got him and he is giving it up. Tons of equipment and experience if you wish to get any of his stuff or spots He might be open to it. We can see. You seem like a good guy from my area. I would enjoy the chance to visit down the road. Maybe you can host an ole vol Peyton Manning fan for an hour or two? ,Make it worth your while. I have to have my honey. Nectar of the south. Lol..

  • @bobbiecostar8899
    @bobbiecostar8899 Před 6 lety +1

    I just got a starter box I need all the help I can get I just subscribe to your CZcams page

  • @peterk6706
    @peterk6706 Před 6 lety

    how long time a queen will live ? how you know when the queen is to old or can just die someday ?
    just curious to know :)
    nice videos it's amazing to see them .. thanks

  • @tonyaburton5376
    @tonyaburton5376 Před 3 lety

    i live in kansas it is in the 90 s is it to late to do a 4 frame split and walk away two frames and a feeder inside 50/50 sugar mix

  • @Jakub_J_1983
    @Jakub_J_1983 Před 3 lety

    So splitting the hive and taking the queen to the new hive will force the weak hive to hatch a queen?

  • @OklahomaBeekeeper
    @OklahomaBeekeeper Před 7 lety

    David 🤗

  • @willdelito8561
    @willdelito8561 Před 6 měsíci

    DAVID, HOW DO YOU KEEP MATING HIVES FROM OVERHEATING IN LATE SPRING, IS THERE SCREENING I DIDN'T SEE IN VIDEOS?

  • @gordongodwin8321
    @gordongodwin8321 Před 4 lety +1

    Get things ready before filming, have your stuff with you.

    • @jay90374
      @jay90374 Před 3 lety

      Gee thanks, Mr. Obvious, I am sure that never ever crossed his mind! LOL

  • @brianleach7158
    @brianleach7158 Před 4 lety

    Ok I'm green at this now and I have made box's and I'm ready to put out being green what will help me out the most trying to get a sworn to take action to my empty bee box's?

  • @nancyfahey7518
    @nancyfahey7518 Před 6 lety

    I'm not a bee keeper but there are honey bees coming to my bird bath for drinks of water. The cold weather this winter (Florida to 25°) messed with the flowering trees this spring, can I help the bees out with sugar water? Or would that be messing with them. And how far away is their hive?

    • @bibbabibba1975
      @bibbabibba1975 Před 6 lety

      Nancy Fahey you can set up a hummingbird feeder with 1:1 sugar-water syrup. It will help the hive a bit. Bees can forage up to like 4 miles, so it could be anywhere

  • @billycorey7344
    @billycorey7344 Před 6 lety

    I will contact yall to get started in beekeeping i am close in rome ga.

  • @mikeygeneral3676
    @mikeygeneral3676 Před 7 lety

    I see you have some foundationless frames there. Do you use them in all your hives? And do you have a video on foundationless frames?

  • @kennymae
    @kennymae Před 5 lety

    Also, what type of Honeybee is this? So docile!!

  • @user-fy5by5xp7n
    @user-fy5by5xp7n Před 3 měsíci

    Roll tide!!! Lol