I am so happy the heaters helped your bees this winter. A lot of people have misconceptions about heating hives in that it will make your bees consume more resources and make them weaker overall. I have known for years that both of these things are wrong as I have seen it first hand. Moreover, I was at Bob Binnies Blue Riidge Honey Co. Last week for some supplies and noticed his bees in the observation hives located inside of his heated showroom were behaving in the exact same way my bees behaved in their heated hive. All they do is sit there and rock back an forth until the weather outside is conducive to flying. The bees just don't sit there gorging on honey stores, in fact they do just the opposite. They just chill and wait for spring. Anyway, thanks for leaving a comment and letting me know how your bees were doing. Spring is just around the corner. :-)

I am happy it helped. I cannot wait until I get the new yard set up. I am about two months away from the start of the season :-)

I will. Drop a video update. :-)

I just purchased 20 hives from Bob Binnie at his Blue Ridge Honey Co. I will be assembling and painting them soon.

You too. Thanks.

Thanks. All hives had orange :-)

Too late to add heaters. To heat the hives I would have to strip down the hives and set the heat box and diffuser on the bottom. It looks like we are knee deep in a heaterless hive season. I have confidence the girls will make it :-)

I will. You do the same.

Yes, indeed. I know we are in the south but we do go below freezing.

I thought the same, but he stated the cameras were both set to Fahrenheit and that also showed on screen for a moment around 5:40.

@@apveening Yeah I rewatched and saw that also and removed that comment. It could be they are not calibrated .

I think the hive on the rail is dead. Nothing but purple.

@@BugFarmerBees Shame.

Cold indeed.

What part of New Jersey are you in

Outstanding. Anytime the girls can get out for a flight this time of year is a good thing.

Is that when they become active again? I have a hive in the wall of my house. I obviously need to get rid of. Can I take action when it's thirty degrees out? How much defenses do they still have?

Very true. I just saw the weather is calling for 6 inches of snow sometime around January 12th. I sure hope we get it. :-)

Maybe they are just trying to save the colony from having to remove them after they die. They are acting as their own mortuary bees.

Thank you for thinking I have wisdom :-)

Thank you.

I think I got my last set of boxes from Mann Lake. They are pretty heavy duty and have held up well.

@@BugFarmerBees Last year your supers look like Mann Lake handles. Last spring I had a 5-case with all the handles off center like reject grade. When I stack up the supers, bees crawl between the boxes as fitment is not good, use cardboard strips to fill the gap. I had a lot of issues with their boxes. I can say the hive bodies are cheap compared to other suppliers. Nothing from Dadant seems to last or the build quality is poor (the base on a queen castle was firewood but the box was OK). Hillco seems better overall.

I have never experienced the banana effect with my hive stands :-). I have about 30 of them and they are all doing just fine. If you are concerned though lowes and home ddepot both sell ground contact pressure treated wood. Personally I think it would be overkill.

@@BugFarmerBees The banana is an 8-ft section and has 4 hives on it supported on block. 2x4s did the same thing after a week in hot weather. Bob Binnie dips his stuff in motor oil to slow the rot on the ground.

In my yard the buffet was open :-). Merry Christmas

Merry Christmas!!

I hope all is well up there in New York. I saw you gots some snow last night. Merry Christmas.

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I once made a small snowman who I kept in the freezer. He lasted about 3 months before he freeze dried to nothing :-). Merry Christmas!

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Nat a bad idea. I think the wax should be fine though because it had to go through a heated refining process. that said, you can never be to safe.

I never pay attention to what "they" say anyway :-)

I have tried that in the past and for some reason the bees fly right past them. I will be planting some flowers in the spring and well see what they do with them.

Well.... like I said in the video the last line is hosed :-). I may revisit it when i place the hives.

I used it last year and had the same results. I am a huge fan and will be using it from now on.

Bees can't hear. They can only feel vibrations.

A store bought 2x6x8 is actually 1.5"x5.5"x8' so you could actually just rip the board down to 5.5" wide and follow along as if you had a store bought 2x6x8. :-)

I sure hope so. I really like it.

Yikes. I hope that isn't the case. I just finished feeding them 4 plates of pollen sub the other day and they took it all. Thank you for the heads up. I'll be more mindful in the future.

Thanks for watching!

I cannot wait until spring. It will be a ton of work but also a ton of fun.

I am certain there is food in the area but I I have never seen it i the spring. Either way, after a season of bees the place will really wake up and everything will be popping.

Thank you so much for following my channel. I really appreciate you. Have a Merry Christmas!

I am living on the edge with this one. All should be okay.... I hope :-)

There is room but I put them right on the water. It will be their vacation condos.

Very soon. I Promise. I have something big on the way in the next couple of months.

Thanks. I never even considered that.

Always a new field of dreams. I am a dreamer, can't help myself. :-)

Thanks. I am very fortunate to have an apiary there.

My fingers are crossed but I have faith it will be a great bee yard.

The land owner said it flooded on rare occasions but I think everything will be fine.