No bear reports, that I know of, in the suburban Cincinnati, Ohio area. Thanks for watching. God bless and have a great day!

It is Reolink Go PT Plus with Reolink Solar Panel. It is 4MP and the wireless is 4G LTE cellular. It requires a cell data plan. I choose the cell version because it is not near my house and there is no wifi there. Reolink has even better ones now for less than I paid a couple years ago. Check them out at Reolink.com... Thanks for watching.

I hope that he does get into beekeeping. He seems like a nice guy. I do not know who he is but I will keep an eye out for him so we can talk about his interest in bees. Thanks for watching. Looking forward to seeing you at NAHBE. God bless and have a great day.

Thanks for watching! It was fun to do the research and make the video. It is a little long to watch, but I hope it was helpful. Looking forward to NAHBE. Good bless and have a great day!

Early in my beekeeping days, I moved a couple of hives at night and used bright lights from the truck and other area lights. The bees were not happy at all. I learned from that experience. LOL... Thanks for watching. God bless and have a great day.

Yes I agree, A smaller entrance in the winter is important. It reduces air flow and can prevent entrance of other animals seeking shelter. However, not many beekeepers actually use the winter side of the bottom board. If you have more than just a few colonies, it can be a lot of work to move all of the boxes from the bottom board in order to turn it over. Most use another beekeeping tool called an entrance reducer, which fits into the opening of the 3/4 inch side and makes the entrance much smaller. Thanks for watching. God bless and have a great day.

You are welcome. Happy beekeeping!

I used one of those auto editing tools and it made it really choppy. I was not really happy with it. I guess you have to be perfectly still when using one of those. Thanks for watching. God bless and have a great day!

High tech. auto editing. Fascinating 😊

I like it. That is a cool saying!!! LOL. Do you keep bees? Thanks for watching. God bless and have a great day.

@@adventuresinbeekeeping7590 No, but there´s something interesting to talk about. Here we have "Jataí bees" ( Tetragonisca angustula ) and when trekking in the mountais sometimes you meet then, and they come to lick you to get some salt from your transpiration. After a short time you get accustomed and become friends.

yep, Do not want any racoons or skunks. Thanks for watching. God bless and have a great day.

I am not sure.... Not likely there would be sugar there in the summer. I may have spilled a bit of sugar syrup. I think it is interesting that the fox and the buck went to the same place by the one hive. Thanks for watching. God bless and have a great day.

I zoomed way in on the skate board and it seems that maybe he has a bee on the bottom of his skate board. I think his intention was to say, "I like bees, I am just looking". And the wave at the end was "Thank you". Thanks for watching. God bless and have a great day.

@@adventuresinbeekeeping7590 I had a strong feeling he would be pointing to a bee on his board, First lesson in bee keeping :D White lights at night are not good but it seems he didnt meet his teacher this time :D

Aren't you afraid of the fox?

Thanks for watching. God bless and have a great day.

Most of mine right now goes to family, friends and neighbors. I gave them the first jar free and they have been looking for more. As a member of the Kentucky State Beekeepers Association I am able to sell some at the state fair. I have friends that sell a lot at the weekend farmers market. As far as your wife is concerned, most of my bees have been gentle, however I have had a couple colonies of mean bees. Good news for me my has not yet been stung. Beekeeping is a lot of fun and WORK. Hope you make the right decision. God bless and thanks for watching.

That day I was using tap water, so probably in the 60’s F. Warmer water would reduce the stirring time to get the sugar to dissolve. That is a good question about the Brix %. I have never checked it with my refractometer. I should do that sometime. Let me know what you discover. Thanks for watching. Hope you and your bees are doing well.

@adventuresinbeekeeping7590 a 2:1 should be 63%. Thank you for the good video

Thanks for watching! Have a great year!!!

Thanks for watching!!! Have a great year!!!

I think you are right. Grafting and queen rearing are things I want to learn. Thanks for watching. Hope you have a great beekeeping year.

lol. I think it is that way so that your head fits into the space but the veil doesn’t touch your head or skin. If the veil touches your skin a bees stinger can reach through the netting and sting. It can happen. It has not happened to me but I have heard plenty of stories about the netting resting on peoples skin for some odd reason and them getting stung. Thanks for watching. Have a great beekeeping year.

@@adventuresinbeekeeping7590 Thanks and yes i understand that but this veil was a foot taller than my head or more.I like the suit but that veil was crazy tall Lol too tall for my liking.Take care and happy beekeeping 🐝

You may be right. I did not take any extra care to verify the black gasket was seated in the top of the plunger receiver. I think it is ok. When I tap plunger twice it seals the top well enough. I think as long as it is not leaking vapors it should be fine. Thanks for watching and commenting. Hope you have a great beekeeping season.

It would be interesting to see what the internal temperature of the hive is on some of these hot days and evenings. Compare white to brown, with upper vent to without upper vent. It would be interesting. Thanks for watching and for the comment. Hope you have a great beekeeping year. Good luck to you.

Super easy! Thanks for watching!!! Happy beekeeping!!!

I am forced to use just foundation for honey supers this year because the wax moths destroyed my drawn comb in my stored supers. In the past, I have not used queen excluders that much. So I am adding supers different ways to see what happens. So far this is what I think I am seeing.... Double brood box or more with a queen excluder - the bees are not working the foundation in the super yet. (They are backing filling the deeps with honey.) Double brood box without a queen excluder - I do not know yet what is happening. Single brood box with a queen excluder - the bees are drawing comb on the foundation. I am not expecting much of a honey crop this year because the bees are having to draw the comb. We shall see. Thanks for watching. Hope you have a great beekeeping year.

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When we say "1 to 1" it indicates the ration of the 2 ingredients. For example 1 pound of sugar mixed with 1 pound of water would be considered 1 to 1. Another example would be 2 pounds of sugar mixed in with 1 pound of water would be considered 2 to 1 sugar syrup. Hope this helps. Thanks for watching. Hope you have a great beekeeping year!!!

Oh I see what you mean.... I should test that. My theory was that if the jar is half full of sugar it would only take a half jar of water to fill it the rest of the way. Then it would be equal parts sugar and water. 1 to 1. I guess the way to test that is to fill one jar half full with sugar and another half full of water, then pour the water into the sugar jar and see how full it is. Again my theory is that half a jar of sugar plus a half jar of water would equal 1 jar of sugar syrup. Humm....

No Sorry. It was a kind of a design/build thing and I did not make a video... I should have. It is 2 pieces of 3/4 inch plywood with a heavy duty lazy-susan from Lowes between them. Two stationary stands bolted to the top piece of plywood. Make sure there is a perfect 90 degree angle between them so that the boxes turn out square. The push pull toggle clamps are mounted on a wooden tower to get them in the right position. Everything is bolted together (no glue) so that it can be modified if necessary. The wood towers are bolted together using threaded wood inserts so that the height could be modified if necessary. Hope this helps. Thanks for watching. I hope you have a great beekeeping season!!!

I do not think so. I think these bees came from a really strong hive that you can see with the bees on the front of the hive near the beginning of the video. There are still bees in that hive. Bees have 2 methods of reproduction. The one of course is new baby bees, the other is swarming or dividing the colony. The current queen leaves with about 1/2 of the bees to establish new hive. The current queen leaves the hive just before the new queen(s) the hive has been raising are ready to emerge.

@@adventuresinbeekeeping7590 That's awesome! I was hoping it meant you got two colonies from one of your own!

Sorry to hear this. It could be what is going on with a couple of these as well. One cannot tell for sure unless you open it up and look in and see the cluster. I will take a closer look on a warmer day. I am curious about sugar cake and pollen patty consumption as well. Thanks for watching.

The Hive-IQ system has many great features, super insulated, boxes fit together well to keep out pests and drafts, heavy metal top cover, metal screened bottom board (if you like that), and a nice way to reduce the entrance. There are some well thought out options like the way to split the hive box into two nucs and a way to add a pollen trap. There is an app (I have not tried yet) that works with the built in electronic tag. This is not a full featured review, but here are a couple of issues that I have experienced. 1. They do not work with regular 10 frame wooden boxes or shims. 2. They are working on creating a hive top feeder that is to be available soon. (They showed a prototype at NAHBE.) 3. The lid fits very tight so there is almost no room between the frames and the top for sugar or pollen patty. They say it is geared toward the commercial beekeeper, maybe a commercial beekeeper might not need all of the features like some of the other insulated products. I did a video showing the features up close. kzbin.info/www/bejne/o2GZk3uHiJ13macsi=QVw2vEJWVeJLWpwm. This is my first year using it, so we will see.... Thanks for watching. Hope you have a great beekeeping season this year!!!!

Yes I should have minimized back in the fall. That yellow hive is a Hive-IQ hive and it does not play well with wood. Talked to them at NAHBE, they have a top feeder in the works but no good current solution. Still trying to think of / craft something. Thanks for the advice. Thanks for watching. Good luck on this year’s beekeeping season.

Agree, “feed should be put right where the bees are located”. Did not think about peeking under the next box to see where they were. Thanks for the advice. Thanks for watching. Best of luck on this year’s beekeeping season.

This is a great question. I have not heard of anyone putting water in the hive for them. If there is a warm day here in Ohio and Kentucky they can go out and get it. They probably can get some water from the landing board if it is not frozen. There is a bit of water in the honey. Many beekeepers worry about too much water in the hive due to condensation that happens when warm moist air from the bees comes in contact with the cold air or a cold surface. That brings us back to your question, “where do bees get the water”. Not sure. Thanks for watching and commenting. Best of luck in this year’s beekeeping season.

Leaving or removing the frame feeder has been a debate for me. This is the first year leaving them in. We will see what happens. I certainly don’t want small hive beetle maggots. Thanks for the advice. Thanks for watching. Best of luck in this year’s beekeeping season.

Bees from neighbouring hives go in and rob the honey out of a hive where the bees that were in it had already left (absconded) for whatever reason. Bees will also go in and rob out weak hives that don't have enough bees to defend itself.

@@highlandhoneybee I think they were weak and could not defend the entry from other honey bees and yellow jackets that were taking advantage of the resources in the hive.😥