I definitely recommend Brawes!

Hi from central Otago southern New Zealand Tim. Glad you enjoyed your holiday, yellow clover is a new one on me, we have mostly white clover not too much around here though, we've got wild common thyme and willow in central Otago. You're not the only one with bee woes, I checked a hobbyist hives today because even though it's mid winter here, we've had strong wind coming across the Australian deserts and running right into us so the temperature for the last three days has been 62 degrees F which is very rare in mid winter but happens every few years. Well, he was trying to do single brood management but left the queen excluder and a full depth honey super above it😬 the results of which were 1 dead out with a full depth super 25kgs 55 american pounds of thyme honey capped in it, one strong queenless hive with nothing in the bottom except a smattering of beebread on one frame and about three frames of bee's down there, the majority up in the super though, and one queen right with swags of bee's in the super so I couldn't pull the supers from either hive because the weather is turning and we are getting snow tonight. I'm thinking about newspaper combine of the queenless with the queen right above the queen rights honey super, but honestly I'm kinda stumped because I run double deeps and pull my supers. Not sure how to tackle that, the weather won't warm up much here until the second week of September in early spring. Appreciate any thoughts you or anyone might have about it, I just don't have experience with single brood management and it's not something I've ever seen before 😂 great video 👍 God bless you and your family and your bee's 👋👍

That'll happen been an up and down season this year, I guess they said UP. Blessed Days buddy...

Those crazy bugs are unpredictable sometimes! Thanks!

I’m a new subscriber from Pocahontas County! I’m not a beekeeper yet, but I’m hoping to get into it next year. I wish you the best with your KZbin channel...it’s now a resource for helping me learn this new hobby!

Have fun

i love the thermo hive i am so glad my local bee shop in middle Tennessee sales them. i use them for my weak hives and once they are stronger i move them to a wood box.

Keeping you in our prayers that this vacation will be the most memorable one yet. I pray you find good surprises when you get back home to your girls. Love & God Be With You.

Sounds like an awesome trip, Tim! Safe travels, brother!

Good stuff man. We extracted hundreds if not thousands of pounds of honey using a little 3 frame hand crank extractor. We used a yellow combcapper on a 5 gallon bucket with a serrated knife. Did it in our one car garage. Now we have grown and have some nicer fancier stuff. Really nice video with some good advice. You have the perfect setup for your situation. And you are smart by growing into your equipment as you can afford it.

We have the opposite weather problem 😂 it's colder than ice cream and raining cats dogs and elephants here but it is midwinter in central Otago southern New Zealand. Great video 👍👋

What kind of blower is that?

Awesome 😄 New subscriber from central Otago southern New Zealand 👋 im a beekeeper, our main honey flow is Thyme honey in the middle of your winter, January and February. Its the only place in New Zealand where Thyme grows. Great advice for new beekeepers, you don't need a uncapping machine , a forty frame extractor and an capping spinner to get a great result, but you do need to be absolutely clean. I don't think double straining is overdoing it, it pays to get the best results by being diligent 👍👋

Do you have any honey for sale I wait you all the time 1:14

Thanks very timely advice

Im from South Carolina and i am new to bee keeping but i love it. I started with 2 wild caught swarms and now im up to 4 hives after splitting one of the hives down into 3 hives. It is a very productive hive and i would love to graft off of the queen next year.

Ha enjoyed your video I used a 4 frame hand crank extractor until last year Then I was able to buy a electric extractor. I use a 5-gal bucket for uncapping and i got a hive butler like u got there. but I use the butler to hold the frames after i uncap them. I use my kitchen for extracting the honey, I want to use the garage. I got 318 lb of honey this year and sold it all. I am now able to start letting the bees pay for the new equipment and the sugar and mite treatments. Took a while but that is ok. I love being a keeper of the bees. I increased my apairy this year by 20 looking to have 40 production hives, for next spring. I would like to get 600 lb of honey that is the goal. Maybe 1 day. The bees can be doing great and the weather just be so poor anyway again the video was good hope u have a blessed week

What do you use for smoker fuel?

Hi Tim, great video! Sent you an email a bit ago.

great advise Tim...appreciate the info and the videos

Great videos ole buddy, we are rich in many ways.

I loved watching you up close & personal & loved hearing how you upgraded (sell it - use profit to buy) & appreciated your ingenious improvisation getting there. I read others comments & hope they further help you too. Your video gives new meaning to cleanliness is next to Godliness. Love & God Bless You.

Place you a paint strainer bag under your sieve. Save you from straining twice, plus frees up the other bucket. Two holding tanks are better than one Brother.

I just switched from a 3/6 manual to 9/18 hillco. Save dollar until they add up and buy quality when you spend. Good advice. Grow slow is the way to go.

We are not poor, just monetarily challenged.😂Blessed Days Tim...

I ran a two frame plastic extractor with a bucket as an uncapping bucket and did it all in the kitchen up until 20 hives. It was work, but was able to get it done on a dime. Worked for me for years. Very good advice Tim.

So thankful for your comeback.. loved hearing your girls gave you a little spring honey to eat. Stay humble & God Bless.

I love my thero hive. I wish my wife would let me pick up another one. Our local bee shop sales them in Middle Tennessee. Great channel. Keep up the hard work.

Looks great!

Looking good Tim on the queens. Glad they made well for you. Good increase. Sorry to hear about your friend.

I'm next door over in Wyoming county. We still are waiting on the basswood and right after basswood we have a sourwood flow.

Glad you are feeling Better. I always enjoy the content you post here, Keep it up. looks like the flow we had is drying up here on the east coast. Still have some tallow blooming in some areas but not close enough to me that I know of. Sweet pepper is about to bloom along with Crape Myrtle but those are not major flows. Plant on planting some Buckwheat next week. Have a blessed week

Looks good in the apiary brother. How is the fake apimaye doing for you? I am curious. Mine does just fine and has overwintered bees two years now. Wondering what your experience is.

Hope you did not mess her wing up digging her out of that cell?

Great video!! Thanks!

By the way, I enjoy your videos brother. Keep them going.

hey buddy, Great video. Finally go to watching it. So busy these days. All mine are metal tops. I am surprised yours is plastic. I made some 2 inch shims for my hives. I agree they should have one. The way I treated with OA was a bit different. I close the bottom with varroa tray and hit it from the front and closed it. I used the plastic tip for Apimaye hives. Lorabees has those for sale. It works great for me. I may make a video on this next time I treat in a month or so. God bless!

Why did you use white instead of green?

Good looking bees buddy. Ole Glory will come through. God bless.

That new bench is getting filled up.👍

Would you be able to do a how to video for this? That would be greatly appreciated. We have these hives and are first time beekeepers. I’d hate to screw up my investment.

Yard is looking good, Tim! Congratulations, brother!

👍Nice, grats Tim.

Nice swarm Tim

I heard the dread in your voice so I was anxious for you. I was happy it wasn't as bad as you thought but I'll admit I was nervous. I pray things settle down & only get sweeter for you. Wishing you a grrreat bee season. In All Things Bee Humble Because We Know God Is Good All The Time.

We do things differently. No way would I drop 1000,s of bees on the ground and risk losing the queen. But to each their own.

Once you see a capped cell (if it is a swarm cell) you need to move the queen not the cell…. However it could be a supercedure cell which then you leave them both alone…. If it is a swarm cell they likely will swarm anyways…. Even if she is still in there…. Also, did you feed these NUCS Sugar Water? I believe you did in previous videos.. the honey you got with this flow is mixed with sugar water honey…. They will move it up into supers to give room for the queen…. Just a heads up it is still honey the bees make it so…. Just not solely nectar based honey…. Take care stay at it…

When you remove the queen like that, how do they make a new queen? Existing egg?

Actually I think a queenless hive makes more honey due to I think not having anything else to do besides raising a new queen. Great idea buddy, good looking bees. God bless.

Great content always look forward to your insight and videos!