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@laurareynolds2016 Күн бұрын

Where can I get that double Nuc box with divider and that top?

@swohiobees Күн бұрын

This is a great shop: HappBeeAcres 2694 Bergen Rd, Batavia, OH 45101 happbeeacres.com

@aleksminskiy367 Күн бұрын

I am new: where do you keep your new mated queens while waiting for splits, etc?

@swohiobees Күн бұрын

@@aleksminskiy367 - The resources hives are my queen factory. I'll do splits & take the new queens from one of the resource hives. Then place new eggs in the resource to make new queens.

@IhmHomeFarm 2 күн бұрын

Thanks for this! Lots of great ideas and easy to understand.

@swohiobees 2 күн бұрын

Thanks you, I try to be helpful. Feel free to share the video.

@hermitholllerhomestead2080 3 күн бұрын

Ugh, your camera work is making me sea sick.

@BethCorell-qm4jf 9 күн бұрын

New keeper here, setting up resource hive. If your queen less do you need to worry about the hive accepting a new queen when you merge like that?

@swohiobees 9 күн бұрын

Great question. I personally have had really good luck directly adding a queen like this. However, A paper merge (combine) would be the proper way to do it. I've got a couple videos on it. Try: studio.kzbin.infoT8IXoNMiDAc/edit

@noahG82 13 күн бұрын

I got the MegaMax and entire Hillco line sitting in my basement. Im super excited to get my processing room set up and get spinning honey!

@mattue84 14 күн бұрын

Knew you weren't happy with the old one. Good to hear the new one is working out and making getting that golden liquid easier.

@swohiobees 13 күн бұрын

I love it

@Mackabees 14 күн бұрын

You need to purchase a hops spider for your filter.

@swohiobees 14 күн бұрын

Yes, I was thinking the same thing.. as I was filming this.

@PutEmInTheBox 8 күн бұрын

How are they to clean?

@Mackabees 14 күн бұрын

Good job Tim. John at Hillco sells good equipment.

@rodneymiddleton9624 14 күн бұрын

Looking good Tim!

@swohiobees 14 күн бұрын

Thanks 👍

@dcsblessedbees 14 күн бұрын

Good to see ya Tim, how are the bees doing?

@swohiobees 14 күн бұрын

Been a really good year so far. The flow ended sooner than expected, but now I can concentrate on spitting hives. Hope all is well with you.

@tommydent 17 күн бұрын

I’m an Air Force veteran. I’m Tommy from Georgia, USA

@tommydent 17 күн бұрын

Want to start beekeeping next spring!

@tommydent 17 күн бұрын

A lot of knowledge, but zero experience!

@swohiobees 17 күн бұрын

Always good to see fellow Vets. If you have any questions, feel free to contact me. facebook.com/SWOHIOBEES/

@DigitalOnlineSchool-fp6pc 29 күн бұрын

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@adamsoutdoors Ай бұрын

When was this footage taken Tim, just want to get time frame on what your seeing and when. I too am in Ohio. I’m north east of you. Fairfield county for me.

@swohiobees Ай бұрын

I believe the 10th & 14th of May.

@brendawydeven2934 Ай бұрын

What does brood area look like in your horizontal hive? Most put green drone comb in brood area. I got top bar hives now because I can't lift. Don't worry, we all have senior moments.

@swohiobees Ай бұрын

The queen had very little area for brood - due to so much honey. Thus the reason I was moving frames out. Not laying as many drones as earlier this Spring.

@brendawydeven2934 Ай бұрын

@swohiobees so the frames were from broid area? My bees use 18 frames for brood area and then the rest honey. Kamon reynolds uses only 10 frames for brood and the rest of long Lang for honey but he's more south with short winter. How many frames if brood did you have.

@swohiobees Ай бұрын

@@brendawydeven2934 - Unfortunately, bees don't consult with me or read any manuals. When the flow is strong, they store it in any & all cells. There is no way to prevent this. All we can do is move or remove those honey bound frames and give them empty comb. Sometimes this helps, but when the flow is strong, it can be a loosing battle.

@brendawydeven2934 Ай бұрын

@swohiobees Right, and I get that. Was just wondering if that was in the brood area. Or did you take them because there was honey going into brood area . I'm a little confused because you don't show both sides of hive. So you took it out of brood area. If that wasn't the side brood isn't usually made why would they be honey bound.

@dcsblessedbees Ай бұрын

I see a large amount of bees in that hive.😁

@theboonecountybeekeeper Ай бұрын

Tim, seems to be a common problem this year for sure, a lot of my hives are plugging to. Nectar flow is very heavy this year. Where are you at in OH? I am just south of you.

@swohiobees Ай бұрын

Fairfield Twp - Butler Co.

@rodneymiddleton9624 Ай бұрын

Happens to me too often too!!!

@rodneymiddleton9624 Ай бұрын

Senior moment!!!! LOL!!

@GaroSargsyan-db9sn Ай бұрын

🇺🇸 👍👍👍💫спасиба видю дадяа я гаро пака

@gregmcfarland5189 Ай бұрын

Plastic car trim removal tools would probably be much less chance of breaking the plastic than that screwdriver.

@swohiobees Ай бұрын

Thanks for the hint, I like it.

@filipvernica258 2 ай бұрын

Bob Vonnie shakes all bee on bottom and done put the frames the way you want and done

@gallowaylights 2 ай бұрын

What's the advantage of an upper entrance with single brood management? 🤔

@swohiobees 2 ай бұрын

It is more helpful in taller configurations. In this case, it also provides an escape for any drones up in the Super. If time had permitted, I would have shaken the bees off all the frames.

@DialedN_07 2 ай бұрын

upper entrance should not be used without a queen excluder. The queen will most often lay near any entrance or ventilation spot. In single brood with a queen excluder you can put an upper entrance because the queen won't move all the way to the top of the box due to the QE. It's also just a little more efficient if the foragers can just go directly in and out of the top instead of working their way up from the bottom

@ninoskafunesschmidhauser6116 Ай бұрын

In which direction should the entrance be located? Right or left or middle? Opposite to lower entrance? South, SW, etc. Thanks for the help! I want to try demaree next year because this year we had a lot of swarms! Greetings all the way from Switzerland to Ohio!😊🎉

@swohiobees Ай бұрын

@@ninoskafunesschmidhauser6116 - I'm not sure it matters so much. However, usually will put it up top and on the same side as current opening. This way they are oriented correctly when you finally remove that upper entrance.

@randyclinganfarms4806 2 ай бұрын

Tim the cross bars goes down on the excluder

@swohiobees 2 ай бұрын

Thank you. Yes, I suppose for aesthetics they could go down.

@johniacomini8785 2 ай бұрын

Subbed. good vid. Seems like queen needs a re-boot. I have had mediocre results with purchased queens too.

@swohiobees 2 ай бұрын

Thank you. Seems my Package Queens have always outperformed my purchased Queens. Only to be outdone by Swarm Queens of-course.

@patrickt863 2 ай бұрын

Question: we've had a cool spring. Too cool to open the hives. Then rain and more rain. Then as I was about to try this, my hives swarmed. Might I have another chance to use this demaree method this season?

@DewBee1 2 ай бұрын

What is the white box on your frame ??

@swohiobees 2 ай бұрын

That's a Govee fob. It measures Temperature & Humidity. Not built "for" beehives, but I've used 4 of them now for the past 3 years. I'll finally have to change batteries this year. They can be found: amzn.to/4avBMFP Great to know the bees are doing good over Winter. As a bonus, it lets me know when they start brood again in late Winter - Temp jumps up to the low-mid 90's.

@DewBee1 2 ай бұрын

Thank u

@TechnicallyBeekeeping 2 ай бұрын

Tim, very cool. I had a similar experience in Chicago. We didn't get as dark as yours did. I agree that I won't be here for 2099 to see the next one. :) Awesome to see what others saw. Here's my Chicago experience: kzbin.info/www/bejne/baaQeH2lbrqborc

@richardvogel1195 2 ай бұрын

I'm over around hillsboro and bees slowed down too. I stopped watching after a while and went mushroom hunting

@TechnicallyBeekeeping 2 ай бұрын

Lol! Did you find any good mushrooms?

@rodneymiddleton9624 2 ай бұрын

I had 2 swarms in the bee yard today. One had 2 queens so I split the bees and made 2 nucs. The other swarm I used to repopulate my log hive. Your bees are looking great!

@swohiobees 2 ай бұрын

I'm not in any hurry for them to start making swarm cells. It becomes a chess game that I don't always win.

@rodneymiddleton9624 2 ай бұрын

Hey Tim!!!