I see, no planning. I got this idea of planting a couple of trees that bloom first in your area, and then some trees that bloom the second and so on. What do you say to that? When do Linden trees bloom in your area?

That was neat 😊

On hot days I use ice bricks (the kind you use in lunch box) to help keep me cool. I put the brick in a bandanna and pin a couple to my shirt before putting on my safety gear. It helps or at least I think so.

David I usually just keep my pool full and the bees stop by for a drink.

I rarely use inner covers, dont really see the point... i do have some 10 tall inch boxes with a bottom in them to accept a jar feeder & vent holes, kinda like the burns feeder boards but its all one unit

I want to learn from a master beeker like you Dave to .

New subscriber really enjoying your videos and all the knowledge you are passing on is amazing. Thanks you.

Good to have someone to talk to when working in the hive I Like it

Another great video. I need to replace a queen in one of my 2 hives. Unfortunately I haven’t had success finding the queen to get rid of her. Tried 3 times now to find her. On top of that for some reason the bees are filling drone comb with nectar instead of drone brood. Making it difficult to do the drone comb method of reducing mite numbers. The learning continues

Question. Do bee's take water ever and put it in cells or they use it just to cool hive down. Thanks 😊

Hey there! Absolutely awesome format of video. Thanks for sharing. Have a nice day!

David, Great use of the feeder board.

Hi David, so nice to see you do this type of content with Reef. It would be nice to see you do hive inspections with some of your viewers. Maybe put it as a giveaway or in the “wheel”.

So what do you do when you don't want a big hive, a single bottom is enough but your Queen mass produces. Do you just kill some and clean down a couple frames out to give them somthing to do?

My bees arrived today!

Great 👍 info. Enjoy watching you work 😊 Thanks David

Hi Dave, what kind of trees are there on your bee yard?

Can you make a video about what flowers/plants are best to plant in my garden for my honey bees? Thanks so much!!!!

I'm having to feed my splits and the colonies I took splits from in South England. I enjoy watching your videos and it definitely has helped me with beekeeping, I currently have 6 colonies

David Burns is the “KING BEE” Thanks for all of your time, knowledge and videos.

First!! Heya David

Thank you David. Question. I have two brood boxes and a honey super. I used formic pro for my treatment this spring. Does this render the honey super completely unuseable for human consumption? Or is there a timeframe that that honey super can in fact be used for human consumption? Thank you very much for your response. David your videos are absolutely fantastic.

There was a virgin qeen on the bottom left side of the frame. The time stamp was 30:04 to 31:11. Check it out tell me if I'm right.

Florida Panhandle here, and 100+ days are not unusual here. If you ever feel the top of a metal telescoping top you will feel how hot it can get. So What I usually do is put some 2 inch foam insulation on top of the hive with the reflective side toward the sun. Then during winter I put it under the top cover with reflective side toward the hive. Super cheap, and super effective!

David, great tips!! What about a screen inner cover? Do i still need to vent the top cover?

David, it was 88 degrees and heat index of 95 - we had a pop up T-storm at 2 pm, cool down 10 degrees but back to 87 degrees. Bees kept on working.

Acorn foundation ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

I am lucky to live in the NE US so it's cooler here than most places but it will still be in the 90s all this week. I actually do have my bees just inside the edge of a forest and I don't have problems with small hive beetle- I've only ever seen one in the last few years. Sometimes I just take a 1" long stick and prop the top open slightly. David is right, it helps so much. I run double deeps so I also have a hole in the top brood box which helps.

Thanks, very helpful. I was just doing some research on this subject.

Hey Dave! I think Dr Zac Lamas have come up with a much better idea than the standard alcohol wash. If I understand his theory correctly, the summary is: Varroa mites prefer drones. Making an alcohol was on "random" bees can be very misleading. If your target sample is just drones you can detect varroa infestation much earlier and more accurately. Plus you don't end up killing a bunch of worker bees unnecessarily. I was going to post a link to his website, but apparently that caused my post to get deleted, but it's easy to find if you make a search on his name. Would be great to hear your thoughts on it. Thanks!

Do you have a beginner class online

Thanks!

Great video David 😅

I don’t know how old you are but I got my drivers license in 2000 and gas was $1 a gallon

David do you think something like a easy pop up tent would work? I tried it yesterday around 4 pm and they (2 hives side by side) stared flying around like crazy so I removed it because I didn't want to upset them. Just started bee keeping in May of this year 2024.

Bought two nucs mid May that have had slow starts… so still feeding them with 1 to 1 in deeps like David does. Will a quarter under my top cover still provide insulation since I have those inner covers? If not how can I increase ventilation out the top?

That's why it's a great idea to keep bees in insulated horizontal hives(Layens)😁

We’re thinking about starting a colony. This is a great video. Thanks.

I’ve got close to 2,000 frames with Acorn foundation and they’ve been great.

Thank you for your good ideas. Make a shade for our beehives is very important it will help to save our bee’s colonies in a hot temperature especially during summer. Hello from Japan.

What about the top cover metal telescoping or would wood be cooler?

Can I feed my honey to my bee

I’ve got screened bottoms and placed screened inner covers. Placed water buckets with burlap in it for the landing. Crazy weather.

Great video David. I swapped out a solid bottom board to a screened bottom board on one of my hives tbis weekend. Really seems to be helping with ventilating the hive, haven't seen them bearding ever since. Hope you had a wonderful Father's Day weekend.

Hi Dave, I have been doing bees for 18 years, my dad years before me. I came up with the idea of using my bee excluders as spacers, between the inner cover and outer cover. The bees are able to go in and out still because of the openings on the excluders. It was enough to help vent air out the top, and reduced the bearding by 1/2 the amount.

New to Bee keeping bought my 1st 2 hives and on week number 4 super excited about this journey. Thank you for all your knowledge 🙏

#class

I live in Ireland and a brand new beekeeper and I just want to say I’m really enjoying your videos!! I’m stuck to them! 😂

I've heard stories of clusters which perished over the winter with plenty of food available, because they couldn't traverse the barrier created by the top bar of the lower frames and the bottom bar of the upper deep's frames. Now that we have rigid plastic foundation, something Langstroth didn't have available, once we've installed plastic foundation, maybe with the assistance of epoxy, is there a reason not to cut out 6 inches of the top and bottom bars to make the trip easier for bees in a cluster?

Ok. Not seen this question come up in all of your videos. We put our hive in the sun as a deterrent for SHB. And we keep strong colonies to help sequester the beetles. What about on hot days when the bees are bearding. I understand not all of the bees come outside but does it ever create a situation where the beetles have more freedom in the hive? Cheers