Really great video! I hope the algorithim discovers you soon

Not only in Texas, also here near Naples, Southern Italy, they rush up my fig tree's branches. I've loved figs since I was a child, as they also were the symbol of my grandparents' house, so plenty of memories attached to them. Anyway, I don't cut the top of the fig, I just "engrave" a cross on the skin in the part that drips that sap (we call it fig milk in Italian) and peel it. Or when you're hungry and harvesting figs under the tree, I just shove them in my mouth as they are. I think they truly are one of God's gift to the Mediterranean countries

they turn purple and soften as been eating them for the past 10 days and very nice too.

Bro I counted only 990,407. You owe us a few more.. 😂😂

Congratulations!!! 🥳

Scary to think, so many!

I am in Lampasas. I recognize that tall grass!

But 1st Beer!

Packed with 😲🤯 info!!

So much to be proud of!

Dude great stuff!

Great Video! You get a gold 🌟

interesting!

Great to see your journey, Chris. A small tote or basin works well for shaking the bees into for scooping into the test cup. I've been waiting for cooler temps here in PA, which have finally arrived, so I'll be treating with Formic Pro, and will follow up later in the fall with a few rounds of OXA.

No telling how many ants I have eat in the last few days

Cool! :D

Thanks for the fig info. I've often wanted a few apple trees, but the fallen rotting apples attract too many yellow jackets, so I always talk myself out of it.

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Great video! Plastic foundation always needs wax, even if they say they're pre-waxed, you still have to add more. Keep in mind the bees drawl comb the most/fastest in the spring and feeding the bees can encourage comb building as well. Beekeeping is rewarding and frustrating at the same time. I was a nervous wreck my 1st year, second guessed everything. You're doing great!

Thats not wonky comb, its queens they were trying to raise

They dont like the plastic frames, cover them with extra bees wax

Great video! Naming hives is a tough one for me, so I always just end up numbering them.

Nice looking hive gave you a subscribe! Keep the videos coming

Congratulations! Your plans sound amazing and I'm looking forward to watching your progress. Beekeeping is definitely a steep learning curve and I'm saddened by the number of people in our various Pennsylvania beekeeping FB groups that are simply not prepared for it. Back in the day a new beekeeper joined a local club and was assigned a mentor, but very few people willing or approached to do it and that leads to dead bees and many new beeks giving up.

I have a hive named Phoenix, too! 😎🐝☀️

Healing happens around hives 😊 I find it so therapeutic!

😂 🐝 Happy beekeeping!

Keep on keeping! 😎🐝☀️

I hope you have a great week! I’m allergic to bees, but I will always say “help the bees” even though they may kill me, I know they have a very important role in our ecosystem! Love those little guys, just don’t sting me lol. When I was young I always wanted to become an apiarist because I would catch and interact with bumblebees and I just thought they were so cute! Thank you for all the work you do!!!

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Congratulations on the honey crop! The bees in the honey super will be foragers and should make their way out of the hive you moved them to and fly back to their original colony.

Great inspection video! I would suggest when you feed that colony, checker those undrawn frames into the center of the box. The combination of feed and blank foundation should encourage them to drawn the frames out. I also wanted to mention that marking the queen not only makes her easier to spot, but it will make it easier to tell if the colony ever swarms, because the new queen won't be marked.

Yes get to the point lol 😂 ✌️🙏🇨🇦

Wow! Look at that smoker go! LOL Congratulations on the colony buildup.

I would get a new queen

Great video!

Good video. I have watched videos showing the queen and the difference seemed small, I doubt I would ever find the queen in there.

Yeah! You've got your VIB!

Awesome Chris🎉

Congratulations! 🥳

Buzz First Coffee!

Glad you've requeened that hive. I'll be watching with fingers crossed

Maybe some visual LLM can find the queen real time?

I love your joke 😂😂

What did you start with? Nuc? It looks like they swarmed.

She is not there no eggs and no brood you need to take pictures and contact your seller he will replace it if they are reputable because you can't fix it because you need resources from another hive if you re-Queen it you need nurse bees and a frame of brood to help the new queen out because it is going to be too long from the time she lays an egg to the time the brood hatches the current bees will die before that happens it will be real close. My suggestion is combine the hives or buy another nuc and make sure there is brood and a queen before you take it home and you can combine the weaker hive with the new nuc. On a side note because they say triple wax it isn't always the case get some beeswax and a paint brush and melt the wax or rub or paint it on all the new frames before you use them

I think you’re doing a good job. For a beginner your opening the hive your learning. It doesn’t matter how new you are Get in your hives and look for the queen. If you don’t see her it’s ok. I’ve had weak hives as much as just a small handful of bees make a turnaround and come back strong. I’m not sure 100% but it’s location I’d say I just made a 4 way splits out of her. Over come the fear learn to let your bees talk to you, take your gloves off and fill their love for the hive. Yeah get ahold of the ends of the frames without your gloves with out the fear. Just give them the respect they deserve. And always have your smoke with you. Number 1 rule have your smoker at all times. If they get aggressive start pumping smoke in front and back of you. Make it strong yeah. Ask me how I know. Ok Lord bless ya.

Hi There! The 1st frame you pulled, has 2 spots of wonky comb, which is typical of foundation that's not properly coated in wax. It's up to you, but I would suggest you remove those 2 pieces of comb and rub more wax on the foundation to encourage them to drawl the comb properly. I would rub more wax on any additional frames that have spots where the bees haven't drawn or seemed to have skipped spot of foundation. You should either purchase a queen or take a frame of eggs from the other colony and let they raise a new queen.

I admit I’m new to this too, so check my work, but generally, workers live 5-6 weeks during spring and summer, so if you wait, you’ll have an empty hive in a month or two. If you want to keep the hive separate, you need the new queen introduced and laying ASAP. Otherwise, you might consider folding those bees into your active hive.

Even if you still have a queen on the weak hive, you should get a new one in there. No brood, no larvae and no eggs means that hive is just waiting to die, and time’s running out. In a strong hive, if the queen stops laying, the hive will kill her and raise a new queen. Looks like yours missed the boat on that tactic.