Adding Honey Supers! The Flow is on!!

[@keithspillman]

Enjoyed the video!! Saying "drawn comb" versus "drone comb" for a country boy is tough isn't it???🤣 I've already got some honey here in NC that I need to extract before the poplar flow really kicks in. I guess it's maple....never had any this early. Hope we all have a great season!!!

[@troysimpsonhoneyridgefarm6]

Straight facts right there. I did a presentation talking about the importance of drawn comb until finally someone spoke up and asked why drone comb was so important. The whole class thought that’s what I was saying. lol. It’s been rainy here in Kentucky but they’ve been bringing in a lot on the dry days

[@rtxhoneybees]

True-dat! I'm trying get myself to say drawn-OUT and drone-BROOD comb.

[@keithspillman]

@@rtxhoneybees 🤣

[@troysimpsonhoneyridgefarm6]

@@rtxhoneybees that’d prolly work better

[@DialedN_07]

Nice Keith! Southern Wake Co here and my supers are slam full of nectar but they won't move any of it to being capped. I'm going to have to go into the flow with the nectar that I already have I guess

[@saintjohncoleman8602]

Here in Suffolk VA I was going in intending to split, and was surprised to find the second deep FULL of nectar already.. I immediately added 2 drawn medium supers. Honey is gonna be early this year.. blackberry blossoms have just started too!

[@troysimpsonhoneyridgefarm6]

I had some double deeps with nectar in the top too. Supers are definitely going on early this year. Hopefully they won’t swarm.

[@gregroberts6396]

Troy were are you located? I live in Roanoke, VA. And I am not sure when to put honey supers on. I haven't seen blackberry bushes flower yet and just wanted to see were you are located compared to me

[@troysimpsonhoneyridgefarm6]

We’re in Kentucky about 20 miles south of Louisville. We made our last splits last week and now we’re just trying to give em room.

[@scottwatkins571]

I am a brand new bee keeper with many questions. I have caught two swarms and purchased a nuc, that ended up being two 10 frames by the time the people got inspected. I went from zero to three in two weeks. You made the comment that your dad produced more honey by not bothering the hives. How often do you consider to be bothering them? I have been told by some to put them out and walk away from them. Others say to go in and inspect them every so often. What’s your advice? Bob Bonnie says that bee keeping is 50% science and 50% art. Art being experience gathered over a long period of time. Without the art part of the equation this causes me to lean on many that can at least draw the picture.

[@troysimpsonhoneyridgefarm6]

Thanks for watching Scott! I try to shoot for inspections about 10 days apart. It varies due to weather and a variety of other reasons. Once I have the hive where I want it for production, I leave it alone and only peek in the top to see if I need to add more supers.