Part 7: First Year Bee Colony Management

Once you get bee colonies, what do you do? Become familiar with your new bees and watch them make themselves a home! Learn how to inspect a hive and what you should look for when opening that lid. At the end of the season, prepare your colonies for winter.
0:00 - Managing your colony
1:09 - Lighting your smoker
1:56 - Before you open your hive
2:53 - Opening a hive
3:11 - Examining frames
10:46 - What do you look for?
11:33 - Evaluating the queen
12:33 - Evaluating the brood
20:22 - Evaluating the space in the brood nest
21:16 - Evaluating worker bee health
21:57 - Assessing the colony’s food supplies
23:28 - Assessing the colony’s space for food
24:32 - The honey flow
26:29 - Honey and moisture
31:40 - The nectar dearth
32:08 - Water for honey bees
34:28 - Fall beekeeping
35:18 - Bitterweeds
36:55 - Goldenrod
38:00 - Drone eviction
38:54 - Assessing pests
39:34 - Preparing hives for winter
41:10 - Installing mouse guards
43:44 - Winter in the bee hive
47:22 - Winter for the beekeeper
48:04 - Record keeping
For more information on Bee Keeping, visit: www.uaex.uada.edu/bees
For a printable handout, visit: uaex.uada.edu/bee-class#handouts
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I watched this several times, thank s for making it fun too❤

[@user-cf3ii8wi6k]

thanks for a great series of lecture Very informative, practical and understandable well done

[@chippewabackwoods2143]

If I understood the lecture right. A capped cell could be a brood OR Honey? How do I know which is in that cell? I know you covered that but I'm taking notes as you lecture.

[@AginArk]

Capped brood cells are generally grouped together around open brood cells, in the lower part of the hive, and may have pollen (bee bread) stored around in the same area. Capped honey cells will usually be above the brood. Sometimes both can be on the same frames, but even then, the honey is mostly in the upper corners. Capped brood cells look somewhat dry and papery, and opaque, and may be slightly curved outward. While capped honey appears waxy and somewhat translucent, and smooth across the surface, or even slightly indented. Sometimes the honey has a small visible air bubble behind it, sometimes not. Once you start seeing both, the differences are very obvious. The weight of the frame can also be a clue. Combs of mostly brood are fairly light while combs filled mostly with honey are quite heavy.