Beekeeping For Beginners | Got Robbed & Moths Took Over a Hive!

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[@AnnaKra]

Thank you for watching everyone! I hope you have a blessed day!

[@miket1466]

Thank you for all your help Anna!

[@AnnaKra]

You’re very welcome! Thanks for watching!

[@paulawaldrep3760]

So sorry for the loss!! :(( Thank you Pavel for showing the IMPORTANCE of keeping a constant eye on the hives!! :)

[@grandpafischer8317]

Anna, I really like your Dad's explaining. Sorry for your bad luck, time to go fishing.

[@AnnaKra]

lol. Haha. Yes excellent food for fish. lol. Thank you for watching and commenting! :)

[@bobpadgett9082]

I love listening to your dad. He is very smart with the bees. I have learned a lot from him. Tell him i say thanks for all the knowledge he has given me. My son likes to watch you get chased by the bees. Lol. I love to watch you two with the bees.

[@AnnaKra]

Thank you!! :)

[@freedom2america]

Love it! Keep going with the educational videos. Always learning a lot! Thank you!

[@AnnaKra]

Thanks for watching!

[@josephwoodall832]

I'm glad to see a new video anna

[@AnnaKra]

Nice! Thanks for watching!

[@Jymm444]

Great video Pavel. I miss being able to keep bees and watching your videos helps.

[@AnnaKra]

Nice! Thank you for watching!

[@rangersmitti4386]

that is one FAST camera crew! Great to see you and your father back!!!

[@AnnaKra]

Thank you!

[@juanrojas-ho6bx]

Anna thanks to you and your dad for sharing information about our so important disappearing bees ,I just got my first bee hive.

[@AnnaKra]

Nice! Thank you for watching!

[@donbearden1953]

Anna, glad to see that you and your dad are back at it! Hope you didn’t get stung when you got chased! I cleaned up 2 hives last year that wax moths had taken over, very nasty and disgusting! Anyway I’m glad you’re back!

[@AnnaKra]

Thank you Don! :)

[@tmanzdell]

Thanks for sharing! I love watching you guys. I'm a new beekeeper and have had similar issues with the small hive beetle but no the wax moth yet. I pray I don't!!I was able to salvage a couple frames and the queen because I checked the hives frequently. Maybe you should go help your dad more!! Haha just kidding (tell Pavel). Nonetheless, thanks for sharing🤠🐝

[@AnnaKra]

You’re welcome! Yeah, it’s a good idea to keep a close eye on them. Thank you for watching!

[@hughmitchell8435]

Great vid as always!

[@AnnaKra]

Thank you.

[@marishaannhuskey4385]

Thank you for this lesson. This is the first I have seen of moths in hives. What does the “robbed” before the moths take over? I’m wanting to build bee 🐝 🏡 homes to help the bees survive and for some delicious honey. And I am studying as much and as long as possible before I start the hives. Hopefully the bees will be happy and I know how to take the best care of them during all seasons.

[@AnnaKra]

Usually when a hive gets robbed, the hive is weakened. The moths take over weak hives. In this case the hive got robbed first and then the moths took over. Hope this helps. I’m sure you will do just fine in your beekeeping journey!

[@suzisrealityvideos9038]

awesome video great job!

[@AnnaKra]

Thank you Suzi!

[@mark-wn5ek]

I was getting anxious for a new video! I get tickled listening to Pavel....loooook at many mosses...beeg mosses and little mosses...baad, baad :)!! Yes, they are bad, I hate them! Set the box and frames where the chickens can eat them. Oh well, nothing that can't be fixed. I hated it when the bees got after you. My daughter got nailed a couple times last week....I do not like mean hives! Thanks again for sharing. Be blessed in your adventures.

[@AnnaKra]

Thank you Mark. Haha, my dad is too funny. Thanks for watching and commenting.

[@mark-wn5ek]

@@AnnaKra Yes, your dad is a hoot....a smart man and a good father, blessed with a wonderful daughter.

[@AnnaKra]

@@mark-wn5ek Thank you!

[@ratpackcolorado]

mark harris i love it so much too. I’m glad they don’t ....Anna say use closed caps .....lol what lol . Further all the way to freezer.

[@lovebeekeeping8289]

Just decided to start beekeeping in the past week

[@AnnaKra]

Nice! :)

[@privatebubba8876]

Bees fly at about 15 mph so running is futile, but it always makes me laugh. I have a friend that has a tee shirt that says " I'm a beekeeper, if you see me running try and keep up." Wax moths can take over in no time at all. That is a massive infestation, I had to do the same thing to a nuc last week but I was able to save most of the comb.

[@AnnaKra]

I need to get that tee shirt! lol. Wax moths are terrible. Thank you for watching!

[@stjohn2455]

Yes, it happens, better move out the affected hives and clean up the mess asap.

[@LikodsaPayag]

Hello ms Anna : ) what did you do to the hive with worms, did you burn it? anyway thanks for sharing this episode & Happy weekend : )

[@AnnaKra]

No, we cleaned it up, got rid of the awful wax, and put in new wax foundation. If it was too bad and old frames than we burn it! Thank you for watching! :)

[@LikodsaPayag]

@@AnnaKra you're alwaya welcome ms Anna & thanks for the information you've shared to us : )

[@lindaquimby5469]

Curious to know if these worms or moths will transfer nearby hives with relative ease? Great video Anna. Hopefully you didn't get stung.

[@AnnaKra]

My dad said very unlikely. If the moth worms get out their more likely to be eaten by ants or birds.

[@airlar4857]

If you have chickens, they'll clean those frames up in a snap. They LOVE eating those worms...

[@johnfeser]

My little hive had the same thing happen. I have cleaned up the plastic foundation. My question, should I just throw away the foundation or can I reuse them now that they are free of old comb and moths?

[@AnnaKra]

My dad reuses them! You can clean them up, some people freeze them for a couple of days just in case. Thank you for watching!

[@foundersprogeny1546]

You clean and freeze those moth frames for a couple days right?

[@AnnaKra]

Yes! or burn them. lol.

[@foundersprogeny1546]

Do you eat the propolis? It has steroidal properties. I got stung a couple different times and didn't swell at all til the next day, and by then it was just a little itch like a mosquito bite.

[@AnnaKra]

Yes, we eat propolis! Nice. Thank you for watching and commenting! :)

[@bamaoutdoorsofficial]

Hate that happened and hate to see Anna get attacked by bees.

[@AnnaKra]

Thank you. :)

[@badasssamurai4954]

I'm very sorry Anna, but I have to laugh when I hear you run from being stung! Sorry to laugh at your pain🤣 I am learning so much from you and your dad! Great job 👍

[@AnnaKra]

I'm glad someone is laughing! lol. Thanks for watching! :)

[@xdsuzi2]

lol anna did u get stung? where? xD

[@AnnaKra]

In my knee and back. lol. Thanks for watching!

[@paulawaldrep3760]

Well arthritis should be no problem to her when she gets older! Lol :)

[@PavelBee]

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[@AnnaKra]

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[@gustavocampos1969]

Thanks, Ana and Pavel! This is gross! But useful to learn. I see that YOU got stung, but Pavel didn't. Was it your perfume or cologne? Thanks, guys.

[@AnnaKra]

It could have been. Thanks for watching!

[@badassbees3680]

Mad bee lol 😂 Wax Moths are terrible here,if you leave extra frames in equipment out for 1 night they'll get laid in..I used to melt Wax ,but now I freeze and then use damaged ones in Swarm Traps,bees will haul webbing out and rebuild them, I don't like to make them fix too many at once,but swarms fix them really well, established hives don't usually because they rather use nice Combs.Now I mean partial damage,not completely annihilated frames...

[@AnnaKra]

Thank you for watching and for great advice! :)

[@chuckroast7053]

Anna, I have two 8 frame hives and noticed each hive has about 1.5 frames of honey. Ask your dad if I should move those frames to the outside of the box and bring the empty frames towards the middle, or should I add another box on top and put the full frames of honey in the top box and add empty frames to replace the honey frames I took out. I do see brood, but it seems they are running out of room for the queen to lay eggs.I see lots of nectar, some pollen, and I do see some drone brood start to develop. We are going into December, so is it too early to add a box on top?

[@margaretali5542]

Can you keep the beehive in a tent or under a cover to protect them against this?

[@antoineagius1181]

Hello Anna, is there something to kill the moth and to prevent it not to enter into he bee hive ? ( like the Thyme oil do to the mites, or they need to be squashed or burnt ? ) Thank you so much, and I'm sorry for that family loss.

[@charlesbaker8543]

It is a sad thing when you open a hive and see that

[@AnnaKra]

Yes it is. Thank you for watching! :)

[@brezzabear]

How long did it take from when you last checked the hive? Waiting for our spring to start here in Australia. Got stung last week she got into my suit somehow and stung me on the ear. I also ran to my car lol... Checking the hives tomorrow hopefully weather here is alot of rain.

[@AnnaKra]

It was about a month or so. Thank you for watching and commenting. :) Hope everything goes well with your beekeeping!

[@brezzabear]

@@AnnaKra Thanks Anna so do I. what bees are you using mainly? We use Canolians they are a bit more gentle than the three band Italians and they are a cooler climate bee which is good as Melbourne is cooler than Sydney way (NSW) and Queensland which is more humid. Thank you for getting back to me too. Hope we dont have wax moth problems this spring as ours is about to start. 🤗

[@AnnaKra]

@@brezzabear we have Italian bees!

[@brezzabear]

@@AnnaKra Nice! don'tworry I will continue watching you and your dad soooo much to learn and your dad is an awesome teacher and also learning a lot from you too your channel is awesome and very educational. Keep in touch and good talking to you.

[@chuckroast7053]

Anna, your father said to check every week. Is that all year long, or just during the hot summer months. I had a moth problem and it seems it happens anytime between late May through September. I think when the weather is cold, problems with moths, mites, hive beetles isn't that bad. Please ask your father and let me know what he suggest.

[@AnnaKra]

He recommended that for beginners, that is the best way to learn, to check them once a week or so. But, over time you can kind of tell what's going on in the hive based on what is happening at the entrance. For winter we leave them alone. It's too cold to check them regularly. You are not supposed to check them if it's too cold outside. The brood will die. I hope this helps!

[@zcsaba77]

Pavel, I had same but not in hive, in sulfuring box, I left country for 6 months, my dad forget sulfur, after 3 months almost eat all, it was around 60-80 frames, I say him cut out and melt, save wax how much is posible

[@villainousssb533]

You must have had the wrong perfume on today. Maybe there is low flow

[@AnnaKra]

Must have. Thank you for watching! :)

[@chuckroast7053]

Anna, ask your dad if wax moths are a problem during the colder winter months. It seems they come out more during the warmer months ?

[@AnnaKra]

Yes, he believes they are more of a problem during warmer months. Thanks for commenting and watching.

[@chuckroast7053]

Anna, happy new year. In this video, your dad mentioned to check the families every week. Does he recommend that all year long, or just during the hot summer months?

[@fishmut]

Oh my gosh , I lost a hive to these wax moths to, they destroyed the whole colony and frames everything. Next time I just burn my hive there bad insects. No good, I feel bad for that colony. It happens tho so don’t feel to bad .i burn my hive because if you miss any moth eggs good chance they start again

[@AnnaKra]

A strong family usually pushes them out and cleans it up. Burning is probably the best option!

[@jarnold8803]

Just started 2nd year beekeeping. 8/1 my hive went queenless, so I took a frame of nurse bees, eggs and larvae from a different hive. By the end of the month the moths took over. Was it to little to late. I moved the hive into an open field and let the frames get robbed out. Now what do I do?

[@AnnaKra]

It sounds like it's a bit too late. Is there anything left in that hive? If there is you can combine the remaining bees with another colony, the moths like to take over weak hives and get rid of all moth infected comb.

[@jarnold8803]

Do I need to treat the wood frames with something

[@AnnaKra]

@@jarnold8803 That it is up to you. Different beekeepers do it differently. My dad lets the bees clean the frames and the super. He just switches out the comb. Also, the robbers like to attack queenless hives, because they are queenless they are in a weaker state, we had a perfectly strong hive that lost a queen, the robbers took over for no apparent reason. If you know they are queenless, especially in the robbing season, keep a closer eye on that hive, in the future. I hope this helps. Thank you for watching!

[@rebeccagharis-gallo8155]

Why did this happen? Is it a common problem?

[@AnnaKra]

The robbing is very common. After they get robbed it’s very common for moths to take over weak hives. It’s a good idea to have at least 2 or 3 hives Just in case you lose one. I hope this helps. Thank you for watching and commenting.

[@wadebarnes6720]

What are you always running from

[@AnnaKra]

lol from the bees.

[@ratpackcolorado]

So active like peloton for bees. Sooo sorry moths got your family and hurt the bee house. Then stole supply’s .they kill when they steal makes hive week then might abscond and moths say wow new home.......so nasty like a bad dream .

[@AnnaKra]

Thank you! It happens with beekeeping.

[@almire8052]

They’re attacking the Russian Queen

[@AnnaKra]

lol. Thanks.

[@urbez3748]

Классно, только не понял ни хрена, кроме того что моль восчину сожрала. Забыл уксуса налить. Если на самогоне настоять туберкулёз лечить можно.