Beekeeping Frame Inspection

[@RobertGrimmett-e3q]

Thanks for the video on mite control. I lost 2 hives a few years ago out of ignorance but now that I’ve retired I’ve got a couple packages coming next week after watching your videos all winter

[@RawsonInternetMarketing]

Excellent video. Calm and unhurried.

[@SY_KD]

As a first time aspiring Beekeeper I am very grateful for the time you spent to create this video. Thank you very much, it was quite informative and I have been having a hard time finding my queen. Now I see the difference and I noticed she should be surrounded in a circle of workers pointed inwards toward her. Very useful information.

[@beek]

Awesome

[@twistedoakhomesteadtwisted404]

Yep, This video is a favorite for me.. New beekeeper here...Doing our second hive inspection tomorrow..

[@beek]

Glad to hear it

[@dianekulback2430]

Excellent video!

[@pamelasierzan7838]

Your bees are so calm. Mine aren't. I think I'm as gentle as you but maybe that's something I have to work at. This was very helpful. Thank you.

[@boilermaker400]

Very informative. Thank you. I just got my first hive last week and I'm getting ready to go and look at my frames for my first time after they have settled. Exciting times. Again, thank you.

[@beek]

It is a hoot, isn't it!

[@mroark735]

Awesome job, loved the close inspection, it really helps out newcomers to beekeeping like me.

[@beek]

So good to know!

[@chibuezeamadi4304]

Great video Sir. I'm a novice yet. Please I want to know which of the bees make supercedure queen cells. And I've read that the bees in a queenless hive do produce their own queen. Please how's that possible.

[@fayekeller7411]

Thank you it's very good to be able to see up close.

[@barryyoung6450]

excellent footage and commentary. Thank you.

[@gjbowens13]

Thank you, well instructed. I will have to check out your courses as your explanation is understandable for the beginner!

[@beek]

Great to hear

[@Wolven_865]

First year keeping bees. Why are brood frames so dark? I haven't had to many problems with bee temperament but I prefer to go into hives in the evenings they seem very relaxed. I don't understand the 1:1 feeding phenomenon when it gets capped in a super. Also building a horizontal hive and wondering about the best entrance to promote proper feeding sequence in winter. I'm thinking front corner barn door. Might be irrelevant but I have added a second entrance reducer in opposite corner with a 1" gap in between and covered it with a 1 x 4 after witnessing the trouble hive beetles have without a "landing" pad

[@dwightcarter6334]

Great video! Nice for you to take the time to teach.

[@beek]

I love teaching about bees

[@susanbrookes8247]

Thanks great video which cleared up a lot of my doubts and answered a lot of my questions

[@BeesBikinis]

You’re always so much earlier than me! Which is good, because it helps me with what is coming :)

[@tomfairbourn6998]

Now that was a fun video to watch thanks David

[@beek]

Well thanks Tom, I love making videos. Sheri and I just finished writing a beekeeping book, so it took SO MUCH OF MY TIME!!!! But it will go out in July 2020, so now back to making more videos.

[@theneighborhoodgardener672]

THANK YOU for making this video- EXCELLENT! Your teaching skills are wonderful. I am new to beekeeping and will definitely sign up for your online course. 👍👍👍

[@beek]

Well, thank you for your support and kind words.

[@daniellineberry8879]

Loved the video, first year beekeeper in Kansas. Can you video the queen laying eggs, I have watched lots of videos on KZbin, but have not seen one with a queen in the process of laying. Thanks for the information and enjoy your videos.

[@beek]

Great idea. I'll try that. But usually she is camera shy. Women giving birth seem not to like cameras everywhere :)

[@karismama4867]

Wow, you helped a lot when we got our nuc in really cold/snowing weather!

[@beek]

Great to hear

[@gotskinn]

I installed my first NUC on Sunday. Happy mothers day to me! I was kinda rushed...but found my queen...identified pollen, brood & honey. I totally forgot about looking for larvae. My goal was mainly to get them in my hive! I will do better.

[@beek]

Happy Mother's day. Enjoy the bees

[@nunodfes2]

Nice view into the frame

[@beek]

Thanks

[@bradgoliphant]

David, where can I find your course for overwintering your hives? Do you talk about overwintering in NE states?

[@beek]

www.honeybeesonline.com/online-getting-your-bees-through-the-winter-course-online/

[@paulablack576]

Very informative! Thank you 🐝🐝🐝

[@beek]

Glad you enjoyed it Paula

[@chuckroast7053]

You mentioned it was about 60 degrees. I have heard that anything under 70 degrees could kill the larva if the frame is exposed to the cold air for a lengthy time. Is that true?

[@beek]

Larvae are not as temperature sensitive as are pupae. So capped brood cannot be held outside the hive for long if temps are 60 are below.

[@bellunderwood4272]

Very informative thank you for the video, you are very gentle with your bees😍

[@beek]

Thank you

[@fionmor4893]

when will you treat for mites?

[@beek]

First test. If numbers are low, then I use green drone comb, powdered sugar dustings, screen bottom boards and I break the queen's brood cycle 3 months out of the year going into winter.

[@FrederickTSchurgerDC]

I always enjoy your videos. I definitely need to take your course to get a better sense of the hives my grandfather started and my father is tending to currently. I'd be curious to hear your take on these killer Asian hornets. My initial thought would be whether or not we could start a hive of Asian bees here in the midwest, but I'm not sure how well they'd play with our European bees.

[@beek]

Fingers crossed they will not get carried everywhere by migratory beekeeping practices because they probably cannot cross dry, western mountain range. But then it is 2020!!!

[@welovevideostories]

so helpful. thank you so much!

[@beek]

Glad it was helpful!

[@mbgal7758]

Crazy that you said it’s cold and the bees weren’t flying but at 4:58 a bee has pollen on her legs. I wonder if she’s flying in the cold or forgot to deposit her loot.

[@slh35661]

I always enjoy your videos

[@beek]

Thank you Sharon

[@johnbush3610]

Up just north of you near Kankakee dealing with the same crummy weather. I installed a package last week and looking to check my queen. Is it safe to do so right now?

[@CriaAndKiddFW]

Hi David! Thank you for your videos and I'm enjoying your channel very much. I'm a disabled veteran and thinking of starting beekeeping when I buy my property, and am learning as much as I can. Newbie question-why are some of the frames of comb dark, almost black? From use/age? Thank you and I look forward to signing up for your courses soon.

[@beek]

Thank you for your service. Yes, age mostly.

[@musashinagatsubo9574]

David, your bees seem so calm. Is that because you used a smoker first? I'm a newbie looking into the possibility of keeping bees in an urban setting.

[@beek]

I teach in my online courses when and how to work bees and so choosing the right time and such helps a ton, but I still get strung. I just put those scenes in the blooper file.

[@burmahero1]

sir, do bees like dandilion. Do dandilion produce nectar or pollen.

[@beek]

Yes, bees love it mainly for the pollen

[@ginomorris4873]

Very informative thank you..

[@gstullo]

What is the secret to being able to have them so calm and handle them without gloves? Mine would be trying to murder me!

[@beek]

Cut! Ouch!! David Working Bees Take 478, Action! Cut! Ouch Again!! Blooper video file getting larger. :)

[@bigadg]

cracking video

[@andrecain9827]

💯💯