WHEN & HOW TO EXPAND YOUR BEEHIVE: Beginner's Guide to Beekeeping

[@johngardner1898]

How many KZbin videos have I watched, 2,000? 3,000? This video is the first time I have ever heard the channel say, "...because it will help me make more money." Everyone knows it, but you are the only one to have actually said it. 🙂

[@redtaylor2281]

THANK YOU very much, first off I absolutely love your voice, its very clear and easy to understand. Your presentation is clear and to the point. I learned quite a few points from this video. Great job.

[@natalielent748]

I love your videos. They’re so helpful ❤ I’m a first year beekeeper thanks to your videos and the knowledge I’ve learned from you. Thank you for doing this. 😊

[@ewelinasosnowska385]

Thank you SO much for all for videos! So helpful, appreciate it a lot!

[@jessiesgirl8194]

Thanks so much!! Happy you mentioned the flow hive great videos!🎉

[@HaselorHoney]

Thanks for sharing, always nice to see how others do things 😊🐝🐝

[@samosborne7712]

Perfect timing!! I was wondering when to add more boxes. I am also enjoying to beginner's course. Great information.

[@TrickyTrev01]

Awesome Larissa great video. Your definitely helping new beekeepers 🇦🇺👍🐝🍯

[@homesteadingpastor]

Hello! New Subscriber Here! Thanks for sharing this very informative video! We had bees 🐝 a while back and lost them to mites and they swarmed on us. Just started back with more bees this year with a mentor bee keeper from Mississippi. Now so glad we found your channel, already learned so much by watching your video. Bee in touch with you often lol Thank you. 😇👍🏻🙌🏻❤️🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝

[@Zbee167]

Great information! Thanks for sharing.

[@BeekeepingMadeSimple]

Glad it was helpful!

[@fireant1272]

You answered all my questions! Great information! Thank you!

[@laurad2136]

Great video. We are in our first year of beekeeping and struggling with different opinions/suggestions. It is good to know the process and rationale behind things we do so we can actually make decisions accordingly. We were given a nice swarmed colony which we put in a deep brood box, queen excluder and a couple of shallow (half deep) supers on top because we were leaving for 2 weeks so thought this way we'd give them enough space. It was early June in UK with exceptionally hot weather too.. we have lots of blossoms around. On our return, the frames in the supers were entirely empty and the ones in the broodbox had several capped queen cells. Still now we have not understood why the bees didnt use the space above.. we're told we should have put some sugar syrup in those super frames. Surely for being very intelligent creatures the bees can also be rather narrow sighted

[@BeekeepingMadeSimple]

Although you gave worker bees a place to store honey, the queen excluder prevents the queen from having somewhere to lay and that is when a hive swarms. Empty honey boxes does not prevent swarming. Empty space in the brood nest prevents swarming. So next time you plan to leave for an extended time, you should put empty frames (preferably no drawn out comb or foundation) in between the frames of brood in your brood boxes so the bees have somewhere to build new comb and the queen has somewhere to lay.

[@pablogomeztorres892]

Thanks for the very on point info. I love you

[@robinlewisart_1997]

Thank you so much

[@cmathews5909]

Great stuff. I wish you were when I started in 2020.

[@jesseyoung3039]

nice. you answered my questions

[@BeekeepingMadeSimple]

Glad I could help

[@barkatdjelloul1824]

Good evening hello I miss your lessons

[@samjunod]

Great information! Thank you! 🐝

[@williamtaylor6812]

Yes

[@robbincarlson7007]

When moving a frame of brood up when adding a new deep box, does it need to be capped brood or does that matter what stage they are in? Appreciate your videos and channel. New subscriber and love your videos

[@BeekeepingMadeSimple]

It does not matter what stage the brood is in, you just want to make sure the brood frames have a frame of honey (or pollen or just drawn out comb) on either side of them so that the brood stays warm. You always need to make a brood sandwich, essentially.

[@anthonypayne6032]

Love your channel as a first year keeper in a cold climate hardness 6b My question is what is the depth of all the boxes is there a big difference between a small and a medium?

[@BeekeepingMadeSimple]

I explain it in this video - kzbin.info/www/bejne/fYi5f6ieqq6aotE. Hope that helps!

[@dannycox3049]

Can I put an empty second deep box on top of first in order to feed with upside down jars of sugar water with a brand new package of bees.

[@BeekeepingMadeSimple]

You can! Just make sure those jars of syrup aren't leaking too much or you will have bees drowned in a pool of syrup on your bottom board. I would test it out before you put them in the hive. Even a tiny pool of water will drown bees.

[@dannycox3049]

@@BeekeepingMadeSimple thanks, I bought two jar lids from a company called Beeline. This my first hive, I’m trying to absorb as much as possible

[@williamtaylor6812]

Yes

[@caseymisssarah1757]

I did this and did not check for two weeks and the bees built comb into the box full of brood and larve.

[@bigsalt6400]

Does anyone know what season/month is good time add a box I don't want to add another box to late to the season and have them not survive the winter

[@BeekeepingMadeSimple]

It depends on where you live. Once it starts to get colder out and it's almost cold enough for the bees to cluster up, you'll want to consolidate the hive and take off empty boxes before winter starts. You want to add boxes when the hive is active and there is only a few empty frames left in the uppermost box.

[@caseymisssarah1757]

I wish I would have watched your videos before I dove into beekeeping. Making so many mistakes

[@jamesmcdevitt3488]

Those poor boxes have almost rotted out. Do you really use those for your bees?? Or are they just here for educational purposes?

[@BeekeepingMadeSimple]

These are the old boxes sitting around my yard for filming videos. We do not put them on the hives.

[@codyjamessingleton5098]

You do realize boxes are inanimate right? You can't really feel bad for the boxes lmao

[@davidpotts3844]

You really need to replace those boxes, those have expired

[@BeekeepingMadeSimple]

I know it is common for people to replace things once they are not attractive looking, but if something can still be used, I keep it. I believe it is pretty obvious that there aren't any bees in the box in the video. It is an empty demonstration hive. These boxes should not be used on a beehive with an active colony of bees inside it, but I still use "expired" boxes for things such as educational videos and storing frames. That being said, some boxes can be salvaged by cutting them shorter to be used as a shallow if the broken areas are at the bottom.

[@davidpotts3844]

@@BeekeepingMadeSimple Yes, I thought you were using them for instructional purposes and in Hawaii everything comes in from Main Land and re-sourcing is a way of life there. I have watched many of your videos and like your simple no nonsense approach. Just keeping to the basics as it's been working well for yrs.