Colony Management Summer 2019

[@SpoonerTuner]

So, many bee keeping videos on KZbin. It's nice to watch one like this from an actual educated person that presents information in a well organized manner and doesn't waste my time. Thanks!

[@AmericansBee]

Good info, but you dont learn everything from one person.

[@douglassutherland4646]

I have been keeping bees for over 50 years and never tire of listening to others explaining their methods Emma is a very good presenter of the facts. I particularly like this time when dandylions are blooming profusely and the bees are taking in masses of pollen. Here in north eastern Scotland, our colonies are just coming out of winter and using the remaining stores to increase their brood, but it is too early yet for queen cells. I have mostly native black bees which are best suited to cooler weather and really come into their full strength in August when the heather is clothing the hills in purple and red.They will still be working the heather until September/ October.I will be pleased to subscribe to Emmas videos. Well done

[@honeybeehelper-1]

As a retired teacher of 30 years (and a beekeeper for 15), I congratulate you on your model lesson here. What an absolutely spot on presentation. Us teachers always grapple with how much to include in our lessons and how much to exclude, and here you put these opposites beautifully together. Clear, concise and to the point and I learned a very great deal. It’s difficult to express how much I respect what you do and how you do it. Please continue. I eagerly await your other videos and have happily subscribed to your channel.

[@StygianWolf]

I've seen alot of bee keeping videos and i'm amazed how easily these keepers are always able to find the queen among hundreds of bees. I'd probably spend the whole day doing it.

[@bushtop1179]

Yeah, with time you learn how to find her. Look for eggs, etc.

[@gazinta]

Well? She leaves a trail of sorts. Sometimes all odds are defied, though. You'll catch her flipping the corner as soon as you're ready to give up. Sometimes her highness has a mean game of hide & go seek. Keeps us sharp or confused.

[@treksandpreps]

lol hundreds of bees. try thousands. the queen can lay 1500-over 3000 eggs daily... so after 21 days you can have a 1500-3000+ new bees a day :)

[@anabelaramos8399]

I don't look for a bee, I try to find something like a locust tail, no wings just her bum.

[@jeffreypowlesland3780]

Hi Emma, I am a first year beekeeper in Nashville TN and loved your professional presentation. I really enjoyed listening to you about the different stages in not only the bees life but the hives as well. I will look forward to seeing your videos in the future. Thank you

[@womanonabicycle]

I really appreciate the natural enthusiasm and the 'don't worry, its all fixable' attitude. Very reassuring.

[@carolinaprinzivalli1298]

Thank you so much for these videos. The instructor is excellent, with step-by-step details on what to do in each different situation.

[@markgunn6454]

i am impressed. You are an eloquent subject matter expert with vast quantities of empathy for the animals . Well done, I subscribed. Thank you from northern Germany.

[@ozidlibi7426]

Finally! A beekeeper who keeps bees and thinks like me! Super eloquent and intelligent! Emma is thorough and knows her beekeeping! I love her explanations and NY accent 😍 Keep up your awesomeness and please keep posting! 🐝

[@soffici1]

SpyingDutchman why do you say so? Cornell University p’s Dyce lab seems to be still pretty active (look on their FB page for confirmation)

[@2realitycheck]

I've watched many videos about bee keeping and I have never subscribed to one but because of her very clear step by step process of explaining has really propelled me to subscribe and recommend to others. Well done!!!!!

[@thehiveandthehoneybee9547]

I wish every beekeeper on YT would teach this way and I'd watch. you are awesome your video person makes it hard to watch parts and the audio blasted my ears in the worst way. loved this overall.

[@Blgtn43]

You are a true educator. Life long information. Thank you.

[@soffici1]

What a nice and relaxed beekeeper you are! Based on this video alone, it looks like you could sit there without any protection, as if the bees recognised you as one of them. It may be the nectar flow keeping them calm, but I think is more of a gift of yours: some people seem to soothe the bees and you might be one of those people! One thing though: tell your video operator to get some sort of stabiliser for the camera and to not rely on autofocus too much...

[@russfeldbusch442]

that was the best hive management video I have seen... thanks and yes I am new at this and really love my lil bee farm. Emma you did great!

[@firstchoiceautosalesllc1663]

THE BEST presented beekeeping video I've ever watched. By far! Great job

[@JMCPEAK713]

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[@Brad-kq9oc]

It's great to listen to someone with no ego teaching you about beekeeping. Those hives must be on a good necture flow, I didn't see you get stung once.

[@Brad-kq9oc]

Of course you could have moved them so the angry bitches fly to a different position

[@craigmcdonald2110]

Fantastic video thankyou Emma I've been beekeepings for 20 year's I have Really enjoyed this video .

[@hapbunker2373]

Hey Craig, Perhaps you might have some insights for me with regard to my recent questions about swarming. Any advice would be appreciated.

[@chowdown2159]

I like your ability to explain you ideas. Clear and concise. Thank you.

[@Gafusaf]

Lots of really good information. Smooth and steady presentation style. Thank you!

[@bruisedawgadventures]

This is an awesome video. Thank you for sharing and articulating in such a step-by-step, procedural way.

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[@tomglaspie6011]

Wow you really communicate well. Very thorough, informative and easy to understand.

[@RailgunBlaster]

Articulate and thorough, impeccable explanation !

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[@bhatashraf3910]

@ yas

[@mindchibanda6488]

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[@Gord1812]

Great informative video. Would it be a good alternative to do a split instead of adding more space when you find swarm cells? What is the advantage to adding space insted of a split, besides getting more honey?

[@frankfoley1967]

Thank you for a splendid job, and articulate instruction !!

[@duncanswi]

Outstanding. Very articulate and easy to follow. Thank you.

[@roguedog6799]

You are absolutely the prettiest bee keeper i have ever seen (:

[@kus0mak]

You haven't seen dirt rooster, have you?

[@reapersridge7992]

Lol. Dirt rooster....Big Sexy...lol

[@roguedog6799]

@@kus0mak NOPE

[@ontariohomestead7135]

I feel left out lol and under appreciated

[@stevenogborn5892]

I love your instructional videos. Those of us in North Texas have to bump the timing up earlier about three months from where you are in New York. We need to do this around the first of March.

[@jimallen1176]

Melt wax in crockpot & use a 4" paint roller to wax plastic foundation for excellent drawn comb. They'll draw it faster too. Enjoying your videos. Great job!

[@TheLynnhavenRiver]

Really great video. Exceptional technical accuracy. Well done!

[@bobwebber8521]

@30:50 I could hear a lot of voices yelling "Why me". Excellent video and well presented. Thank you as it bought back old memories from long ago. Unable to lift boxes (old age) any more so had to quit.

[@cluelessbeekeeping1322]

Why don't you make hive out of 5-frame medium nucs? Could you handle that weight? I love keeping hives in nucs. Just a suggestion! Stay young!

[@jmlj913]

Try a top bar beehive. You only have to lift the frames

[@cluelessbeekeeping1322]

Oh, hey, check out a "Long Lang" hive, it's like the best of the two hives a top bar hive & a langstroth hive. It uses 'regular' deep frames set in a long box. You only have to lift 1 frame at at time. A friend has them and he swears by them!

[@davidryle1164]

I dont know if this has already been asked and answered, but I'm curious, what breed of bee are in those hives, they seem very mild?

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[@davidmaloney2724]

Very in-depth. Good job. I Will say though it is best to just leave one cell after colonies have swarmed. Usually a mid sized one where you observe bees sitting on it. This insures no after swarm’s.

[@davidmaloney2724]

And checker boarding empty honey frames has to be done between capped honey frames. Or they will draw out the old frames quite thick.

[@solarmandave]

Fantastic video you are very good at explaining and teaching. Thanks

[@esthermezhibovsky7284]

Thanks for the informative and organized video! A lot of the other beekeepers tend to ramble in their videos which makes it hard to take away key points.. but you are great! :D

[@ITcookY]

Incredible Job! So much talent as an articulate teacher!

[@xekorf]

This is, by far, the best video I’ve seen on this topic!

[@ozidlibi7426]

Awesome squat with the full and heavy honey super! 💪

[@bradgoliphant]

Where you are located? And please share where you got these bees. I so love their gentleness.

[@hapbunker2373]

Very well presented from the view of a first time beekeeper. I am curious though, Why would I not want my hive to Swarm?

[@pluki1357]

Very good video, very informative & pleasure to watch! Thank you & greetings from Poland :)

[@danielwright3671]

2 years in started for the hunny now its for my ladies I love them

[@kiphammargren4553]

When adding a honey super w/excluder what’s your opinion on having upper hive entrances?

[@zapszapper9105]

Amazed how you manage without gloves and not getting stung. Also how easily you find the queen pick her up and get her in a cage. For Myself I am a little scared to put the gloves away just yet. But I guess that is what you need to do to pick up the queen. Also your tips on putting on supers swarm control and veroa management Thanks.

[@mrb8721]

Really enjoying your video's. I a. New to bee keeping and i managed to bait a hive and catch a swarm last year. My hive is only a single brood box. For sake of early swarm control. Could i put a shallow underneath the broodbox so they have plenty of room for early brood and maintain heat that rises to top to keep main brood warm??

[@GarrisonLeRock]

Depending on how cold your location is I would either insulate or get a hot box. Otherwise I've heard it's generally not a good idea to place smaller boxes below deep boxes. Personally i would just place a super above.

[@mrb8721]

@@GarrisonLeRock cheers. I think i will follow your advice. Thanks for the feedback

[@GoneWildKennels]

Looking forward to watching you . We dont start setting up our hives in our 1/2 section of alfalfa until the 2nd week of May. Ugh

[@jarethill5240]

By far the most informative video series I've viewed. Keep up the outstanding work.

[@samuelonyedikachi9057]

Thank you for the info but please what can I use to attract bees into new or fresh hive

[@rayburns2745]

Good evening, I'm a newbie. I have been a beekeeper for two and a half weeks now. I purchased two 5 frame NUC colonies and installed them 2 and a half weeks ago into a 10 frame langstroth hive were the other 5 frames just have non-drawn out plastic foundations. I went into the brood box a week ago to check on there progress. i noticed a few queen cups with no eggs which i pinched. as I went into my hive this last Monday I noticed a capped queen cell. as a new beekeeper and not knowing at the time what I should really do, I cut it off. not sure if that was right or wrong, I was a bit nervous they were going to swarm. I did check for queen and she was there. I went back into that hive today to see if they may have swarmed and so far so good, queen is still there and the colony appears to still be there. What I did notice was they started to build a couple of half built supersede queen cells on the middle of the drawn out frames. I didn't remove them assuming the colony is trying to get rid of the old queen and produce a new one. Was that the right thing to do? Leave those supersede queen cells? thank you

[@bobwebber8521]

Thanks to all who offered advice, but unfortunately my situation is that even half depth boxes got too much so I sold the whole deal and moved to the city. Would still like to keep some bees but hard to hide them.

[@TheCowboyCurtis]

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[@bobwebber8521]

@@TheCowboyCurtis Thanks for the link. Watched a found very interesting.

[@stephen26448]

Can you place that frame with the queen cells in another empty hive and start a colony

[@dougwhitmore6577]

Would you please do a pro and con of boring upper entrances in your honey supers? With that, would you also discuss when to properly use bottom entrance reducers? I would also like to see a pro and con about screened bottom boards vs solid. Great videos. Thank you from Maine.

[@strassiburgi]

Wow best bee video ever !!! Keep going ... !!!

[@bradgoliphant]

Could you share how you build you way up to go suitless and wear only what you wear? Are you ever nervous not wearing a suit and do you always get stung? I so want to take the suit off. Any suggestions?

[@davidhorsley4657]

New subscriber here. What species of bees are these? Good vids, thx.

[@mattingly1217]

No answer in 2 months! I won't be subscribing..... go check out barnyard bees.... he is a real beekeeper that doesn't take 6 hours to look at 1 hive

[@perez627]

Hi Could you tell me what kind of veil you have?

[@TriGirl123]

Where’d you get that awesome belt for the tool holder? I need one 😄

[@10X_Brain_Time]

will there be any problem if you keep all the Hives Side by side without spreading across the farm ..

[@north40honeybees35]

New subscriber here. I love your channel and the straightforward, simple way you explain what you're doing. Even a newbie, such as myself, see things so much clearer. I feel like I've discovered a treasure! If possible, could you explain the sugar shake method of varroa mite testing because I can't bear to kill even one bee. Thank you!

[@blain2455]

Hi North, to do the powder sugar mite check, you want to get a 1/2 cup of bees (measuring cup). You can shake a frame of worker bees into a tub and scoop them up. Make sure the Queen isn't in there. You don't want to put extra stress on her. Scoop the 1/2 cup of bees into a Quart size Mason jar with a hardware cloth lid insert and about 2 Tablespoons or so of Powder Sugar. Next you'll want to roll the jar to coat all of the bees and then let them sit for about 5 minutes (be sure they are in the shade and not baking in direct sunlight). The mites have barbed feet and the powder sugar gets into the barbs and makes it hard for them to hang onto the bees, so they will eventually fall off. get a white paper plate or even better, a white bowl or tub and vigorously shake Mason jar with the bees upside down very quickly quickly so that the powder sugar comes out into your container with the mites (if any). Shake fast and hard because the bees will sweat and cause the mites to stick to them. If you used a bowl or tub, you can add some water to make it easier to spot the mites since the water will dissolve the sugar and cause the mites to stand out a little better. 1/2 cup of bees is about 300 bees. So whatever number of mites you have, divide that number by 3 and that is your mite percentage. Ex. 3 mites / 3 = 1 % mite infestation. Good luck!

[@north40honeybees35]

@@blain2455 thank you friend!

[@geckoproductions4128]

Hi Emma, love your videos, very informative and you are very pleasant to listen to. My question is what is your opinion of oxalic acid vapor for varoa mite treatment? Thanks from South Texas

[@hapbunker2373]

My lot is in a fairly wooded area with a more limited supply of wildflowers that most others might have in their area. My main goal is to introduce pollinators for my vegetable garden and not necessarily to produce honey. From your video I suspect that swarming would not be an issue for me but with my scenario, Would swarming be less of concern for me? Or are there other more serious ramifications than poor honey production? Can anyone advise me on this ?

[@debbierodda2203]

You are using ideals for supers. How do you go at Pack Down before winter in not enough honey deep honey frames at that time? Have you done a video on Pack Down? Thank you

[@karenulrich5930]

Love these tutorials. Where can I get that awesome utility belt?

[@rogerdrury6537]

Miss your videos, hope you're able to start again soon

[@stephen26448]

Very good informative video, you are on top of that game I can tell

[@kekulpac]

What if any, is the harm of putting a queen excluder and a honey super on early or if the lower box is only half full?

[@scottwardcarvings]

Why wouldn’t you give them another brood box instead of just a honey super with a queen excluder on it? Seems like that would only buy you a little bit of time before they try to swarm again.

[@bradgoliphant]

Hello, i have a question for you. I'm a backyard beekeeper in NYC and in the garden I have my hive it only allows for one hive. So when it comes to swarming, do you have any suggestions for me? I have been told several things like I "kill the queen, replace a couple frame with empty frames, allow them to swarm they call a swarm catcher service, clip the queens wing so they can't swarm. What do you suggest I do when this happens?

[@citrumpet1]

Excellent video! Thanks for sharing.

[@jonhatch3290]

What would happen if you took the queen and some nurse bees and but them into another hive box and left the original hive to rear a new queen?

[@davidsoloninka7742]

Where did u get your belt with the magnet for the hive tool? Thx

[@amathonn]

Very informative and a fantastic presenter. You sound like you've been teaching for years - never a pause or loss for with facts easily at your command. Great production too with professional sound and video. On a bee note - I hate killing bees to test for varroa. What's your opinion of sugar shakes?

[@johanbruwer9665]

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[@thehiveandthehoneybee9547]

I like sugar shakes too

[@jozsip]

Thank you for your great explanation.

[@rickabrams3422]

Would adding a hive top feeder speed up the drawing out comb process?

[@robsonrobson4008]

Hi beautiful bees. Which line of queens you got? Greetings from Poland

[@allenm9291]

Enjoyed the video and the information presented.

[@nancytritt4097]

Where can I get a hat and veil like yours?

[@peterdufek2928]

Many youtube beekeepers suggest using drawn comb. New beeks don't have that option.

[@lenn55]

What is your opinion on horizontal bee keeping as opposed to stacking 1 box on top of another like most American bee keepers do? thx

[@splinterpickerwon]

What does one do if they have no drawn comb to add? I am out of it.

[@randywatkins9110]

Informative video. Where do you get your tool belt?

[@amathonn]

What's the ideal stage to start adding supers? That brood box looked quite full.

[@polvotierno]

I did not hear the option of pulling the queen cells and some bees into nucs. The queen cells are a valuable resource to beekeepers. It means extra money or the ability to raise their own queens to replace weak or dead hives. It is preferable to not crush queen cells. Beekeepers should be taught how to take advantage of queen cells .

[@P22-h6t]

Lets say you left a super on during winter and proceeded to feed syrup and fondant throughout winter, if you under super will they move the sugar from feed into the one you wanr for honey? Getting confused about contaminating my honey with the feed ive given them? Any help would be appreciated

[@edwardbalogh5666]

A great job Emma. I do have a suggestion to increase the likelihood that all ripe queen cups/cells are found. Once you have found and isolated the queen, shaking all the bees off a frame will aid in finding queen ripe queen cups/cells might be hidden under them.

[@63italic]

How often do you inspect the colony when looking for signs of swarming?

[@pirateprospecting707]

Great video and thanks for all the info ✅😁👍🏴‍☠️I only have 2 colonies and made a oops! Plenty book smart!Hands on..not so much 😉😁

[@hutch84jr]

Although there is a lot if information in the video,, this video was very difficult to watch because it was so blurry,,

[@jlevinn1]

Hi Emma- Can you tell us where you got your bee belt with the magnet to attach the hive tool? Thank you.

[@cluelessbeekeeping1322]

Your bees are so calm & nice!

[@allenchan829]

How does the alcohol affect those bees that you have tested. Will this testing kill those bees or not?

[@richardwatchingfromhalifax2122]

What is the normal humidity level for a beehive?

[@MichaelDavis-dj7xc]

Emma good tutorial. I am a new beekeeper.Please explain to me the difference between a medium and a super.Thanks,Michael

[@enowhealthad5050]

very informative but the audio is annoying. it either explodes or really goes low on almost half of the time you start saying something. knowing that this vid was more than a year ago, im hoping that this issue has been resolve. none the less very informative. God bless

[@davidlopata7532]

So did the bees die that were put in the alcohol?

[@xox1592009]

It's crazy seeing how calm these bees are

[@mj-ls7qr8xp3n]

Ditto. Mine would be flying about! Little wisp of cool smoke, ROAR!!!!

[@radheshyama1135]

Is White Satin Powdered Amalgamated Sugar made from beets OK to make syrup for bees? Also, is “Brown” Zulka Morena Pure Cane Sugar OK to feed bees?

[@pirateprospecting707]

An Absolutely Fantastic Video!! Thanks for the education!!!✅✅👍👍

[@marymelchior9558]

I wanted to ask about the alcohol wash vs sugar shake. As a new beekeeper I just don’t have the heart to drown the girls, and I like pouring the “ghost bees” back into the hive. I just assume that I got a low reading because it is less efficient. Do you know of data on the relative accuracy of the two methods. I just double my sugar shake numbers and treat appropriately. Might be more aggressive than necessary.

[@franswi3026]

Hi check out Randy Oliver's site: scientificbeekeeping.com/fighting-varroa-reconnaissance-mite-sampling/ He does a thorough discussion on varroa control

[@Theclancyfamilyhomestead]

I wish I had found your channel before I got bees! Although I will carry this knowledge through each year! Where in NY are you located? I am outside of Utica NY!

[@nguyentuan1990]

how come her bees are so calm, mine beee would start attacking as soon as i open the hive up

[@mj-ls7qr8xp3n]

Yeah right? Where's the head thumps???