Fall harvest of surplus honey - USDA Russian bees in Maine

[@MountainTopBeekeeping]

I like that you left them extra frames of honey for winter ❤

[@Sanbatongmatmientayofficial]

Nice video ❤

[@boristhebeeguy]

Thanks very much for your comment! In horizontal hives when I add in late Fall extra capped honey frames within the bee nest farthest from the open entrance, the bees will be able to use them only in early Spring when there will be few other sources of nectar/pollen. The video did not show a couple of other things that should get into future videos: (1) after the actual honey harvesting, more frames with some uncapped nectar were added right outside the bee nest (beyond the divider board). The bees will use such frames in late Fall (2) I did not show yet the late Fall winterization of the bee nest: to assure good insulation, warmth and moisture control, I put a strip of a 100% wool army blanket on top the bee nest and on top of that I put a burlap pillow filled with raw sheep wool.

[@ruesnow5989]

You gave me an idea. I could knit wool blankets from my leftover wool yarn. It’s nice the bees gave you a warning they didn’t want to be bothered

[@boristhebeeguy]

@@ruesnow5989, it's nice, indeed, that the bees let you know what they want and don't want. That's why it's quite important to listen to the bees, to observe and to learn how to be tuned to them better. As far as my winter time wool blankets are concerned, they are quite short and they cover mostly the top of the winter cluster leaving ample room underneath for ventillation

[@ruesnow5989]

How do you move a 700 lb sow? Let them think it’s their idea…and marshmallows. Winter bee cluster hats doll blanket size.