Fall harvest of surplus honey - USDA Russian bees in Maine

[@Sanbatongmatmientayofficial]

Nice video ❤

[@MountainTopBeekeeping]

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

[@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.