Feeding Bees [A Step By Step Beekeeping for Beginner's Guide]

Feeding Bees: Learn the right way with Bruce White. A Step By Step Beekeeping for Beginner's Guide featuring reasons for feeding bees, different feeders & mixes, how much honey is needed by your bees & a special demo showing how bees store syrup in the super & brood boxes.
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👉 Here's what you'll learn in this video 👈
00:00 feeding bees intro
00:15 reasons for feeding bees
00:39 3 different types of mixtures for feeding bees
00:50 spring mix for feeding bees
01:16 autumn mix for feeding bees
01:28 dry sugar moistened with water
02:14 how much honey is needed by bees heading into winter
03:09 where bees place sugar syrup
03:54 where bees store syrup in the super
04:55 where bees store syrup in the brood box
05:44 different methods to feed the colony
06:00 the frame feeder
07:18 filling frames with sugar syrup
08:56 internal feeder tray
10:45 PET bottle feeder
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filmed 3 May 2020
at illawarra beekeepers
Thanks to illawarra beekeepers for the use of their facilities and bee garden. And a very special thanks to Bruce White OAM for generously sharing his knowledge & time. Thanks to
Ian Phillips for assistance.
music: Catch Up : Dan Lebowitz
produced by save our bees australia
audio, cameras and editing by Emmanuel Farrugia
for save our bees australia
and
the illawarra beekeepers members, friends & all bee enthusiasts
for more info on illawarra beekeepers visit illawarrabeekeepers.org.au
© 2020 save our bees australia, saveourbees.com.au

[@SaveOurBees]

Two very important points that need to be made clear 1. we only feed bees to put stores in or stimulate the colony and to prevent bees from starving. We DO NOT feed syrup to harvest honey. 2. When dissolving sugar in hot water, ensure the syrup cools down to room temperature before feeding bees Feeding Bees leading up to winter is also important to remember. And if you missed it, you can watch the Wintering Bees video we uploaded at kzbin.info/www/bejne/aoSsloGqm6toadk

[@willbell2339]

Excellent video. Thanks Bruce

[@thedoogs1972]

I know Bruce is an absolute wealth of knowledge about all things bees and thank you so much for capturing a small portion of that knowledge and sharing it with everyone!

[@SaveOurBees]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@user-kc9ct8un3y]

Terrific lecture: and how creative to test where the syrup is stored! Thanks for all the marvellous common sense.

[@SaveOurBees]

Thanks for your feedback. Hope you learned a little. Yes the dyed sugar is a very clever way to see what and how bees move nectar around. 🤗

[@georgeskaliotis2484]

Thanks for sharing the best video to feed bees, and your knowledge.

[@SaveOurBees]

Thanks for the feedback George. We hope you got something from this.

[@TheMalaikaHoney]

Good to see you there Bruce. The new bee suit style suits you.

[@SaveOurBees]

Thanks for the feedback. As for the suit the colour choices on the day were yellow or hot pink... say no more. 😀

[@forallcrypto-nl6188]

Really appreciate you sharing your knowledge

[@heikeroberts1127]

Brilliant - thank you for sharing your knowledge :) Keep the videos coming :)

[@SaveOurBees]

Thanks Heike, Bruce is very knowledgeable.

[@georgiosladas3106]

Very nicely explained! thanks

[@honeybee8396]

Helpful video, thanks

[@SaveOurBees]

You're welcome

[@ranjeetakumari849]

Well explained..👍👍

[@socloseagain4298]

Hello sir! Is there a way we could feed our bees right now in November or even December with the honey we harvested earlier this year? 🙂

[@SaveOurBees]

It is a biosecurity risk to feed bees honey because honey can carry harmful things like AFB. It's always best if you need to feed your bees, to follow the practices in this video.

[@Tabsy771]

How long do you would feed for stimulation in the spring? I have a swarm that i need to feed

[@issamch9654]

Hey, shouldn’t you put the frames back in the super in the same order and in the same direction?! 4:35

[@SaveOurBees]

Yes it is deirable most of the time but sometimes moving frames around encourage bees to build stores evenly.

[@godisalwaysgreat]

Does feed bees sugar water make the honey even sweeter?

[@winghavenfloralfarm637]

You don't feed sugar when you have supers (honey collection boxes) on the colony. You only feed in the spring if you need to boost a colony or in the fall to give them enough stores to get through the winter.

[@arilewolaadeleke6808]

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[@BeansPredi-ch6xk]

“Save our bees” from what? You honeybeeds are perfectly fien. You are harming other bees.