How To Prep Now For A Big Honey Harvest Next Spring

Making Fall splits and starting to prepare for Winter. Fall splits are typically the best honey producers the following Spring
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[@richardrbrynerjr.7912]

Very good sir, looks like your jacket has lots of wisdom! Beekeeping in Amherst Ohio, no treat just Api- tablet and no mites or beetles so far so good in 12 frame Layens hives. Keeping bees with a smile!

[@beewagyu]

Better hurry. I think they are going fast. I am going to book a place tomorrow and go ahead and get some tickets for the whole thing. Hope to see ya there

[@kevinarthur7108]

This is your best video yet. Thank you for sharing!

[@ChiltonBeeCompany]

Thank you for saying that. I was worried that I may have talked too much and lost people's interest

[@CooperBees]

Thanks for all the great info!!

[@ChiltonBeeCompany]

Thank you for watching

[@CampfireCountryside]

Great video. Thank you again my buddy

[@ChiltonBeeCompany]

Yes Sir. Thank you Buddy

[@Cody-fc5br]

My stock is 15 years treatment free

[@KajunHomestead]

Great video, and great advice, thanks for sharing .👍

[@ChiltonBeeCompany]

Thank you

[@beewagyu]

Sounds fine. Thx

[@angieh.527]

This was really interesting. I've been enjoying your videos! Do you think this would work in Indiana? I'm tempted to try it on a few hives.

[@ChiltonBeeCompany]

It will work anywhere but you've got to start out with good stock. You're best bet is to order treatment free queens from somebody next year and requeen your hives with those

[@angieh.527]

@@ChiltonBeeCompany Thanks!

[@angelawoodring962]

It's working in Kentucky

[@angieh.527]

@@angelawoodring962 Good to know! Thanks!

[@philipmontgomery5626]

How many hives do you currently run?

[@ChiltonBeeCompany]

That's a good question. Probably around 450 at the moment. I've finally got some help so we'll probably double that next year

[@terrydeese157]

Enjoyed you brother

[@ChiltonBeeCompany]

Thank you for watching

[@angelawoodring962]

If you don't mind answering this question. How are you making your lids? Are they just slats or do you have them like tounge and grove? I am trying to be substantial, and I have a lot of scrap wood that I could make tops and bottoms, but I need advice. 😊, just a girl from Kentucky that loves Jesus and honey bee's.

[@ChiltonBeeCompany]

We buy them but they are tounge and groove. They certainly don't need to be. Anything that will keep the rain off them is sufficient. I do prefer better insulation in the top than the sides of the box. It helps keep condensation from building above them in Winter. That's one reason I use the inner cover style that you see in my videos

[@beewagyu]

Hey Brad. I recently started running Russians. Is there any way I can get two or three queens asap sent to me overnight for my fall splits. If you have a few extras? If no. No problem I just understand. I love your system. It all makes so much more sense together with everything else we would know about bee keeping . I am using Coy and a couple Foley. Like my Coys. Thx.

[@ChiltonBeeCompany]

I do not have any more queens to sell this year. I will be raising a lot more queens next year. Sorry I can't help you with that. I started out with a lot of queens from the Coys and their partners and still implement some here and there into my genetics. Thank you for watching

[@beewagyu]

Hey are you going to the North American Honey Bee expo? If so can where's everyone staying? Thx

[@ChiltonBeeCompany]

I am going to the expo but I have not looked into where to stay yet. Haven't even bought my tickets yet

[@gregh4065]

What is your ratio of sugar to water this time of year with your feeding.

[@ChiltonBeeCompany]

I am feeding 1:1 right now. It does a good job of growing out splits. It provokes hives to draw comb, brood up and also adds some weight onto the hive

[@gregh4065]

@@ChiltonBeeCompany thanks

[@meloneycrews]

Thanks so much..we’ve learned so much from your videos..we’ve had bees about 7 years and are just at 100 colonies now..we sold a lot this year because we’re old🤣and retired and 100 was our goal and seems to be a good number for us to keep up with!! Thanks again Brad for taking the time to share your knowledge and experience with us!

[@ChiltonBeeCompany]

Glad to hear I could help you. Thank you for watching

[@angelawoodring962]

Mine is 1 to 1.3