Michael Bush, Common Beekeeping Issues

Michael Bush talks about Common Beekeeping Issues to Shenandoah Valley Beekeepers Association members and guest.

[@pandrews5042]

As always Michael is easy to listen to and gives an independent unbiased talk, One of the most knowledgeable and best speakers of today, Thank you again, Phil. Hereford, England

[@karlstine3258]

I like to take a nap to his talks. He is very soothing to listen to

[@Steadylife2]

What a great discussion Sir! Thank you for taking the time to upload this video.

[@101Cecilia]

Excellent information. I will repeatedly review THIS discussion for help. Thank you, Michael!

[@TheTrooperGirl]

Thank you for the WEALTH of information. This is my first hive. I have watched so many videos, read blogs and there are so many different answers. I just want my little babies to be safe and happy. I really connect with the simplicity of management and care.

[@jimhegarty9561]

Michael, Thank you for this very informative video. Really helpful!

[@TheWisendorf]

I agree Michael.Im a retired trucker.Spent years training new drivers. I noticed they had a real problem with relaxing.They really get tensed up ,and they stink a little .Same with bees.Old timers for get some times back when they thought they was ready right up until they popped that lid and a few thousand bees come up to greet you. That can be a bit intimidating . So for new keepers they really need to think thru what it is they want to do before they go in, and then do that instead of just poking around ,then restacking it ,not knowing any more than before they when into it. I have been chemical free for ten years now following you. So I know im on the right path.But if you are on the merrygoround it is going to be a big hit if you try to stop using chemicals...When I started out I bought 12 hive from a commercial keeper that was big on all the latest treatments. So first winter I lost all of them but two and one of them was sickly.I really felt like the fool but I still believed in your message after I thought it out for awhile. Im glad I stuck it out,Now I have bees that can handle pretty much anything on there own.

[@larrypeterson4945]

Very good information! I appreciate the effort ans work that you folks have put into this presentation. As a side note, I will have to watch this several times to get a more complete understanding. Keep up this great presentation. Thanx LP

[@gsgenocide]

Thank you Mike! Well done presentation.

[@tug999]

Great video! Thanks, Mike.

[@klekotko]

This year I had my biggest hive split....5 times. I had them swarm twice one day, they swarmed weekly, eventually I scraped off the queen cells. 2 months later and still no brood, so I added brood from different hive, and still no queen. I was eventually forced to combine them. But is it normal to swarm so much that there is 70% brood crawling around in the hive?

[@jeannettedan]

Thank you, learned a lot!!

[@The.Chiefman]

Good little lecture Thanks

[@karensalmonsen1296]

Hypothetically speaking, could one specialty-order a mold with a hexagonal print with the correct cell diameters and make one's own foundation at home with, say, the previous years wax? Even if this is possible, is it a better idea/more convenient for both bees and keeper to just let the bees do it on their own?

[@JHuff276]

He addresses this in his "lazy beekeeping" talk, but the quick answer is: Yes it's possible, and it's a crapload of work.

[@karensalmonsen1296]

It doesn't seem like it would be, but I don't know the process so I will take your word for it. Haha. Thank you.

[@JHuff276]

Karen Salmonsen Oh, don't take my word for it. I'm not a beekeeper yet. Lol. I only had an answer because I watched that video right before this one.

[@tommycrisler7680]

Don the Fat Beeman has KZbin videos on how to make your own foundation.....looks very straightforward, but takes a while

[@ArkansasPilgrim]

Since the bees know how, let them do it. They did it before people started "helping".

[@michaelsheriff9978]

sick power point bro

[@karlstine3258]

Is there a correlation between infestation of mites and drone populations increasing

[@rhartj45acp]

karl stine it very possibly could be. Mites prefer drone cell because of the longer gestation period of drone brood.

[@XXcrazyperson]

Yea well organized amount of information, would you ever give some advice about how new bee keepherds should get bees from reputable sources that will treat them right, perhaps even give reputable sources although I know that could be a little sensitive an issue. I know that people try and fail too get into bees and sometimes multiple attempts at times but I think it may be a problem that people with knowledge toward this perhaps like yourself could help more people that turn out too be good beekeepherds because they were helped from the word go and sometimes that is what situations take and I don't think bees are any different. We need more bees especially since that over wintering and keeping them free of sickness and all the other issues that you talk about that are major challenges along with the expense that people must pay to get these bees is a very major point in time and concern at the time of aquiring these bees. If this isn't an important issue as I say I don't know what is I mean after all you have too have bees first and good healthy bees to take any of this information that people crave and try too use it. Just a suggestion I think it would help things flow in the bee situation if people get things happily instead of getting a batch of bees dealt too them and then never have a chance too ask a question, in other words it helps too deal with reputable people.

[@douglively9538]

Hi Michael: Regarding robbing: I had a hive that was being robbed and I took a handful of powdered sugar and threw it at the bees rolling around and it stopped the robbing. I don't know why I decided to do that except I was desperate for them to stop. Do you know why it worked?Doug

[@baddestbees5924]

Doug Lively probably wasn't robbing.. probably WAS Orientation Flight taking bees

[@wendybachman6224]

@@baddestbees5924 would orientating young bees be rolling around like that?

[@aandjwynn]

Orienting bees look like robbing! Nice talk! Thanks!