New Beekeeper? How to tell when there is a nectar flow

[@mikeofborg2]

Your cat is chill around the bees

[@ronniedaniels4587]

LOL! Yes he is!

[@paulahello7435]

this video was very helpful, thankyou. My black 🐈‍⬛️ gives my hives a wide berth.

[@ronniedaniels4587]

Thanks for watching! Your cat is smart!

[@cathymontgomery7295]

Good information. Like you said, it's easy to see pollen. I have one count it one hive I caught as a swarm a year ago up in Washington state. Blackberry flow getting ready to start. Cheers

[@ronniedaniels4587]

You may want to split that hive when the flow gets going. If you have at least 2 hives, you always have resources to help the other one if they need it. It does reduce honey production temporarily, but its worth it in the long run.

[@RaySarasin]

I am in Canada today its snowing my bee hives are in my winter shed heated to +4 ish Been there now over 2 weeks now. They come out about March 15th depending on weather. We have had -30 already a couple of times this month. soon -40 again cheers and good luck. Looking forward to next year as I grow my hives

[@noahriding5780]

I like this topic. Thank you. Where I am I'm seeing pollen going in now but its not as often as it should be. And the drought has been hard on the plant blooms.

[@normanrhone2791]

That cat is the boss😊 fi real.

[@jakehendry242]

Cool cat’s 🐈 Hanging with the bees.

[@AlleyCat-1]

I noticed such activities in front of my hives, but just figured we had full hives. Lol I'm on my 5th hive, the first hives lasted till their 1st spring after getting them. And the 2nd 2 hives, didn't last their first year. So, I'm hoping this hive which is a swarm I caught this spring, will be more successful. So, I'm still a newbie.

[@ronniedaniels4587]

Sounds like youre doing great!

[@riverbuilder2251]

Thanks Ronnie, I just usually look at the ones coming back if they have pollen on their legs. Lots of people rebuilding here after an extremely wet year and an outbreak of varroa mite many people lost their whole apiary the government department responsible euthanised many hives.

[@ronniedaniels4587]

Thats sad news. I hope your bees are doing ok.

[@robertvanderhoof6082]

Hey thank you for the video

[@ronniedaniels4587]

Thanks for watching Robert!

[@Oracle4DeAtlantis]

Thanks …..

[@noahriding5780]

Also, do you have any videos talking about the difference between robbing and mating flights? I've made mistakes trying to discern these two ideas.

[@ronniedaniels4587]

Hey Noah! No i dont have a video of either yet. Robbing is easy to recognize if you still have bees in the hive being robbed. You will see bees fighting at the entrance. And usually with robbing the robber bees will be on different parts of the hive trying to get in without using the landing board. They will be gathered at hive cracks and at the lid. If your hive is empty of bees(your bees left but you still have honey) it can be difficult to tell your vacant hive is being robbed. Watch for activity at the entrance, or lack of activity. Soon you will be able to tell when something doesnt look right and needs investigation.

[@noahriding5780]

@@ronniedaniels4587 Thank you sir.

[@raterus]

What you're seeing here are orientation flights. It really has nothing to do with a nectar flow. You can tell because they start out by climbing up the side of the hive, then they take off and do figure 8 flights in front of the hive.

[@ronniedaniels4587]

Im gonna have to disagree with you. I know what orientation flights look like. Its hard to tell in the video, but bees are steadily coming in from out flying, and bees are shooting out of the hive to go forage.

[@raterus]

@@ronniedaniels4587 You might be right, I know what you're trying to show, the video just didn't look like that 😋 If you made another video, that black trash bin actually helped contrast them, if the whole frame of the video had something dark like that, you'd really get the point across.

[@ronniedaniels4587]

@@raterus I will try to make another video from the side if the camera will pick them up. Thanks for watching and I hope your bee keeping is going well!

[@seeyouonthemountainbeekeeping]

What kind of camera and do recommend yours?

[@ronniedaniels4587]

I dont know much about cameras, but its a Canon Power Shot SX50 HS. I bought it used on ebay and yes, I would recommend it. Seems to work fine for a beginner, like me. :-)

[@IDVDalot]

why dont you do a video in that mountain lion thats over your shoulder???

[@ronniedaniels4587]

LoL! He’s a sweetie!

[@richardevans3084]

Open feeding is NOT cool if anyone else has a hive within 3 mile radius; Keep your feeding inside your own hives