September hive inspection

[@Manuherikiabeekeeping]

Nice inspection 👍 great pollen frames, nice looking stores and brood 👍 im a heartless sod 😂so that drone brood would be history even though I like drones i don't like that many myself but hey your hive your rules👍 i was a little shocked someone's checkerboarding brood frames though, i think that's not a wise practice, honey frames yeah but brood frames i totally wouldn't checkerboard. drones get a bit of a bum rap but when i think of the energy investment for drones, 24 days rearing, constant feeding, i personally feel they play a much greater role than most people give them credit for. Drones are big and great at picking up brood and queen pheromone and getting it around the hive during peak numbers, drones are great thermal mass when cool days strike in summer and the colony has to go from cooling to heating and i personally believe they release pheromone during the honey flow which helps keep the hive in balance. Just my opinion but one of the first lessons you learn is bee's are economical, and they spend big to create drones. Glove cleaning, i use a little turpentine to remove the stubborn propolis and wash by hand after in warm soapy water, then apply a leather care to stop the leather drying out 👍 great video 👋😃

[@dcrosco1458]

Sorry I dont wear gloves My bees have only been nasty 2 times. I just closed it up and walked away for the day or 2 then got back into it

[@honeybees1970]

@@dcrosco1458 i always wear glove although they are rarely nasty, i just dont want to get stung, ive ordered myself a new pair as these ones are so sticky with propolis now

[@dcrosco1458]

@@honeybees1970 I hope you dont not think I was making fun of you for wearing gloves I just read over what I wrote. I see where you could think I was putting you down. I was not at all, just saying I don't. I understand about bee stings. I walk out my door and one of my ladies stung me in the eye brow. Thank God it did not swell up. Sorry if you thought I was putting you down.

[@honeybees1970]

@@dcrosco1458 didnt even cross my mind, i see people wearing no protective gear at all, i am definitely more comfortable around them as I was year 1 but still dont trust them completely at year 3, i dont swell too bad if stung and actually dont mind the after itch. Lol