Spring Management of a Honey Bee Hive [ + Q&A Session]

At the illawarra beekeepers September 2019 field day, we covered Spring Management of a Honey Bee Hive. This video was recorded live featuring a presentation by the Branch President, Penny Downy. Plus answers to many questions from Clem Mills, a very experienced beekeeper with some 50 years of knowledge. We then went out to the apiary where Penny goes through a beehive and explains points on Spring Management. The points covered can be found at the following chapters.
0:00:00 Q&A session
0:26:26 Manipulating Honey/Pollen Bound Brood
0:27:15 Honey Bound Brood
0:28:04 Pollen Bound Brood Frame
0:28:31 Manipulating the Brood frame
0:29:23 Contents of a typical Nuc Box
0:30:31 Queen in cage with escort worker bees
0:32:07 Honey Bee Life Cycle Chart
0:35:57 Honey Bee Life Cycle Observations
0:38:49 Identifying a Queen Cell
0:39:26 A brood frame with different cells
0:40:45 The life cycle of honey bees diagram
0:41:06 Adding supers to a hive
0:47:09 Replacing a Queen
0:50:29 opening the super
0:54:52 opening the brood box
0:55:51 separating frames in the brood box
0:59:14 spotting the Queen
0:59:40 placing the frame with the Queen back in the brood box
1:00:30 shaking the bees back into the brood box
1:01:55 finding eggs
1:06:19 finding a frame to use for a split
1:06:38 Explaining the multi-function hive tool
1:09:17 Finding hive beetles
1:10:10 Deciding which frames to remove from the super
1:10:37 Closing the hive & end of inspection

[@joshuablack398]

Extremely informative

[@SaveOurBees]

Thanks Joshua for the feedback.

[@peterg2569]

Top class talk and beehive demostration

[@colinlyne8688]

These lectures are great, thank you

[@crickro]

Great video, thank you. Very informative.

[@davidestoppey23]

We've got cattle nearby and the bees continually go to the hoof print holes that fill when there is a overflow because the valves broken, and they seem to prefer stale water over fresh, because we have that nearby too.

[@SaveOurBees]

Hi David. Thanks for sharing that. Yes it's not uncommon for bees to sip on water in puddles or from water that we probably wouldn't like to drink. But bees are attracted to salty water and water high in minerals so that may be your answer. 🙂

[@benjamincrossman5937]

They love the water that gathers in my garden after heavy rain too, in the spots with poor drainage. I did hear Paul Stamets postulating that they are after fungi. I think he's researching fungal supplements for bees based on that behaviour.

[@michaelmueller4946]

I have a solar powered water fountain. Many insects visit it. I put a leaf floating on the surface.

[@SaveOurBees]

Hu Michaeel. Yes a great idea to do that. Bees need and enjoy a dependable fresh water source. I do something similar with a 1m tall rough vase, with a hole in the bottom. The vase sits in a shallow pot that holds the water and used a solar pump to push water up to the vase letting water slowly trickle down the sides. The bees love it.