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Jul 30, 2021 · Some questions. After losing my Queen many weeks back, we now have a new one. Yea! And she has been busy. Saturday four days ago we did a hive inspection. Tons of capped brood, larvae, and eggs. My bee mentor was very impressed with the overall look of individual frames. We also added HopGuard strips as a part of my regular hive mite maintenance. Everything was as it should be. Zero pests ...
Feb 6, 2019 · Peter48 February 7, 2019, 6:45am 9. The hive must be level from side to side (no tilt to the side) The reason for that is that the building of wax frames is dependant on the frame hanging vertically in that axis, bees build comb by their sense of gravity. If there is a sideways tilt the bees will build wonky comb.
Feb 27, 2024 · A few time stamped highlights that you can click to watch: Pointers on positioning your Flow Hive. All about the Flow Hive 2 base and stand, pest management and ventilation. Tips on lighting your smoker. Installing bees, transferring brood frames. Spotting the queen bee. Best time of the year to start beekeeping in different regions and climates.
Nov 27, 2017 · Modifications & Building Bee Hives. sbaillie November 27, 2017, 6:37pm 1. Well winter is officially here, another few inches of snow this weekend, so I’m stuck hoping the bees survive, and spending my bee energy working on equipment, and trying other fun ideas. I’ve nearly completed a Cathedral hive, just for the fun of building it, and it ...
Mar 18, 2016 · General Bee Chat. Rocko67 March 18, 2016, 11:46pm 1. I have this morning observed a common house fly entering my hive and I am wondering if this is something to be concerned about. The bees did not seem to worried by its presence. I am due to inspect the hive this afternoon and am wondering if there is something I should be specifically looking ...
Apr 27, 2016 · Each hive now is configured so a double queen system is in place…and as many supers as possible are stacked on…the whole process takes two people about an hour and includes the application of oxalic acid impregnated “blue shop towels” for varroa mite control. Now there are only 9 hive units in the building.
Mar 29, 2019 · The readings are really interesting as you can tell hr by hr weight humidity temp in and out noise and frequency. You can see when we smoked the hive and activity at daybreak etc. I have attached some screen shots. Screenshot_20191009-180757_Bee hive monitoring.jpg1080×1920 344 KB.
Aug 22, 2016 · Bobby_Thanepohn August 22, 2016, 2:47pm 4. You can absolutely go w/o the tung oil. Cedar ages well and is durable all on its own. Great video - still watching. Kudos for diving in. Bobby_Thanepohn August 22, 2016, 2:50pm 5. Update: This may be one of the best beekeeping videos ever. 3 Likes. Sallywags August 22, 2016, 4:51pm 6.
Sep 3, 2016 · I have just completed adapting a 7 frame Flow Super (ie. 10 frame Langstroth) to a Technoset Bee Langstroth hive. As the Technoset hive is already 10 frame Langstroth the sizing is correct but the placement of latches to fit the ‘system’ was the challenge. Sorry the shots are a bit dark, it was overcast here today. The Flow super on the Technoset Bee brood box with Technoset lid With ...
Mar 15, 2016 · Modifications & Building Bee Hives. MrBear March 15, 2016, 12:19am 1. There appear to be two main methods for holding your hive boxes secured together: the strap + emlock or spring clips (also known as Z clips). I decided to use the spring clips as I thought they looked neater and also rather cheap.
