Thanks for having me! It was a lot of fun and I love what you guys are doing! Would love to be on again. ☺️

Thank you! I always try to understand “why” when you know “why” you can find the answer to a lot of your questions when it comes to bees

Happy you loved it ☺️ thanks!! I try to keep my videos short and informative so no time is wasted

Ahhhh this is great to hear! Bc I have 10 new hives that need to build out comb before winter. Definitely hammering sugar water right now. Was told to add apple cider vinegar to the mixture to make the ph more similar to honey. May try that next. Thanks for the message ☺️ have fun with your bees!!

@@beefitbeekeeping you can do the same thing with vitamin c powder (ascorbic acid). Vinegar could set off a feeding frenzy if there is a dearth. The HBH will cause brood building as well. So, they'll need comb to lay in and they should start building out. I like to put some sea salt in the sugar water as well since bees like to lick salt blocks for minerals. Just a little bit and not table salt. Himalayan should be fine. That may adjust the ph up though. I don't remember checking it afterwards though. Not sure.

@@beefitbeekeeping Hi, I have just seen your channel for the first time today, it is great BTW. I've just discovered some of the things you are teaching about checkerboarding and I've had great success with it. I use blank wired frames, (no foundation) I have to checkerboard the frames or otherwise the bees would just build on one frame drawing it far too wide into the area of the nest blank frame, Probably installing new frames into the brood area will limit how wide they will build as you said. Sorry to disagree with you about apple cider, I don't think it is a good idea as bees hate apple cider, last year I tried spraying frames with Apple Cider to try sterilise the wax from chalk brood infection and hopefully by encouraging bees to clean out the wax better, that didn't work and really made everything far worse. I only found out later how much bees hate ACV, when learning how to set wasp traps, put you put ACV into Jars wasps love ACV but bees won't go near it preventing bees from drowning, I learned this hard way, my bees almost absconded from the hive, it definitely set them back a lot.

Ahh good! I always try to think of the best way to explain things so the viewer makes the same connection. Glad it made sense ☺️

Thanks for the message! ☺️ I’ve noticed screen bottom boards really help keep the hive cool!

A quick method for building drawn honeycomb: put HEAVY wax on your new foundation. If you roll wax on the foundation 2 or 3 times rather than just once, the bees will pull that thick wax out into a thin walled cell that will be nearly to the edge of the frame. Within 2 to 3 days, the frame will be ready for brood or nectar. No new wax will be used and the house bees will do the work. If you put too much wax on a foundation, the bees will just move it to other frames. So where do you get the wax to roll onto the frames? Buy it OR use 9 frames in your 10 frame supers. This will cause the bees to make very deep honeycomb to maintain beespace. This extra wax will then be cut off with the caps when you extract the honey. I found that wax from 2 to 3 "thick" frames was enough for 1 new foundation.

I keep aggressive bees so there’s no way in hell I’m not wearing gear 🤣🤣 they even find ways in my suit sometimes tho! They’re smart 😳

I’m so happy you’re liking my videos ☺️ yeah I’ve learned the hard way with checkering the honey super 🥴 but if there’s a tip that works with checkering it definitely send it my way!

@@beefitbeekeeping I did it once to a frame they hadn't capped yet to get them focused on drying it out. I moved one from the middle and replaced it with an end frame. But those obviously were already drawn out!

Hmmm good to know that if they are already drawn out and you move them they won’t get all funky ☺️

@@beefitbeekeeping I have no idea if it sped anything up but I did it anyway 🤣

Thank you ☺️ happy to help! I’ve been experimenting a lot with my hives to see what works and what doesn’t. Thanks for joining the community ♥️

I try my best to make each video engaging! Thank you ♥️☺️

It really makes a difference especially if your bees are bearding bc it’s too hot, they aren’t working

Thanks for joining the community ☺️ happy to have ya!

Thanks for joining the community ☺️ we all have a lot to learn as beekeepers! The day you stop being a student is the day you stop growing 😉

Thank you for watching!! Happy to have ya here ☺️

Hi! ☺️ Wow 3 days is impressive!

@@beefitbeekeeping Thanks a lot ma'am 🙏.

Thank you ♥️

Thank you ☺️ trying to pack as much info in each video to make it worth while for the viewer!

Yes I can definitely do that! But I’m curious why do you say that? Because of our winter and changing seasons makes beekeeping more difficult?

@@beefitbeekeeping Yeah, people watch all these KZfaqrs and get advice from them. The problem with that is most new bee keepers don't know how important it is to follow advice from more "local" sources.

@@pyrojdii8806 true point! I talked about that some in a past video, location really does make a difference even being in the same state each apiary has different sources of pollen and nectar coming in, different pests in the area or viruses that are local. I truly think that is why it seems if you ask 10 beekeepers a question you will get 10 different answers. Been trying to really learn about how a bee acts, thinks, lives, etc down to the science. Learning that can help understand why bees do certain things and react to what we do as beekeepers.

I know that as far as gardening goes people like to see people growing a garden in a zone /region similar to theirs because some of the pests and diseases and timelines for planting etc. Are similar. Beekeeping is a little different where the fundamentals are more constant, just different precautions may need to be taken over a longer winter. Which is still good info to know. 😊 I don't think region matters much as far as channel growth. Good info is good info.

Thank you ☺️♥️

♥️ love to have ya as a part of the community! I will be doing the same soon. Just found out my bee business is receiving a 5k grant so I will be doubling my numbers in the next couple weeks. Sounds like you’ve had a busy season. Congrats on 40!

Thank you!! ♥️

Happy to have ya!! Thanks for joining the community 🥰

I’ve had hives for 3 years but didn’t really start taking it seriously until the last 2 years. I’ve learned a lot from family and friends and both my grandpa and uncle before they passed (they were beekeepers for 20+ years) but I’m still learning more and more every day but aren’t we all 😉 not trying to pretend like I know everything because I certainly don’t. The day you stop being a student is the day you stop growing.

@@beefitbeekeeping agreed. New subscriber here. Keep up the good work!

Happy to have ya! Thanks for joining the community ♥️

@@beefitbeekeeping Well Said, expanding your knowledge is a life event.

@@beefitbeekeeping lol, check out Brucesbees YT channel. He is part of the Dream Team- you should join.

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♥️ thank you. I appreciate hearing that. Everyone has an opinion. Like Kaymond Reynolds says opinions are like noses everyone has one. But that’s all they are opinions ☺️

Thank you 🙏🏼 ☺️

Thank YOU!! Happy to ♥️☺️

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Not that color tho..not sure if they still have the color I have

Thank u!!!

No bless you 🥰♥️

Thank you . Also u.♥️

Ahhh! From Canada! Thank you!! ♥️

Both! When I first started beekeeping these are the things I found when researching. Then I tried them myself in my own apiary and saw amazing results. Not trying to say that everything I say is 100% THE way as you say it is true ask 12 beekeepers the same question and you will receive 12 different answers. So anything I say is from personal opinion. I don’t want anyone to be under the impression that I know everything bc I most certainly don’t and still have a lot more to learn.

Thank you! Gotta love the learning curve of beekeeping 😅

No thank you ☺️

Thank you so much ♥️ hope it helps you have a great bee year!

It’s a hit or miss I’ve noticed sometimes they draw it out just fine and other times they’ll ignore the blank frame and draw out the honey to that blank frame. I think it depends on whether that honey frame is capped or not bc they won’t uncap the honey unless during winter.

It’s been a hit or miss with me when doing that. Sometimes after a couple weeks they will finally start to draw it out but usually they will just walk right thru it to the top box. Give it a try tho! It may work for you and it won’t hurt anything. Your flow may not have hit yet. From what I’ve been told just bc you see the golden rod blooming doesn’t mean the flow has started yet. Can take a couple weeks. If there is food coming in they will fill it up once they can.

@@beefitbeekeeping Thanks for your reply. I will give it a try to see what happens. I have honey to harvest tomorrow.

Thank ya ☺️

Definitely! But I’ve learned make sure you don’t apply it too thick or they still won’t build it right 😢😅

@@beefitbeekeeping bees recycle wax. I leave a ball of it out in the sun and "color" the frames when it starts to get soft.

@tinfoilhatclub I've sprayed with syrup and Pro Health (as directed). They took right to it. The syrup spray works as a smoker in a pinch, too.

I use a deep fryer I got at goodwill and a foam paint roller works really well

That’s good to know! Definitely saving all of mine this time

Yes! Off of Amazon actually haha but it’s the HumbleBee 420 Aero

@@beefitbeekeeping Awesome, thank you!!

Thanks for the tip! I just started experimenting with apple cider vinegar. Fun fact that I didn’t know until this week. Honey has a PH of around 3.1-4.5. Plain sugar water is around 6.5-7 depending on how much sugar is added. The bees have microorganisms in their gut just like we do. When they consume sugar water at a high PH it changes the bacteria in their gut and ends up decreasing their life by a couple weeks. Adding apple cider vinegar or Ascorbic Acid (vit. C) to your sugar water lowers the PH so that it is more similar to honey! I’ll have a video about it once I see how the bees react to this new mixture. ☺️

The 1/2 to 1 is simular to nectar, but will ferment pretty fast in the heat that's why the apple cider vinegar, I should have stated I put the frame of in the middle of the top box so it's over the brood and warmth from bottom box, they'll move working the brood and begin drawing frames and foundation on each side of the brood frame, then work outwards quicker than you think even on 1/2 to 1 sugar water, I just keep it on till the flow then they won't touch it, but helps keep them flying it there's pollen to gather.

Thank ya ♥️ thanks for the message!

@@beefitbeekeeping your welcome

Just depends on how much food they have in the area. Since it is a new hive and you won’t be extracting any honey off of it this year feed them with a 2:1 sugar water ratio to help encourage comb building. And the speed also depends on if you are using plastic foundations or wax foundations. They draw quicker on wax, plastic takes a little longer. But with checker boarding they will start drawing it out pretty fast! It’s only been a week since I did mine and they already have half of those empty wax sheets drawn out half an inch or so. They are only at maybe half a centimeter on all of the empty plastic sheets

@@beefitbeekeeping thank for replying and the tip. Follow up, do the online need sugar water or also protein like pollen patty? Or is protein only used to raise the larva?

I usually just take them and put them some place safe in my house until I’m ready to put them back on. I haven’t tried putting them on another hive to see what that does. Another tip I should have mentioned is to feed with 2:1 water/sugar they will draw it out crazy quick. They need sugar or a heavy nectar flow to build comb.

@@beefitbeekeeping 👍

Yep the bees will definitely be bearding on the outside of the hive on a 95 degree day. Too hot for them to do much. Wouldn’t worry too much about it. As long as they have room in the hive to keep building and filling comb then I wouldn’t worry about them swarming.

That is the best compliment thank you ☺️ that is EXACTLY what I’m trying to do! Hope all is well with you! ♥️🥰

Nope didn’t take any classes unless you count my own Emily University of research I like to do in my free time 🤣 I’m a science nerd so I’m always looking for new things to learn. This is my 3rd year! First year was winging it but the last 2 years I’ve been more serious about it.

And glad it works for you too!! I wish I was doing it sooner with my newer hives 🙃

@@beefitbeekeeping Cool cool, youth and youtube trained myself :-) I like your content, keep up the great work.

@@beefitbeekeeping I'm wondering if messing with the frames so much this first season helped keep them from swarming on me. Have been fighting honey and pollen bound all season. Had to put my strongest colony on a pollen trap for a week even.

The HumbleBee 420 Aero. I love it! Can actually get some good airflow in it

☺️ all the way from Italy?! Hello 😁 Happy to help!

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Yes this helps tremendously as well!!

All bees can make wax so if there aren’t any young bees they will pick up the slack but they prefer the young ones to do it bc as a bee gets older their wax glands reduce in size. So it’s not ideal but as bees are with anything they will find a way for survival

Great tip!

Hello! ☺️ happy to have ya!

Putting them over your suit is the smart way actually haha gives the bees 2 points that they would have to cross to get in. But the elastic on the wrist of my suit is still tight so for now I’m just picking comfort 🤣 but once one sneaks in I’ll switch

Thank you! Was trying to pack as much value into one video to make it worth while for the viewer. ☺️ thanks for the message!!

Yes they are waxed 🙂

Thank you ☺️

@@beefitbeekeeping you're welcome Watching from Kigali 🇷🇼

Michigan!

@@beefitbeekeeping I live in Indiana, but I was born in Michigan! 😊

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I do the same. I will use 1 super but I try to just make the rest deeps once the hive gets built out. Easier to manage 2 deeps that a deep and 4 supers. Cheaper too

Than a deep and 4 supers**** oops typo ☺️

@@beefitbeekeeping Correct!

Hey but at least you tried and learned! ☺️

Haha yes that too! Only give space as needed unless you want to house the pests too 🥴

@@beefitbeekeeping The beetles, don't go down, to the living part of the hive, burn it???

newbies really, shouldn't mind starting over, once in a while... loose some, learn some.

Hmmmm where did you get that none of the bees in the swarm are young bees?

Yeah I’ve heard in some of the states you have to be registered with the state but not in Michigan as far as I’m aware

@@beefitbeekeeping oh yeah I got 8 numbers on mine

🤣 yeah I probably should..I tan pretty easy tho

Thank you ☺️♥️ I swear that’s the hardest part sometimes, explaining things correctly so that the viewer understands what I’m saying

@@beefitbeekeeping I agree, it's also the part that will grow your audience and your doing a super job. Glad I found your channel and I will be following as your channel grows.

Thank you ☺️♥️

Sounds like you’ve had a bad day..I hope something joyful and happy comes into your day tomorrow and helps you feel better. Happy beekeeping 😘

@@beefitbeekeeping That's very kind of you, however my day wasn't that bad. I only ask myself the question how it should be helpful from a beekeeper's point of view to lead such a colony? What benefit can the bees draw from it, if you use such practice?

Spread positivity not negativity! 😉

Clicked because what I saw, kept watching because of content.

Awwwe you must be having a bad day. So sorry for your misery. Hope it gets better! ☺️

@@beefitbeekeeping Okay, the dude may be having a bad day, but do you have to have a smart reply?