Beekeeping | How To Change Frames Around For Winter

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Beekeeping skills like moving frames around for winter can really help your bees have a better chance at surviving winter.
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@crystalsaldana5342 10 ай бұрын

I never had a dad so I watch your videos and pretend my dad is teaching me

@beek 10 ай бұрын

Oh my gosh, I must say this is very humbling.

@ipponbasic1084 10 ай бұрын

Hey David where are the Bees

@billwebster327 10 ай бұрын

There’s like no bees on those frames!

@johnmenocal1633 10 ай бұрын

Thank you for showing the amount of oil in the beetle trap!!!

@frogsurfer4403 10 ай бұрын

Good video Dave; I agree that such a weak colony can be combined with another, but I have successfully saves small colonies as well. I agree with your methodology in the video except for one glaring problem (to me). Never go into winter with empty frames, that is death, and there is a big size mismatch here between the size of the colony and the size of the hive. It would be more appropriate to move this colony into a smaller hive, or else remove the empty outer frames and replace with insulating 'dummy boards' which will have the double benefit of reducing the cavity volume as well as adding insulation. I also like to use the technique of overwintering small colonies over a strong one separated by a double screened inner cover so the colonies share heat. Another issue that I don't think you addressed (you may have and I missed it) is determining WHY this colony is weak; I would never do a newspaper combine without first addressing the cause of weakness otherwise you could be sickening an otherwise good strong colony by introducing disease. Cheers from Newfoundland David 😊

@claudiaflores6162 10 ай бұрын

I agree with you . I would not send a colony like that into winter .. too many empty frames not enough bees , even if he feeds a lot is a lot of space to thermo regulate .. I would have put them into a 5 frame Nuc and even insulate . I have seen great results ! Cheers from Utah 🐝

@microtcpip 10 ай бұрын

Wow, I am impressed with this video because there are tons of videos out there advising how to do it, but there are never follow-ups, leaving us wondering if that advice was good at all. I do not know about you, but if I am advising something, and after some time, it works, I would rush to show off how excellent my advice was... meaning that I would doubt the usefulness of those videos without following up. Please keep following up on this hive. I am very interested to see how they do.

@BanjoZZZ 10 ай бұрын

This is my first year beekeeping, and I've run into a lot of problems in the last few weeks just before winter. So I am extremely grateful for more information on what you shared. I tried to go from two boxes down to one with no idea what I'm doing, I got my bees Robbed y other bees and attacked by hornets and I didn't even realize it until I watched your videos recently.

@jerrygreen7850 10 ай бұрын

I agree with you. I think that hive should have been combined with another.

@terrypickens7155 10 ай бұрын

You’re the best

@beek 10 ай бұрын

Thank you

@stevenbell1888 10 ай бұрын

Exactly the video i needed! :)

@beek 10 ай бұрын

Glad I could help!

@Beradfam 10 ай бұрын

This is the instruction I needed. I am a one year beekeeper and my hive is weak. I ordered your feeder so I will put it to use this winter and hopefully my bees will survive the temperature in Northern NJ. Fingers crossed.

@robertofkennedy 10 ай бұрын

Did you see eggs?

@thomaskoppenhaver2758 10 ай бұрын

Great content David!

@iditarod4081 10 ай бұрын

A bit surprised you're feeding 121 instead of 221 this late

@beek 10 ай бұрын

Yup I just made a video last week that answers this question. It’s a really good video explaining 1:1. Vs 2:1 in the fall. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/qrqprdKdrMuaoJs.htmlsi=k5a9_HD3UAv1eLiR

@donnaschneider4703 10 ай бұрын

What do you think about feeding them a piece of banana. I have read several articles and listen to a couple of podcasts from some studies about feeding bees. A piece of banana seems like it would be worth a try with the failing hive.

@josephvenezia3481 10 ай бұрын

Do you leave beetle traps in all winter?

@shadialbek3176 10 ай бұрын

Hello... If you can make a video of manipulating frames in a long beehive, with a number of frames of 17 or 20... Thank you.

@scotthenderson4376 10 ай бұрын

OF topic question; I pulled the rest of the frames /supers I left on from summer. Everything is capped with couple half frames not full or capped. I couldn't spin them out like I planned so I froze them to prevent hive beetles messing them up. Issue is now that there thawed and any missed beetles are dead, the honey is reading 20-21. Should I put them back or turn a fan on and de humidify the room? I only have a way to heat a few frames at a time.

@wolfiemom7648 10 ай бұрын

Is it a safe idea to inspect a hive in the rain. Light rain, nottpouring

@Peter-od7op 10 ай бұрын

Not thrilled with jars as they get pressurized and force fluid out.

@donnaschneider4703 10 ай бұрын

I live in Florida so we do not have much of a winter. It gets a little cold January February but for the most part we stay about 50 almost every day for our winter and hit some Lowe's about 3-4 weeks out of the year. I have a hive that has built some queen cells and is reclining itself now. Today is November the 12th but our hives here. Can we clean themselves until the end of November as today's temperature is running in the high 80s. If this hive has a queen in a couple of weeks, I am going to try feeding it small pieces of banana. It will be my banana test hive. This high currently only has about three frames of bees. Will keep you updated.

@jaredgodwin5956 10 ай бұрын

Winter-Bee-Kind boards without candy are still marked as sold out in both sizes😢.

@beek 8 ай бұрын

Not any more

@terrypickens7155 10 ай бұрын

Just my opinion

@b.greene9123 10 ай бұрын

How would you address a situation where the brood and most of the hive is all in the upper deep but, the lower deep has still got a lot of pollen and bee bread in the top 25% of the middle frames? I'd love to just remove that entire lower box with all that empty space but I'm afraid I'm removing some valuable resources. Tons of bees on both boxes and I am currently feeding them during a fairly rainy period of October, here in Oregon.

@johnzeigler5130 10 ай бұрын

Hey David! What do you think about removing frames but keeping both deep boxes and using following boards to close them down to a 5 over 5 setup, or 4 over 4, or 6 over 6 (whatever works best for the amount of bees and resources). I’m considering trying this with one hive to over winter. It is similar to doing a two story nuc, but without changing boxes. I know a lot of beekeepers like this type of vertical setup better than putting all ten frames horizontally. Supposedly less likely to have isolation starving.

@neotheone47 10 ай бұрын

Another very useful video.

@TinyTrailFarm 10 ай бұрын

Dave, I love this. I trapped SHB in a frame but in doing so wrecked a weak colony which I combined with stronger colony. The timing of your exercise is exactly what I’m shadowing, thank you, thank you, thank you! Kevin in WNC.

@thetruth156real3 10 ай бұрын

I find that the bees know the best way to organise their hive, the main thing is to leave them alone as much as possible and don’t steal too much honey. It’s different for this guy as he keeps bees to make money but if your a person who has one or two hives and just likes bees then follow my advise above. I really don’t know why he’s mentioning beginners to bee keeping, as these procedures are only relevant to commercial operations where hives have been split for nucleuses and too much honey has been taken.

@brendajenkins5264 10 ай бұрын

I'll be watching tomorrow.

@geckoproductions4128 10 ай бұрын

well done very instructive

@TinyTrailFarm 10 ай бұрын

Love the DB feeder boards as well! Kevin

@michaelfortney7510 10 ай бұрын

This answers all my questions. Thanks.

@brianbennett4374 10 ай бұрын

Thanks for sharing 👍 looking forward to seeing you on livestream tomorrow 😊

@bradgoliphant 10 ай бұрын

Great stuff

@TinyTrailFarm 10 ай бұрын

Thanks!

@beek 8 ай бұрын

Thanks for the Donation!!

@Upsidedownfoodpyramid 10 ай бұрын

Any advice for someone who has a small hive and it stays 0F and below for weeks at a time?

@loucasella5148 10 ай бұрын

Hi Dave. I just wanted to thank you for all the good info over the years. I'm starting to downsize in life and am selling my apiary and bee keeping equipment. Best of luck with everything in life. Stay awesome. Lou Casella

@neotheone47 10 ай бұрын

Wish I found this channel when I first started. Would have saved me a lot of troubles