Beekeeping Tips For Keeping Your Bees Cool In Hot Weather
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Ай бұрынBeekeeping is tough on bees in really hot weather. Beekeepers need to know how to keep their bees cool. Today, I'll share 6 tips to keep your bees cool.
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@Dimitri.Angelopoulos Ай бұрын
That's why it's a great idea to keep bees in insulated horizontal hives(Layens)😁
@jayglosser2014 Ай бұрын
David GREAT VIDEO. I inspected both hives at 12 noon today, it was 75 degrees and nice South breeze. Added a deep box with drawn comb in-between the 2 deep box to give the bees more room and the bottom super was full of honey but not totally capped. So, hopefully with the expected heat the hives will be able to handle the heat. Water stream about 50 ft away with plenty of fresh spring water. So far no mites ! HAVE A GREAT DAY AND FATHER'S DAY 👍 😎
@beek Ай бұрын
Sounds great!
@ColDesignLLC Ай бұрын
Thanks, very helpful. I was just doing some research on this subject.
@beek Ай бұрын
Glad it was helpful!
@kylefrench7985 Ай бұрын
Great tips David we appreciate it. Happy Father's Day to you!!!
@beek Ай бұрын
Thanks Kyle, Same to you!
@gene-sloca Ай бұрын
Thank you David for the time to share this important information for us Beek Squad
@beek Ай бұрын
You bet! Thanks for watching.
@Joannahartley Ай бұрын
You're the best!!! Thank you so so much for talking about this!! I've been worried all weekend, starting tomorrow it's supposed to be VERY hot in Ohio this week and I'm so worried about my bees!
@beek Ай бұрын
Thank you so much for watching, and glad it was helpful. Yes, Ohio is in the same boat we are in here in Illinois. I started beekeeping in Ohio.
@T0tenkampf Ай бұрын
Nice tips. Although not cost efficient for big producers, these 5 things can all be easily accomplished when using Long Lang or Top Bar Hives. I made mine tight enough that between the beetle buster traps and Guardian entrances have virtually no SHB ingress so they can live in the shade now. Peaked roofs and vented top boards means that ventilation can be assisted. I might even start spacing the roof tiles an inch off of the roof to give them more of a home style though external venting action. A top mounted round honey feeder can provide water over the brood nest.
@jessicafairfax_Bens_Bees Ай бұрын
Great video David. I swapped out a solid bottom board to a screened bottom board on one of my hives tbis weekend. Really seems to be helping with ventilating the hive, haven't seen them bearding ever since. Hope you had a wonderful Father's Day weekend.
@beek Ай бұрын
Yes, a screen bottom board is a HUGE plus in hot weather
@boulderjoe1 Ай бұрын
Thanks David. Love this channel!
@beek Ай бұрын
Thank you so much!!
@brianbennett4374 Ай бұрын
Good stuff. Happy Father's day David and All the dad's out there See ya All Thursday 😊
@beek Ай бұрын
Same to you!
@pamelamann9293 Ай бұрын
Great tips and very timely. Thanks.
@beek Ай бұрын
Glad it was helpful!
@swohiobees Ай бұрын
Dave, Great topic for the current weather. So many different ways to successfully keep bees. I'd like to see you address those of us who choose not to upper vent. For reference: This past year we saw Wind Chills of -30F & Heat Indexes of 111F. Over Wintered 100% (multiple Winters) & never any heat related bearding. My setups - Screen bottom, Slatted rack, full sun (90% of day), a layer of that silver bubble insulation inside every lid. Unless feeding, I also seal the hole in the inner covers. Thanks again, for all your informative videos.
@beek Ай бұрын
I'm sure results vary from beekeeper to beekeeper and from hive to hive configuration and from colony to colony. I started venting on the top in the winter due to the build up of ice inside the hive in my climate due to condensation freezing and this solve "my" problem for me. Bees need moisture in the winter and so some condensation is a must, but not that which drips down on the bees on a warmer winter day.
@kevinkaplan7050 Ай бұрын
Thank you for the tips, very helpful!
@beek Ай бұрын
Glad it was helpful!
@yuliathoutt Ай бұрын
Thank you so much for the useful information.
@beek Ай бұрын
Glad it was helpful!
@SIBEEMAN Ай бұрын
Happy Father’s Day David! Great tips.
@beek Ай бұрын
Thanks so much
@markc.ristau7645 Ай бұрын
Hi Dave, I have been doing bees for 18 years, my dad years before me. I came up with the idea of using my bee excluders as spacers, between the inner cover and outer cover. The bees are able to go in and out still because of the openings on the excluders. It was enough to help vent air out the top, and reduced the bearding by 1/2 the amount.
@beek Ай бұрын
Yes, anything that provides some space should help.
@ianmackenzie321 Ай бұрын
Thank you David great tips.
@beek Ай бұрын
You are welcome
@MYHONEY-666 Ай бұрын
Thank you for your good ideas. Make a shade for our beehives is very important it will help to save our bee’s colonies in a hot temperature especially during summer. Hello from Japan.
@beek Ай бұрын
Nice to hear from you from Japan and yes shade really does help.
@KateInTheCity Ай бұрын
I am lucky to live in the NE US so it's cooler here than most places but it will still be in the 90s all this week. I actually do have my bees just inside the edge of a forest and I don't have problems with small hive beetle- I've only ever seen one in the last few years. Sometimes I just take a 1" long stick and prop the top open slightly. David is right, it helps so much. I run double deeps so I also have a hole in the top brood box which helps.
@tonyc2863 Ай бұрын
Here in Texas that is normal temperatures for us at this time of year. Screened bottom board, popsicle sticks under the top cover, corrugated plastic on top of box, and a pond less than 75 yards away. We have not had any bearding with this setup, at these temperatures. All things we have learned from you, thanks David!
@beek Ай бұрын
Good to hear
@Homesteadingagain Ай бұрын
Canada here. Popsicle sticks? How do you position them? Do you keep them on 24/7 when it’s super hot?
@johnnybstuddd4482 Ай бұрын
What does the corrugated plastic on the top box do? Are you using this as your top?
@mikeyost7880 Ай бұрын
You can add a super over an excluder to give more space for heat to rise out of the brood chambers. I also prop the front edge of my telescoping cover on the top front edge of the inner cover. Screened bottoms too. Im in Florida, so we use lots of ventilation tricks. Its been upper 90s here and my Broodminder ahiws inside temps at 94-96 inside.
@beek Ай бұрын
Great tip!
@richardrbrynerjr.7912 Ай бұрын
Good too know Dave! Thumbs up!!
@beek Ай бұрын
Glad to help
@kylelewis1598 Ай бұрын
Great idea 💡
@beek Ай бұрын
Glad you think so!
@tennillehobart1423 Ай бұрын
My old house had a house fan, it was my favorite!
@beek Ай бұрын
I've always wanted one. We don't have central air.
@coincollector315 Ай бұрын
I’ve got screened bottoms and placed screened inner covers. Placed water buckets with burlap in it for the landing. Crazy weather.
@beek Ай бұрын
Good for you, yes, it is a scorcher!
@iditarod4081 Ай бұрын
Great vid lot of great tips
@beek Ай бұрын
Thank you
@jamesbarron1202 Ай бұрын
I’m in Texas where it’s very hot and I’ve drilled 2” holes in the cover boards on my horizontal hives and put screen over the holes. The bees on every hive block the scenes with propolis. They don’t want the venting.
@mj-ls7qr8xp3n Ай бұрын
And if they do, they'll open.
@soylg Ай бұрын
Pop up canopy as well!
@beek Ай бұрын
Yes! If you just have a few hives in one spot. My wind destroys those!
@jayglosser2014 Ай бұрын
David, it was 88 degrees and heat index of 95 - we had a pop up T-storm at 2 pm, cool down 10 degrees but back to 87 degrees. Bees kept on working.
@beek Ай бұрын
Work horses!
@TheMag20 Ай бұрын
It was 94 but felt like 103 and humid. Came home from work and a swarm was already moved into my trap I built that was in a semi shaded area. This was my first swarm caught and my first bees. Moved them into my hive and marked the queen 2 days ago. Now I'm officially a beekeeper and looking forward to the learning journey
@beek Ай бұрын
Congrats! Great job!
@jasonpinnix1905 Ай бұрын
Mine only get morning sun after noon all shade . And I do like to keep fresh water for them .
@homercampbelljr5489 Ай бұрын
Great video David 😅
@beek Ай бұрын
Glad you enjoyed it
@misaelwilson1100 Ай бұрын
David, great tips!! What about a screen inner cover? Do i still need to vent the top cover?
@beek Ай бұрын
Your call but why not.
@BackBeeBrokenBeekeeping Ай бұрын
Florida Panhandle here, and 100+ days are not unusual here. If you ever feel the top of a metal telescoping top you will feel how hot it can get. So What I usually do is put some 2 inch foam insulation on top of the hive with the reflective side toward the sun. Then during winter I put it under the top cover with reflective side toward the hive. Super cheap, and super effective!
@beek Ай бұрын
Good tip
@blaineparker8733 Ай бұрын
When it starts pushing high 90’s , I will take a hose and add spray the hive and the bees with cool water, sometimes a couple of times a day
@beek Ай бұрын
I did that when I had just a few hives. Bees loved it. I loved it as a kid playing in the sprinkler. 😃
@vittorioballeriocastoldi6171 Ай бұрын
This is why European gothic churches are cool in the summer inside, they are really tall and the heat goes up plus the way and the materials. Thick rock us way better than the modern stuff
@inharmonywithearth9982 27 күн бұрын
The ancient ones built perfect beautiful things we cannot even understand enough to repair so they are all being demolished.
@tomreppert1722 Ай бұрын
Can you use a top feeder board and just put water in the jars for the bees? This could also allow as an "attic" to get the majority of the heat from the hive to go up into the box containing the jar(s) and not in the brood box/honey super.
@beek Ай бұрын
Brilliant! Absolutely. The feeder boards we sell would be perfect. Why didn't I mention this. Forehead slap!
@cadecorneliusen3047 Ай бұрын
What about the top cover metal telescoping or would wood be cooler?
@beek Ай бұрын
Usually a metal top does well to reflect the sun especially if it is painted white. Metal does get blazing hot!!
@meghanjones5833 Ай бұрын
Great tips, thanks David!! My bees were in my pool all day today bc of the heat (Illinois resident). Is this ok for them with the chlorine? I have their water source available and clean, why are they going to my pool? Bc it’s cooler? Curious. 🧐 And one of my hives swarmed yesterday and then returned about 20 minutes later. Hmmmm any advice?!? Lol I went from crying to laughing like what in the world!? Virgin queen mating flight!?
@beek Ай бұрын
Pool water may contain some minerals and some pools contains salts which bees love. Sometimes the queen doesn’t leave with the swam so they go back.
@alyb731 Ай бұрын
We definitely don’t have that problem here in the UK. 🇬🇧
@beek Ай бұрын
Jealous! Your high today is 22 degrees (C) or 72(f) NICE!!
@josephbouchoc492 Ай бұрын
Bought two nucs mid May that have had slow starts… so still feeding them with 1 to 1 in deeps like David does. Will a quarter under my top cover still provide insulation since I have those inner covers? If not how can I increase ventilation out the top?
@beek Ай бұрын
It will help.
@sybilreneemcgowan1472 Ай бұрын
How about putting up shade cloth over the hives if desperate. Yes, expensive and not good when windy.
@beek Ай бұрын
Yea my wind destroys those, I’ve tried.
@Ittiz Ай бұрын
I already set my hives up to only get the morning sun anyway. By 11 am the hives are in the shade.
@beek Ай бұрын
Should help them stay cooler. How’s your SHB
@aaronparis4714 Ай бұрын
Same in Canada gonna be 36degrees
@beek Ай бұрын
What 97 (F) in Canada!!!!
@aaronparis4714 Ай бұрын
@@beek lol right ? This hot stream is gonna hit us hard global warming at Its finest lol even are winters are not as cold as when I was a kid
@charliegioe3158 Ай бұрын
David, I have a large pond on my property probably 10 yards away from where my bees are. Is it necessary to still add water to the hives? They have access to this constantly Charlie PA.
@beek Ай бұрын
That should be a fine water source Charlie
@charliegioe3158 Ай бұрын
@@beek thank you and happy Father’s Day
@williamhaney593 Ай бұрын
David do you think something like a easy pop up tent would work? I tried it yesterday around 4 pm and they (2 hives side by side) stared flying around like crazy so I removed it because I didn't want to upset them. Just started bee keeping in May of this year 2024.
@beek Ай бұрын
Yes, it helps but it is just too windy and a storm will take it out.
@pedroig8839 Ай бұрын
No mention of going to a screened instead of solid bottom board? Screened inner cover as well, though your feeding board probably gives enough extra ventilation through into the top spacing box.
@beek Ай бұрын
I figured that people have decided what bottom board they want to run and may not have access to a screen inner cover. That’s why I mentioned ventilation. But you bring up some good tips, if you had those on hand. Thanks
@iditarod4081 Ай бұрын
Oh my goodness I used to use a screened bottom board but they are horrible in Winter your hives will freeze to death just stick with the normal
@molotovEOD Ай бұрын
Do the Apimay hives provide any increased benefits?
@beek Ай бұрын
They claim they do
@HalfQuickFarmer Ай бұрын
Ok. Not seen this question come up in all of your videos. We put our hive in the sun as a deterrent for SHB. And we keep strong colonies to help sequester the beetles. What about on hot days when the bees are bearding. I understand not all of the bees come outside but does it ever create a situation where the beetles have more freedom in the hive? Cheers
@beek Ай бұрын
Not a problem because the hive is still so full of bees.
@HalfQuickFarmer Ай бұрын
@@beek so they keep enough forces inside for patrol duties and cooling. The honey bee hive is amazing to say the least.
@inharmonywithearth9982 27 күн бұрын
I absolutely disagree. I've had more hive beetles collapse hives in hot full sun. The shaded colonies were fine. It IS because the bees almost ALL go outside in the heat trying to keep the brood cool. You are SPOT ON! The Sahara Desert Hive beetles fly inside to a nice hot empty hive and lay eggs unabated. The colonies cool in shade are still inside and continue to police the hive beetles and eggs. I am telling this from experience. I've lost many hives to hive beetles because of a neighbors careless pesticide sprayer causing dead rows of hives that quickly bred swarms of hive beetles. My shaded rows survived the swarms NOT the ones suffering to keep cool. I got them under control and keep it that way but sun is NO HELP at all.
@rosswagner9083 Ай бұрын
I have your feeding system in place on both my hives. So there is a empty box, obviously, housing my jars of feed. Is that enough empty space to help ventilate? Should I still prop the top cover with coins?
@beek Ай бұрын
Yes and you can give them plain water through my feeder too.
@rosswagner9083 Ай бұрын
I put 2 full quart sized jars in there on Saturday afternoon and it was gone when I just checked a hour ago. I have plenty of water near by too.
@aaronparis4714 Ай бұрын
What about poly hives will they stay cooler than wood hives ??
@beek Ай бұрын
They claim they do
@kentcostello5286 Ай бұрын
I looked at my hives this morning around 10 to 11 am . I cracked open the tops . They got a creek of water.
@beek Ай бұрын
Good deal
@Peter-od7op Ай бұрын
Bees in tress only have one entrance. So if you insult the hive it acts like a tree. No upper entrance.
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