They'll find their own flowers

Ok thanks

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Early spring, trees provide much of the pollen and nectar resources.

exactly!

thanks!

yep....agreed 100%....also agree on most other content that's really interesting and educational. Folks are drawn in by drama....honey bees pretty much create no drama. Filming in the bees is tough too!

@@StoneyRidgeFarmer you got that right! I had to draw them in this week by catching an ‘emergency’ swarm at the fire station! Ha!

ah....somebody noticed the irony of the Tommy Boy shirt! LOL...glad you got the joke! BEES!!!! Bhahhahha

sounds like a swarm trap

heck....I can't get anybody to watch my beekeeping videos...it's pretty sad that folks only think about survivalist and home gardening things when the world is turned upside down...very sad

@@StoneyRidgeFarmer 😢

Glad you enjoyed it

let's talk about "raw honey" and the marketing scheme behind "raw honey".....I hope you'll like this: So...all honey is "raw" honey unless it's been pasteurized or adulterated in some way. Honey contains yeast....just like the air around us contains yeast....if you've ever had a jar of honey get grainy or sugary...it's because of that yeast. If ya take that jar and sit it in a pot of warm water with the lid open...you will basically pasteurize it...kill the yeast and it goes back to honey. The only thing that would make honey not "raw" would be if it were heated to kill the yeast. Most all honey is "RAW" ...the claim of "RAW" is just a marketing tool to make folks think it's something more pure than just plain old honey. There's a honey lesson for ya! WOooooO!

I've always been told to start with 2 for sure...not just one. You can compare the two, see what's working and what's not working. Ask 10 beekeepers and you'll probably get 10 different answers lol

@@StoneyRidgeFarmer Thanks Josh. I'm really considering taking some classes on bee keeping.

Easy…..nobody is farming around here. Honestly there’s nothing you can do

I don't have any on my feeder....might need to get a different style feeder that honey bees can't get too. Be sure ya rinse it good before you put it out also

@@StoneyRidgeFarmer thanks 👍

it's very doubtful that your neighbor caused your bees to die unless they flat out sprayed them in most cases. Those bees are probably out foraging up to 5 miles from your place, however...we've all dealt with jerk neighbors so you might be right lol

@StoneyRidgeFarmer he had come to my house just a day or so before that to complain about my bees. Said he and his wife didn't like them at the hummingbird feeder. That he wished I wasn't keeping bees. It's at least 150 feet from my beehive to his yard where their feeders were located, but when I checked on the bees later that week, the hive was completely empty. Maybe they swarmed, but I don't believe it was a coincidence.