I planted Joe Pye weed last year. It is about 6 to 7 feet high and is loaded with flowers that are loaded with bees and butterflies. It likes it wet. I wish every one who has a spot for it or can create a spot would grow it. Pick wild seeds or buy plants from nursery locally or on line. They will spread profusely. My perpose is for pollinators and to improve bee populations .My question is how to make a suitable "home" for the bees . Not for honey production but to help protect them .Another wild life plant i grow is the service berry. The birds love them and if given water periodically they are tasty ,They would be a great wildlife forage addition that need almost no care.
@Prisacarul2 күн бұрын
I use a very simmilar method for combining the colonies that need requeening in August. I leave them with two queens laing antil fall when I decide between the two queens. That gives me more brood in the fall beside a new queen.
@decaturridgebees87612 күн бұрын
@@Prisacarul I like it!
@platypusrex22877 күн бұрын
Use linseed oil....
@decaturridgebees87617 күн бұрын
@@platypusrex2287 why? This works great
@ThatBeeMan8 күн бұрын
Since you're already using a double screen board, would you not be able to just pull it out without newspaper etc?
@decaturridgebees87618 күн бұрын
@@ThatBeeMan I don’t understand can you try that question again
@ThatBeeMan8 күн бұрын
@@decaturridgebees8761 My question is based on my assumption as to why you are using a double screen board to start with and also what you are hoping to accomplish with the newspaper. Perhaps a clearer understanding of those two things would help me understand your reasoning for both.
@decaturridgebees87618 күн бұрын
@@ThatBeeMan I’m using the double screen so I can have 2 opportunities for queens. One on the bottom and one on the top. I guess it’s possible to simply remove the ds board but I’d rather slowly introduce them. In this case I didn’t get a queen on the bottom mated so the simple combine is fitting. I currently have another ds board setup with a queen up top and down below. I’ll be looking for a place for that queen on top soon.
@ThatBeeMan8 күн бұрын
@@decaturridgebees8761 I understand having two opportunities for successful mating and I think that's a genius strategy but, you could also do that with a solid board so the question remains, what are you gaining with the double screen board?
@ThatBeeMan7 күн бұрын
@@decaturridgebees8761 I understand the logic of having two chances to raise a queen. What I'm asking is, how does a double screen board help that? Would a solid board not accomplish the same thing. I'm just looking for understanding. I'm not saying you are wrong, I'm looking for insight into what looks like a genius strategy.
@homehome482211 күн бұрын
It's just iron acetate (rust)
@jordangibson378014 күн бұрын
Great video, informative tip for requeening, and how to use a double screen board!
@themichiganpiper698715 күн бұрын
Cool!
@bethvanaalst216824 күн бұрын
You need a camera guy or a tripod. Unless your goal is to make your viewers dizzy
@decaturridgebees876124 күн бұрын
@@bethvanaalst2168 I rewatched and only found myself moderately dizzy afterwards ;). I hear ya tho
@chrisjackson220525 күн бұрын
Can you use Eco Wood on boxes that have been painted?
@decaturridgebees876124 күн бұрын
@@chrisjackson2205 I do not believe so
@jamescraig8601Ай бұрын
I won't be rude and dislike this. But carry a bottle of alcohol and wash your hands in between hoves.
@Dobbydog-eo2efАй бұрын
A nice little queen
@Dobbydog-eo2efАй бұрын
That’s faster than I thought it would be
@daltonrobinson253Ай бұрын
What would you say that flavor difference between Basswood and sourwood is like
@decaturridgebees8761Ай бұрын
I’ve never had sourwood. We don’t get it in michigan
@Artid.yodjaiАй бұрын
เข้ามาให้กำลังใจ คนทำ ยูทูป ด้วยกันครับ
@Hendris.channelАй бұрын
❤ Saya sangat menyukai cara anda budidaya lebah.
@Hendris.channelАй бұрын
❤ woooooow sangatlah banyak lebah 🐝 dan saya sangat menyukai cara anda budidaya lebah madu 🍯 Saya di Indonesia Baru belajar budidaya lebah apis cerana
@Workinghardforthehoney2 ай бұрын
They love her already 🥰
@Workinghardforthehoney2 ай бұрын
Nice!
@gallowaylights2 ай бұрын
Peppermint candy queen 😂
@decaturridgebees87612 ай бұрын
Haha right
@gallowaylights2 ай бұрын
@decaturridgebees8761 * I shared it to @HillbillyEarl
@Abderrahmane_Aitouche2 ай бұрын
📃 And your Lord revealed to the bees , Take houses in the mountains and in the trees and in what they erect, then eat of all the fruits and follow the paths of your Lord humbly.” From their bellies emerges a drink of various colors, in which there is a cure for people. Indeed, in that is a sign for a people who reflect 📃
@KobeApiaries2 ай бұрын
Can't wait to see how she and her daughters perform!
@decaturridgebees87612 ай бұрын
Right on!
@Workinghardforthehoney2 ай бұрын
Very cool! Very thorough. Interesting
@user-hb8be5wb4q2 ай бұрын
Huh? I have never heard of that process!
@gallowaylights2 ай бұрын
Need sun glasses 😂 brilliant queen
@gallowaylights2 ай бұрын
Drone comb, she likes laying fat workers 😮
@gallowaylights2 ай бұрын
Cells without bars😂
@robertstwalley36622 ай бұрын
Have you noticed that it does not seem to soak into the hand holes as well. I scrub the hand holes with a sponge after they have soaked and that seems to encourage it to soak in better in those areas. I do like it, been doing it for 3 years so far, very happy overall. Yuup big fan as well.
@Chasing_The_Dream2 ай бұрын
Interesting. I soaked my for 3mins each side. I wonder if that was better or worse.
@decaturridgebees87612 ай бұрын
I don’t think it can be worse
@davidsoloninka77422 ай бұрын
U r marking the top of her thorax not her back. Very respectfully.
@decaturridgebees87612 ай бұрын
Yes one of my many gaffes . Thx for the correction my friend
@johngardner18983 ай бұрын
How do the 7 mil compare to a thinner 6 mil for dexterity and stings? Thanks.
@decaturridgebees87613 ай бұрын
Haven’t tried the 6 so couldn’t say
@johngardner18983 ай бұрын
@decaturridgebees8761 First of all, responding to a comment on a four year old video is impressive. I tried sixes and eights today, and I liked the eights. Good dexterity, and some sting protection. I think for me they will be the pathway to no gloves at all, soon. Thanks.
@MeanOlNana3 ай бұрын
Just witnessed one in a tree beside my house this weekend. It was amazing!!
@raymondferguson48023 ай бұрын
Where you at it's been awhile since loaded up a video
@decaturridgebees87613 ай бұрын
I’m slacking i guess! I do appreciate you watching
@aaronparis47143 ай бұрын
Good point
@HanleysHomestead4 ай бұрын
I need to start using it.
@tireballastserviceofflorid77712 ай бұрын
Do lots of open minded research before you do. 99% of people seem to stop using it after a year or two. Many had total failure of the box after just 2 years. Good luck either way.
@backyardbeekeeperguy99344 ай бұрын
I'm planning on trying to raise my own queens. Thanks for sharing!
@hcaveman69544 ай бұрын
😱👍👍💪🙂
@timlewis98735 ай бұрын
Does that get cut with anything?
@decaturridgebees87615 ай бұрын
Water
@robertlewis33366 ай бұрын
Nice work. My preference when assembling woodenware is to glue and then nail/screw. Probably not necessary, but just how I do it. Never had a joint separate; The wood rots before that would happen.
@phillipriggs33756 ай бұрын
Well Done !
@beebob12796 ай бұрын
Have you had any issues now that they've been around for a several months? Looks a lot easier than painting
@decaturridgebees87612 ай бұрын
No issues here. My boxes are glued though.
@Blackswan198746 ай бұрын
Same results as above from Florida Beekeeping man ! Top joints warped and enough so that it ruined about 10 brand new boxes both mediums and deeps ! Could be our climate here in central Florida but we will never use Eco treatments again , we were deeply disappointed and what sounded like a great idea !
@tireballastserviceofflorid77715 ай бұрын
Central Florida here also. What do you normally use? We are doing primer and paint for now. Wanting to try wax dipped maybe next spring. Definitely Florida is really hard on wood.
@Blackswan198744 ай бұрын
@@tireballastserviceofflorid7771 we primer and paint now as we did before we experimented with the Eco stuff . Also wax dip works great
@decaturridgebees87612 ай бұрын
It’s humid here but we don’t have your heat however I’m wondering if you glued your boxes. I do have a couple medium that I found warping from 5 years back at the top joint. Noticed they weren’t glued or fastened there. I usually glue ahead of time and dip a day later
@jimmysneighborhoodbees23 күн бұрын
The Eco Wood does not prevent warping, it stops rot.
@cecildean36487 ай бұрын
How did the Eco-wood hives & tops do ?
@decaturridgebees87617 ай бұрын
So far so good. I think I have some 4 or 5 years now. They look like they got plenty of life in them
@decaturridgebees87612 ай бұрын
I will say that I did some tops a year or to back and they are warping a bit but they are 3 pieces. Wish I hadn’t painted those
@s.fla.beekeepingmangoesand15177 ай бұрын
I treated two nuc boxes with Eco Wood last year in South Florida. The joints are failing and both tops warped. It's always humid and or raining down here though. I'm sure it works great in most climates but I don't recommend it for the sub tropics.
@beebob12796 ай бұрын
Who was the manufacturer of your woodenware?. I've had issues with one supplier specifically. Warping boxes, frames not fitting boxes, etc.
@s.fla.beekeepingmangoesand15176 ай бұрын
@@beebob1279 I buy all my equipment from South Florida Bee Supply. It’s top notch commercial grade. Never had an issue prior.
@Mike_squarebeefarms7 ай бұрын
Really cool. I’ve never heard of this. I may give this a try this year on a bunch of new lids I bought. Thanks. Take care!
@paperthyme7 ай бұрын
Thank you, from a fellow Michigander
@decaturridgebees87617 ай бұрын
My pleasure
@IdealDrapeMakersKealba10 ай бұрын
Amazing footage.. I’ll know what is about if I ever hear it in my hives.
@timlewis987310 ай бұрын
Only men admit to mistakes, sissies do not. I enjoy your vids.