Glad you enjoyed it. It's interesting how those bee hives are almost like one living thing, instead of a whole bunch of separate bees. They work together as one.
Happy Father's day MUSKRAT,May our good LORD BEE 🐝🍯 with you today and everyday. Could ya please tell Cindy hello and that she looks sweet as Honey in her BEE apparel.😂❤✌️🇺🇸✌️🌎✝️🌎
If you have single eggs at the bottom of a cell, you have a queen. I don't need to see her. We took around 30 pounds of honey from our first hive last week. The bees made most of that in just around 6 weeks. Good luck!
Always very interesting for me to watch bee videos! I will probably try it at some point! Thank you for sharing and Good luck with everything my friend!
Honey bees aren't as aggressive as people think. Most times, we don't get stung, in fact so far, we haven't at all with this hive. The smoke, for some strange reason, calms bees? We us, it's the opposite! If we smell smoke in our house, we panic!
Based on performance relative to the summer solstice, that bee hive is looking very good. I haven't even started seeing hornet nests around here yet... meanwhile, I can't wait for the days to grow shorter. The other considerable variable is the fertilization factor from that huge wildfire you guys had last year which tends to contribute to more flower growth which ultimately leads to more pollen. More importantly, I hope you find the queen, she's probably somewhere in there.
It has been a good year for the flowers. That was part of the problem when we lost the last hive. It was too rainy and windy when the dandelions were out for the bees to fly, then it got hot and dry. Not much pollen for them. Hornets were terrible that year too, and neighboring bees robbed our hive. Lots of things went wrong that year.....We should have gone through that upper box all the way. I bet she was in there....I hope! I need to find my magnifying glass...the eggs are too small for me to see them without it.....I used to have good eyes.......I miss that!
I am no expert but isn't splitting a hive a natural way of bees establishing new colonies & it is an indication of a healthy hive. Have you ever retrieved a swarm.
It is. They can make a new queen if one is lost. We haven't had good luck with that though. In the past, we have bought queens, and made splits. From our first hive, we had 5 hives over several years time, but then one at a time we lost them....I've never caught a swarm. Last year, I heard of one in a guy's outhouse, but someone else beat us to it.
Very interesting. Bee's are amazing. Thanks for sharing and stay safe out there. From the great State of Idaho!
Bees really are! There is a LOT to learn about them, and a lot to go wrong. It's kind of enjoyable, but a lot of effort too.
Very interesting. Thank you for sharing. PB
Glad you enjoyed it. It's interesting how those bee hives are almost like one living thing, instead of a whole bunch of separate bees. They work together as one.
Honey is one of the best foods to eat nice job!!
It sure is! I like it on mashed potatoes! HA!
Happy Bee- fathersday! From Germany!😉
Thank you! 😃
I hope that the bees do well this time round. I’ve always found them fascinating. 👍👍
I hope so too! We were up to 5 hives, but lost them here and there...
Happy Father's day MUSKRAT,May our good LORD BEE 🐝🍯 with you today and everyday. Could ya please tell Cindy hello and that she looks sweet as Honey in her BEE apparel.😂❤✌️🇺🇸✌️🌎✝️🌎
Thank you very much! I sure will!
Good luck with the bees! Hopefully they stay and produce lots of honey. Have a nice day.
I hope so too.....we sure haven't had a lot of luck with bees.
Perhaps bees buzzing is the most relaxing sound ever. It's nice to see your apiary is all right. Have a nice day and thank you for the video!
It really is! We like the bees!
Good Morning and Happy Fathers Day
Good Morning, and the same to you!!!
Good morning, the bees are pretty interesting ! Happy Father's Day ... a good day to throw back a couple of cold ones ! ! !
Good Morning! They really are amazing little bugs! It's raining today....good day to make someone some suspenders!
@@MuskratOutdoors Cool !
If you have single eggs at the bottom of a cell, you have a queen. I don't need to see her. We took around 30 pounds of honey from our first hive last week. The bees made most of that in just around 6 weeks. Good luck!
It's really hard to see those eggs . I need to find my magnifying glass!
no bees, no food. got to keep them happy and healthy
Exactly!
Sorry been missing just not doing to good just wanted say Hello sending love to you and your wonderful family God Bless
Sorry to hear that Mary. Hang in there!
Always very interesting for me to watch bee videos! I will probably try it at some point! Thank you for sharing and Good luck with everything my friend!
Thanks Mark. You should try it. It's pretty fun, just study a LOT first!
So glad your bees are doing well! Happy Father’s Day Muskrat!
So far, so good!
I hope you have a Beeeutiful Father Day Muskrat!! 🐝🐝🐝🐝
Thank you very much!!!
@@MuskratOutdoors Yvw! 😊
Put ya out a swarm box with some lemon grass oil in it. Might get lucky & start a new hive.
I was thinking about doing that. We have extra hive boxes.
Great to see your bees r doing good
So far, so good!
@@MuskratOutdoors 👍🏻👍🏻
If that yellow gold is harvested you should sell/send me some ..😊😊😊
We sure might have to do that! Usually we don't take all that much honey from them though.
Hi Folks, Do you ever mixed-up food for the bee's ?
We do in the Fall and Winter if they are short on honey.
Happy Father's Day Muskrat.
Thank you very much Amye!!!
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HA!
Interesting critters but why don't they sting? Is that what the smoke is for?
Happy Father's Day Gary!
Honey bees aren't as aggressive as people think. Most times, we don't get stung, in fact so far, we haven't at all with this hive. The smoke, for some strange reason, calms bees? We us, it's the opposite! If we smell smoke in our house, we panic!
@@MuskratOutdoors Well some smoke! Ha!
Based on performance relative to the summer solstice, that bee hive is looking very good. I haven't even started seeing hornet nests around here yet... meanwhile, I can't wait for the days to grow shorter. The other considerable variable is the fertilization factor from that huge wildfire you guys had last year which tends to contribute to more flower growth which ultimately leads to more pollen. More importantly, I hope you find the queen, she's probably somewhere in there.
It has been a good year for the flowers. That was part of the problem when we lost the last hive. It was too rainy and windy when the dandelions were out for the bees to fly, then it got hot and dry. Not much pollen for them. Hornets were terrible that year too, and neighboring bees robbed our hive. Lots of things went wrong that year.....We should have gone through that upper box all the way. I bet she was in there....I hope! I need to find my magnifying glass...the eggs are too small for me to see them without it.....I used to have good eyes.......I miss that!
I am no expert but isn't splitting a hive a natural way of bees establishing new colonies & it is an indication of a healthy hive. Have you ever retrieved a swarm.
It is. They can make a new queen if one is lost. We haven't had good luck with that though. In the past, we have bought queens, and made splits. From our first hive, we had 5 hives over several years time, but then one at a time we lost them....I've never caught a swarm. Last year, I heard of one in a guy's outhouse, but someone else beat us to it.