Preparing dead outs for new bees
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 9 ก.พ. 2025
- We all loose hives but preparing them for re-use is much less intensive than you might think. New bees will clean just about anything up. I also show how I would make use of empty combs and combs of pollen and honey. My website can be found at www.BeeWhisperer.us
Thank you so much for fueling my passion in beekeeping! I am just starting a hive in my backyard and learned everything about beekeeping from you. Keep up the excellent work!
You can do it!
I was helping a friend out yesterday that had lost his hives and we followed your sorting pattern. He had about 10 deep frames of solid honey which he spun out. We set aside some frames that were partially full of honey for when we transfer the new hive into a double deep 8 frame hive. Thanks for showing this unpleasant mondain work. Have a good day Peter.
No problem, hope it helped!
Thank you so much for taking your time to explain this process so thoroughly.
You are so welcome!
this is a great video, you should do a new one to provide any new/missed info and to keep TH-cam happy
What if you happened to reuse a frame with fermented honey? Will it hurt the bees? Do they discard? Thank you for your videos - I recently found you as a source and have been going back watching older vids. ❤️🐝🐝
Let them clean those out in the summer. They will use what they can use and leave what they can not. Its only in the Fall I would be concerned.
Thank you for the video. How are you keeping wax moth and small hive beetle from destroying your unprotected comb/honey? I have three hives that absconded (only a handful of dead bees in each hive at spring opening).
Our freezing winters help a lot, keep supers dry, and get them back on bees asap.
Thank you.
I have had a single beehive for two years which has failed both years. When I open the hive in the Spring it is empty of bees; I may find 6 - 10 dead bees but not much more. I am surprised that your dead hives have many dead bees, while mine have hardly any. Do you have an explanation for that, why my dead hive is more or less empty of the dead bees, while your dead hives are full of the bodys of the bees? Your videos are excellent!
Yes! I would put money on that your bees died from mite associated issues quite early in the winter. If it is warm enough the bees leave the hive to die, If this happens early in the Fall when it is also warm enough to rob the colony will be robbed clean of honey as well as there being no bees. If its warm enough to leave but not warm enough to rob then there are no bees and a hive full of winter honey left untouched. If they die in the dead of winter they drop to the bottom of the hive.
@@BeekeepingwithTheBeeWhisperer Thank you for your response!
I just moved to Maine and bought two used hives that I'm getting ready now. Do you mentor anyone or have any classes?
Just had our second class in May! each year i do them.
What about those candy boards that has bee droppings on them from when they died. Do you just melt that down or do you somehow eliminate that with droppings on them?
will remove all I can before using it
Why do you think the bee died?
Usually mites as not every treatment works every time, sometimes, queen loss.
What if there’s brood on frames? Would you burn them?
Absolutely not. As long as there is not clear signs of foulbrood (scale in cells) then I give them to the new bees who will clear out dead brood/dead bees in cells, mold etc and with in a few days you would have clean frames being fully utilized.
do you know why the hives you showed died.
1. Mites, 2 queen issues
DYSARTS CALENDAR!!!
First to spot it!