Storing Honey Supers Over Winter - A Fast and Easy Way
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 2 พ.ย. 2018
- In this video, we improve on last year's technique of storing the honey supers on moth Crystals so they come out in the spring with no wax moth damage and ready to go. Check out how fast and easy this improved method was compared to last year.
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Loved the time laps when you got on the 4 wheeler. Very well done.
Loved watching it. Great job Dad!
Thanks. I hope it wasn’t too much Lol. Don’t want to make anyone barf 🤮. lol. Love you.
Nope I didn’t get sick at all 😁
Always enjoy watching what you do! Thank you for sharing my friend!
Thanks Interp66. Appreciate you watching and comminting. Have a great weekend.
Awesome job done buddy! Looks like she is all sealed up and ready to go for the winter. Hope you have a great weekend!
Thanks Mr. CB. I don't like this time of year. So depressing. Thanks for watching and commenting. Have a great weekend.
Darren, next time use the weight of the supers to hold the plastic wrap when you start wrapping. Just lift a super a bit, stick the plastic in, and then wrap em like a banshee!
Good Idea. That stuff seals so good, I don't think I need the trash bag at the top either. Thanks for watching and commenting Paul.
Great training video.
Thanks mom!
Hey how about showing us the unwrapping in the spring? How many moth crystals are left, condition of the paper, airing out time before use, etc.
Here's a video from this spring where I open it up from last year. I used a different method last year, but same results. th-cam.com/video/kV_Qsjz9r_4/w-d-xo.html Thanks for watching and commenting.
awesome video darren !! i can't believe it been 12 months since i sore this last year, bot that gone so fast
I know Simon. Where did the time go?! I don’t care much for this time of year. Thanks for watching and commenting. Take care.
I like your Getty up . LMAO . I know this video has some age on it but I enjoy old videos just like the new ones . Thanks
Hi Kathy. Glad to see you are knocking the dust off of some of these old videos. LOL I think these were from 2019. Not much going on right now in the bee yard. All set for winter, although we just had an 85 deg day last week. Crazy weather. Thanks for stoppoing in and have a wonderful Thanksgiving.
No moth balls! Got it. HA! Good sound effect....hehe. Solar powered lights are cool. LED lights are cool too (literally). Thanks for the ATV ride. Bam! Done and done! Thanks, Darren.
Yeah, someone left a cranky comment last year about moth balls. Sheesh. lol Thanks for watching and commenting Matt and Kay!
Shrink wrap is a great idea.
Yeah, someone commented last year about that, so I thought I would give it a try. Thanks for watching and commenting Eric.
@@JeromeBeeFarm I've been using the big Gaylord bags they line the big cardboard boxes, shrinkwrap is much cheaper.
He hee i got mine done. Every thing cleaned up and put up . OMG THE ROBBING. I sugar water feed em up to the 1st freeze. YEA i let them clean it up. Honey super off ready for winter This last front i smelt snow in it WANT BE LONG cheers man
Yeah, not looking forward to the freeze. I need to do my mite treatments and put sugar feeders on where needed.
me too wow got led lights there awesome bright cool
Great video
Thanks Alex. Have a great weekend.
I've been told if you put the frames of drawn comb in the freezer for 24 hours after the bees clean them up the wax moth larvae will die and you can stack them ,wrap up with plastic it will be good until spring.
If you have a big deep freeze dedicated to beekeeping, that would probably work.
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Thanks Joy
What happens if you leave these supers in their place at the top of beehives, please? In addition, what would you do for this situation in horizontap beehives, please?
You shouldn't leave them on over winter. It's extra space your bees have to heat with their bodies and they won't survive winter. If you leave them on full of honey, the bees will migrate up into them, but I run queen excluders, so the queen won't be able to move up and the cluster would stay low with the queen and starve. Honey supers are for honey harvesting only. You need to get them off. I would think for a horizontal hive, you would still want to minimize the open air hive space the bees have to keep warm over winter.
You make hard work look kinda fun! (=
Thanks Og. It's easier to have fun when you enjoy it. Thanks for watching and commenting.
Darren, I have a deep box that has drawn comb in the frames and I would like to store it with my supers, but several of the frames have pollen or bee bread in them. Would it be okay to still use this same method or will the crystals adulterate those frames with the pollen?
Hi Rob. I really don’t know on that. I would think so though. Usually the crystals are gone by springtime gets here. It’s when you first store them and the time after before a freeze to kill any moth larvae that emerge and protect from moths getting in there while still active.
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1 year ago
@Jerome Bee Farm & Homestead, THX for sharing. I'm using this method. The question I have is do you only put the crystals in this one time and don't have to add any additional crystals?
If you do it in October/November yes one time. I just put some away (August) and I will need to check them again in October and may need to retreat. Once it freezes, most of the moths are gone. I’m in central Oklahoma.
Darren when do you remove the crystals, and start to air out the supers for next springs use?
Hey Duane, thanks for stopping by. Usually I air them out towards the end of March about 2 days before I plan to install them. For me it's when the red bud trees start to bloom. Here's a video from last year when I aired them out. th-cam.com/video/kV_Qsjz9r_4/w-d-xo.html Thanks for watching and commenting.
Do supers need to be stored in a heated area or can they be stored in a cold non climate controlled area?
Hi Steve, I don't think it matters where they are stored just so long as once the crystals are gone moths can't get into the boxes. My building in this video isn't heated and they do just fine.
@@JeromeBeeFarm thanks, really enjoy your videos!
Will a large trash bag work?
Maybe one of those for a 55 gallon container. Furniture stretch wrap works pretty good.
OUR question to ya is, WHAT DO YOU DO IN WINTER?
I work in the woods and on the trees and brush in the winter.
cool, best time to work on trees. I hunt, fish, make some bee equipment Work on hot rods and boats he hee TRY TO STAY IN OUT OF THE COLD doing some thing even reloading