Checking the Beehives on the Ridge
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 6 มิ.ย. 2024
- Today we went on the Lyon property to check out the two beehives we have on the ridge to possibly add honey frames. What we found was interesting and offered good lessons on hive maintenance.
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Bummer. Hope for a speedy recovery!
Good morning Wes. Nothing like a power wheelbarrow. In my experience, if the bees don't have access to some space in the hive, then other bugs; can like ants can move in. Not that it always matters to the bees, but I sure hate ants in my pants. I like filling the extra space with frames with wax starter strips or wax coated wooden starter strips which are less likely to get wavy or droop in hot weather. Not that the bees always follow my plan, but I find I can lift the lid and look at the end frames without disturbing the colony much. As with you, I am a fan of Layens horizontal hives. Thanks for the effort you put into filming and posting your videos, for there are not a lot of Layens specific videos out there. I wish I had the time to film and post more about my experiences for keeping bees is quite a great adventure. Thanks again, peace, Brice
Thank you for the advice Brice! I try to keep more empty space in the spring and summer and tighter space in the winter for easy heating from the Bees. There were a ton of ants in this colony, usually they don't get this bad!
Hive number one.... Wow, that's a lot of ants.
Hive number two... Wow, that's a lot of comb
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When we got our second Hive in 2021 it didn't do real well and I noticed her was not much activity and when we went to do an inspection the bees were gone and we had wax moths. I was definitely sad but I took all those frames, went over to the chicken coop and gave them to the girls. They cleaned out everything and I had no worries going forward.
Getting a hive ready for a new colony after an old one moves out doesn't take long at all. Especially when you have some comb you can use!
Wow, that colony in that second hive was not messing around. Do you have much of a small hive beetle problem in your area?
We have small hive beetles but I wouldn't say they're too much of a problem.
I've heard that wax moth droppings are the number one best swarm attractant - what do you think?
Haven't heard of that, cool!
I had a question.. I see that you have water nearby/on your property, but I was wondering if you could give some recommendations as to what to do during a really dry hot spell like we're having in Alabama where it hasn't rained in a while.... I have a chicken waterer with rocks in it but it's not getting a lot of activity. I'm not sure if we should move it closer to the hive since it's just water or what. Any recommendations?
In the past when we had dry spells with little water around we would use a bird feeder. Put some small stones inside and the bees can use it just fine. The closer to the hive the better.
@@SecureAcresNaturalBees thank you so much!. We decided to move the Chicken waterer about 20 ft away. I've got those glass marble things from the dollar store in the bottom to keep them from drowning. The fountain that I made in the garden has been evaporating water, so I'm imagining that they're just not going to get a lot of water without having to go about 2 mi. to the area around the lake
That sounds like it will work just fine.