@@honeybeehoney6132 Past year has been a whirlwind, but things are going great at the moment. Thanks for all your guidance along the way. It feels like a different lifetime back when I was starting out with bees!
Very nice video about combining hives and “scenting.” Concerning the bees congregating on the back at the old entrance area. A method I use for great airflow is to staple 1”x2” strips of 1/8” thick plastic sign board material in each corner of the telescoping cover. Using old political signs is one way to put them to some good use. That way, you can close off the vent notch if needed and the hive still has great airflow on lol four sides. I staple these plastic strips on all of my covers and they do not fall off.
100% of my hives have vented inner covers. There is a bee escape in the center and a vent on the outside. Inner covers with this design are used to control ventilation while feeding and during summer and winter months. In the summer you want the vent facing up so that air goes through the center of the hive traveling through the bee escape hole and then the vent. In the winter you put the vent down so that air does not go through the center of the hive, but along the backside of the hive and out traveling only through the vent.
In your opinion, what time of year in Colorado, zone 5b, is it too late to expect a queen to get mated. This year has been interesting as far as weather goes. I realize it's late in the year, is there still hope or would I be better off combining my hives?
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Just recheck your information there buddy. Slightly incorrect. But i like your photage 👍 The Nasonov pheromone is released by worker bees to orient returning forager bees back to the colony. When a bee stings, she releases an odor called an alarm pheromone to alert others to the danger. This alarm pheromone smells like bananas and attracts other bees to come to the defense of the hive.
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Thanks! I have to catch up on your videos!
@@honeybeehoney6132 Past year has been a whirlwind, but things are going great at the moment. Thanks for all your guidance along the way. It feels like a different lifetime back when I was starting out with bees!
@@vinofarm Sure does seem like a long time ago! Glad things are going great now, though!
Very nice video about combining hives and “scenting.”
Concerning the bees congregating on the back at the old entrance area. A method I use for great airflow is to staple 1”x2” strips of 1/8” thick plastic sign board material in each corner of the telescoping cover. Using old political signs is one way to put them to some good use. That way, you can close off the vent notch if needed and the hive still has great airflow on lol four sides. I staple these plastic strips on all of my covers and they do not fall off.
Thanks for your advice. You had a very clever way to make sure they had joined together! Thanks again for sharing this with us.
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Thank you for the great insights. Do you have a vent opening on the inner cover for all your hives? Both my inner covers dont have one.
100% of my hives have vented inner covers. There is a bee escape in the center and a vent on the outside. Inner covers with this design are used to control ventilation while feeding and during summer and winter months. In the summer you want the vent facing up so that air goes through the center of the hive traveling through the bee escape hole and then the vent. In the winter you put the vent down so that air does not go through the center of the hive, but along the backside of the hive and out traveling only through the vent.
@@honeybeehoney6132 thank you very much for the great explanation.
In your opinion, what time of year in Colorado, zone 5b, is it too late to expect a queen to get mated. This year has been interesting as far as weather goes. I realize it's late in the year, is there still hope or would I be better off combining my hives?
i used a snelgrove board to unite 2 colonies 8 entrances and a screen so the bees communicate with each other
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Just recheck your information there buddy. Slightly incorrect. But i like your photage 👍
The Nasonov pheromone is released by worker bees to orient returning forager bees back to the colony.
When a bee stings, she releases an odor called an alarm pheromone to alert others to the danger.
This alarm pheromone smells like bananas and attracts other bees to come to the defense of the hive.