BEE ATTACK !! Thousands did not make it! I missed the signs

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  • เผยแพร่เมื่อ 15 ม.ค. 2025

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  • @OntarioAndrews415
    @OntarioAndrews415 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Wow! So sorry for your bee loss.

  • @andrewscarlett4080
    @andrewscarlett4080 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +11

    My favourite bees at Halloween. Boo bees

  • @cabman86
    @cabman86 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Sorry for your loss sweetie. That's so sad.

  • @aleccoe2819
    @aleccoe2819 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    So sorry for you and your bees. Please concentrate on the positive x

    • @WhatMeikeMakes
      @WhatMeikeMakes  2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Always. Thank you 😊

  • @oceanz55
    @oceanz55 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Im sorry for the loss of all your work, Meike! :( I hope they recover as best as possible so at least you can continue on with it!

    • @WhatMeikeMakes
      @WhatMeikeMakes  2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      It’s very sad but mature nature doing her thing I guess… I might have to start fresh next year

  • @colinrandall8195
    @colinrandall8195 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    That's tough... all the love and work went into it. Keep up, good luck in the future!

  • @jrpritchard1622
    @jrpritchard1622 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    So sorry for your lost on your hives just have to keep moving forward Meike be safe

  • @alh2107
    @alh2107 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    So sad for your bees, Meike! It's awful that the storms displaced the other colonies, but it's still tough to see the aftermath of the attack 🤯I hope you're able to restart your hives...those bottle designs look really cool😊

    • @WhatMeikeMakes
      @WhatMeikeMakes  2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Thank you! Yes it’s both sad 😔 I’m down to one hive now and it doesn’t have a queen. I have some queen cells, so I hope they are able to raise their own, otherwise I have to requeen

  • @capncrunch9053
    @capncrunch9053 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    LOVE your Honey Bottles!

    • @WhatMeikeMakes
      @WhatMeikeMakes  2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Thank you! I wanted to come up with some different than most sell their honey

  • @rolandlindner430
    @rolandlindner430 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Hallo Meike tolles Video Danke 👌👌👌👌👌👌👌👌👍👍👍👍😘😘😘😘

  • @paulberkebile5562
    @paulberkebile5562 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Bee wars--who would have guessed! I remember my childhood, when there were honey bees all over our yard. Now I am so happy to see one bee or two in the yard. I hope you can bring your hives back to their former level of activity. I also wish you good fortune in integrating your enemy bees into a hive of their own with a queen.

    • @WhatMeikeMakes
      @WhatMeikeMakes  2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Thank you so much! Yes having bees is not so common anymore and there are so many pesticides being used by others, which makes me loose many bees

  • @Mandinga_Pro
    @Mandinga_Pro 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Hello Meike. You really know how to do everything!!!
    Hugs from Chile as always

  • @carlosfonseca1107
    @carlosfonseca1107 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Good morning Meike! Bees are organized animals, they contribute to pollination, make beautiful hives and provide us with delicious honey.

    • @WhatMeikeMakes
      @WhatMeikeMakes  2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      That sure do! That’s why I love them so much 🥰

  • @johnmaida160
    @johnmaida160 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    So sorry to hear about the bees. You must be heart-broken. They will come back!

    • @WhatMeikeMakes
      @WhatMeikeMakes  2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Thank you. I will most likely have to start over next year

  • @caphorn7029
    @caphorn7029 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Bonjour Meike. Je suis vraiment désolé que vous ayez perdu une partie de vos abeilles ainsi que votre miel. Jamais je n'avais vu des abeilles dans un tel état d'excitation. C'était vraiment impressionnant à voir. Heureusement vous avez réussi à sauver une ruche. Gardez le moral. Il y'a plein de choses positives dans la vie. Prenez soin de vous. Amitiés. Olivier.

    • @WhatMeikeMakes
      @WhatMeikeMakes  2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Thank you! Yes it was a very hard thing to witness and not be able to do anything. Since I’ve been watching the last hive I have left like a hawk. Anything that seems off I look into.

  • @Johnny-tt8zc
    @Johnny-tt8zc 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I'm sorry to hear that you lost a lot of your bees. Hopefully you can find a way to get the marauding bees to accept the new hive. Seems like you are doing the best you can. No cheeky comment today hun. Have the best weekend you can Meike 🤗🤗. J. 🌲🌲 Tschus

  • @mjdiiii
    @mjdiiii 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Your beekeeping is very interesting.
    Sometimes a natural disaster continues far beyond what we thought was the end. Good luck Meike. I hope the hives recover.

    • @WhatMeikeMakes
      @WhatMeikeMakes  2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      That sure was the case here. Thank you so much !

  • @victorpolo3822
    @victorpolo3822 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Hola Meike, como estas ? como te fue con las abejas y la produccion de miel ? aca estamos en noviembre y se vienen los dias de calor intensos, espero que estes bien y sigas con mas proyectos, Saludos Bella amiga!!!

  • @marcusmccall9757
    @marcusmccall9757 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Hey meike just wanted to say awesome video wow you got a lot of bees sorry to hear that you lost some we'll see your next video on Friday

  • @victorpolo3822
    @victorpolo3822 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    tan Bella!!!!! como estas Meike ? estoy mirando el video!!!

    • @WhatMeikeMakes
      @WhatMeikeMakes  2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Hi Victor I’m good

  • @zoranpetrovski3051
    @zoranpetrovski3051 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Awesome work bravo 👏😮

  • @cristianolopes8056
    @cristianolopes8056 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Video de hoje ao mesmo tempo 🍬doce mas ferruada🐝😊

    • @WhatMeikeMakes
      @WhatMeikeMakes  2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Thanks Cristiano

    • @cristianolopes8056
      @cristianolopes8056 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @WhatMeikeMakes De nada, Voce e inteligente e esta dando a volta por Cima!

  • @candidosanchez6295
    @candidosanchez6295 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Woow! I love bees :) Hope you are good!!

    • @WhatMeikeMakes
      @WhatMeikeMakes  2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Thank you I’m good… a little shaken by the event but good

  • @thomasbates4978
    @thomasbates4978 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Mother Nature can be cruel at times. She has a way of keeping things moving. Sometimes we don't understand her methods. The Hurricanes did more damage than we are seeing. It will take time for all the flora and fauna to recover and maybe then you will have honey again. Sad for sure. You are very resilient and I'm sure you will make the best of this and eventually things will be better than they were before this disaster. Keep the faith and keep lookin' up. 😀😀😍😍

    • @WhatMeikeMakes
      @WhatMeikeMakes  2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Thank you for your uplifting and kind words Thomas. Have a great weekend

  • @billnlori3149
    @billnlori3149 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Sorry to hear this. It must have been so sad to see. This is all a learning experience and now you know! Hope you can find a good solution soon. Keep up the great videos!!

  • @pauldevey8628
    @pauldevey8628 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I’m sorry for your loss. You’re resilient but it can still hurt. Stay busy. Paul

  • @craiggoodwin9704
    @craiggoodwin9704 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Meike, tho🙃🙂se hurricanes turned lots of lives upside down. Good Luck getting your bee hives back to normal. Looking forward to next weeks adventure. Thanks for Sharing!

  • @victorpolo3822
    @victorpolo3822 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    no tengo idea de abejas , pero si es la ley de la naturaleza , es sabia, espero que pronto lo puedas soluciopnar, Bella amiga!!! suerte vamos para adelante!!!!

    • @WhatMeikeMakes
      @WhatMeikeMakes  2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Thank you so much Victor

  • @dennisfreitas7675
    @dennisfreitas7675 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Sorry about your bees 🐝 I hope you are able to get things under control with

    • @WhatMeikeMakes
      @WhatMeikeMakes  2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Thanks Dennis. Unfortunately it doesn’t look like it and I might have to start from zero next year. Not fully given up hope just yet tho

    • @dennisfreitas7675
      @dennisfreitas7675 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @ 😢

  • @tonyross2947
    @tonyross2947 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I'm so sorry to see this.

  • @chuckklima807
    @chuckklima807 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I know absolutely nothing about bees and bee keeping, but I am sorry for the loss of your bees and the hard work you put into them. I didn't know bees "fought" over hives and honey. Is it just a matter of your bees being outnumbered, or were the attacking bees a different type or species of bee?

  • @glennwolf5778
    @glennwolf5778 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Sorry to see this. Good luck Meike

  • @Vormulac1
    @Vormulac1 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Heartbreaking :( I hope you're able to get some of the interlopers to stay and repay some of the damages they caused.

  • @sonychatitocricri7134
    @sonychatitocricri7134 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Looks too bad! Eventually you will recover bees, best wishes! ;)

    • @WhatMeikeMakes
      @WhatMeikeMakes  2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Fingers crossed! Thank you

  • @Jarisson--Jari
    @Jarisson--Jari 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Hi Princess Meike, I love you. Kisses from Brazil-São Paulo Capital

    • @WhatMeikeMakes
      @WhatMeikeMakes  2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Thank you! Have a great weekend

    • @Jarisson--Jari
      @Jarisson--Jari 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @WhatMeikeMakes thank ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

  • @Postidemoni
    @Postidemoni 27 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Get some flat surface (plain steel) disconnection with the blocks and the hives. Needs to be a bit larger than the hive base.

  • @snoman2a979
    @snoman2a979 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Sorry to hear about your bees 🐝.

    • @WhatMeikeMakes
      @WhatMeikeMakes  2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      It’s ok… thank you

  • @JohnJacksonJohnson
    @JohnJacksonJohnson 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Reminds me of the song 1959 Johnny Cash song "Five Feet High And Rising", which tells the details of the 1937 Ohio River Flood when his family's farm in Arkansas flooded.

    • @WhatMeikeMakes
      @WhatMeikeMakes  2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Gonna have to listen to it now

  • @T0tenkampf
    @T0tenkampf 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I feel for you. I was robbed out when i started a couple of times. I've never heard of anyone being able to convert robber bees like it was suggested to you. More than likely, they would kill any queen that you introduced just like they were programmed to do in your original colony. I also have never heard of displaced swarms doing robbing without already having a new hive started. A swarm on its own is very docile, and if you find one from a neighbor, then finders keepers. Keep those chewed up frames though, its still a valuable resource. Your new colonies will rebuild them and having them is a great resource.

    • @WhatMeikeMakes
      @WhatMeikeMakes  2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Yea it’s just been craziness since the hurricanes. 🌀 and yes, I was not able to keep the bees. They did. It want to stay and kept chewing on the frames. I also did not have a queen for them ready. Right now I’m left with one small hive but it doesn’t have a queen. One was born and has not returned from the mating flight.

    • @T0tenkampf
      @T0tenkampf 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @WhatMeikeMakes how long has she been out? Any more than 3 or 4 days, and she probably became dragonfly food. One thing I wanted to mention is that if you do put out a feeder, then put a good distance from your hives so it doesn't attract more robbing. Maybe you will spawn a late season swarm from the bully hive, at least.

  • @soulcontractor1641
    @soulcontractor1641 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    As "Bees make Honey" Meike is one and the same! Dean(Soul )P.S. Have a great weekend!

    • @WhatMeikeMakes
      @WhatMeikeMakes  2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Thank you Soul! 😊

  • @guybowers9094
    @guybowers9094 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    That's some good-looking honey 🤔

  • @GroundedFlyboy737
    @GroundedFlyboy737 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Wow, that's a tough one. Sorry that happened to your bees. I know a lot about many different things, but I know NOTHING about bees, honey, wax, and bee keeping. Wish I could help. I feel your pain in your voice as you narrated this video. Mother Nature has been very busy this summer and fall season, and She has affected Infrastructure, homes, people, animals, and apparently bees as well. Circle of Life and all that, only the strong survive, Darwin's Theory, etc. I know those platitudes don't ease your pain or lessen your disappointment, but maybe the new bees will settle down and prosper? The fact that you decided to raise bees in the first place still fascinates me. You're a remarkable woman - tomorrow will be a better day. 🥰

    • @WhatMeikeMakes
      @WhatMeikeMakes  2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Thank you for your kind words. It’s very true,mother nature is just doing her thing. I might have to start from zero but this time I have more knowledge and will be better prepared. You live you learn. Have a great weekend

    • @GroundedFlyboy737
      @GroundedFlyboy737 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@WhatMeikeMakes I'll be watching. Afterall, you're my favorite German nerd with a heart of gold, piercing eyes, stunning smile, and abs of steel. Great weekend!

  • @robhertle4110
    @robhertle4110 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    This is so wierd. I never knew that bees were like humans and attack each other. Sorry about this loss Meike. I understand why you would be upset by this. Thanks for rhe video. Take care.

    • @WhatMeikeMakes
      @WhatMeikeMakes  2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Thank you! I never knew neither. I’m a new beekeeper so I’m still learning

    • @robhertle4110
      @robhertle4110 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@WhatMeikeMakes you're teaching us at the same time.

    • @robhertle4110
      @robhertle4110 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Oh yeah. The honey at the end looked really good too. 😅

  • @markshellard5894
    @markshellard5894 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    So gutting hopefully you can save some of your hive

    • @WhatMeikeMakes
      @WhatMeikeMakes  2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      It seem like after all I’m left with one small hive. Hope they will pull through

  • @dorob.7601
    @dorob.7601 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

  • @klammbaer
    @klammbaer 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    OMG. So schade, aber ich drücke die Daumen!

  • @MacRabbitPro
    @MacRabbitPro 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Wouldn‘t it be an option to present addional food (sugar water) for the bees in the hope the attacking bees would switch over to the sugar water and let go from your bees?

    • @WhatMeikeMakes
      @WhatMeikeMakes  2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I gave that a try. I filled a container with 1 gallon of sugar water and it was gone within 24 hours but unfortunately the aggressive bees were still here :-(

  • @GrandizerGo
    @GrandizerGo 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I know it is too late now, but I might have tried doubling the number of hives you can support. Contact a local beekeeper who lost their hive and see if they will lend you their hive boxes so that the extra bees can propagate to the new home. once they have, allow the beekeeper to take them home.

  • @myoutdoorlife3833
    @myoutdoorlife3833 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Holy shit, you got me when I saw you pull out the ant and roach spray! I was like : NO!!! Don't do that!!!! Lol thank God you didn't! I have alot of ants on my property, and what I do is I buy some of those ant bait stations that stake down in the ground and I put a few of those under my bee boxes. Knock on wood, it's been working great for the past 3 years! The ants eats the bait and bring it back to feed the other ants in their nest, then supposedly it kills them. Good luck to you!

    • @WhatMeikeMakes
      @WhatMeikeMakes  2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      I’ve read about that they will help, I will give it a try now since I know someone that it has been working for 😁

  • @amanvasamantino5368
    @amanvasamantino5368 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Good morning i love honey

  • @stephen1475
    @stephen1475 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I'm sorry for your loss. I'm no bee keeper so I can't help. I think I'd stop up the other hives, and call the one that's under attack a total loss. Perhapse try some excessive smoke to calm the attackers. It's bees attacks are pheromone based. So perhapse burning something smelly like intense would confuse them. No idea.

    • @WhatMeikeMakes
      @WhatMeikeMakes  2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Thank you Stephen. Unfortunately I lost all but one hive and that hive is very weak. So I might have to start over next year

  • @Dixler683
    @Dixler683 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Ten Years After…..” life is funny, bees make honey, I’d love to change the world”. Keep up the good work and slowly change the world your way.

    • @soulcontractor1641
      @soulcontractor1641 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Yah! That's what i thinking was thinking! Alvin Lee a (Generation) ahead me! A lot of "Great "Bands" i missed their music Live's On! Dean( Soul) Toronto

  • @kevinshea4353
    @kevinshea4353 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    So sad!!

  • @jamesmerritt4032
    @jamesmerritt4032 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    My hives sit on a metal stand designed for the hive. I've had some ants but not enough to aggravate the bee's

    • @WhatMeikeMakes
      @WhatMeikeMakes  2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      That’s a great idea. I just didn’t want to spend any extra money on a stand, so I used cinderblocks that I had laying around

  • @me-golf-sweden
    @me-golf-sweden 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Hello Meike.
    Bad luck, not easy to live always in this areas vlike Florida. But the best is that it is going to solve it self. You just have to help a little. 🙂

  • @joenobles1086
    @joenobles1086 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    According to what my uncle said most of Florida bee's are the killer bee's there taking over the hives 😢 and where are you selling your honey at I'll catch you next week have a great weekend 😊

    • @WhatMeikeMakes
      @WhatMeikeMakes  2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Thanks for the info Joe. I haven’t started selling honey yet since it’s all gone besides two glasses. But I will most likely start selling to neighbors, farmers markets, and then maybe online under the cottage food law regulations

    • @joenobles1086
      @joenobles1086 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I don't know where your at but they have flea market that you can set up a table and sell stuff hope that helps you out 😊

  • @TheRealTmass
    @TheRealTmass 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Put a copper wire around it. Ants hate copper!

    • @WhatMeikeMakes
      @WhatMeikeMakes  2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Thank you! I will try it

  • @MikeGrayM70
    @MikeGrayM70 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Well, that's awful. :( I'm sure you'll figure out what to do, but in the mean time, that's really rough.

  • @hansdeelstra5548
    @hansdeelstra5548 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Very great video sweet meike thank you so much sweet and beautiful Lady well done 🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🍯🍯🙏👍♥️you are an angel sweet meike 😘💋💍😻🌹💐😍♥️🥰👍have a nice wiekend beautiful meike ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

  • @pt4242
    @pt4242 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    😭😭😭😭😭😭😭

  • @lorencaulum5344
    @lorencaulum5344 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Sad.

  • @petewilson4476
    @petewilson4476 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Get rid of your inner cover and use a migratory lid. This will reduce the ants by 99%.

  • @henryheinrich6581
    @henryheinrich6581 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    😪

  • @josephantiskay3663
    @josephantiskay3663 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    That is just totally crazy, but a nature has its way of its self preservation. It’s a shame you lost your bees. Maybe somehow you can capture the attackers and maintain your hives for them to do what they do. I am by no means an expert. But I am impressed upon your attempts. This is totally crazy. I never seen these like that. I’ve been around hives. Sorry I don’t have any insight for you.

    • @WhatMeikeMakes
      @WhatMeikeMakes  หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Thank you for your comment Joseph. It is very sad but like you said a natural course. I might have to start over next season and just take this as a learning experience.

  • @tomtruesdale6901
    @tomtruesdale6901 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    That was horrible to watch but it also proves that after a natural disaster even nature goes rampaging and looting just like some humans. Hopefully your hives will recover.

    • @WhatMeikeMakes
      @WhatMeikeMakes  2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Unfortunately it doesn’t look too good for my last hive but I still have hopes. I might have to start from zero next year

    • @tomtruesdale6901
      @tomtruesdale6901 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@WhatMeikeMakes That is so sad, BUT you know what you are doing and that is more than what I know about honey bees.

  • @adankic
    @adankic 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Unfortunately, you learn from mistakes😟

    • @WhatMeikeMakes
      @WhatMeikeMakes  2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      True

    • @adankic
      @adankic 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      In the lack of nectar period, narrow the entrance to the hive to make it easier to defend yourself. Also, do not open the beehive because we are provoking the devil

  • @paracite187
    @paracite187 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I'm sorry about your bees. Nature has no conscience, it's just effective. And so the circle of life closes.

    • @WhatMeikeMakes
      @WhatMeikeMakes  2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      It’s so sad to have to all this work and effort and raising them and now they just gone :-(

  • @markmcdowell6878
    @markmcdowell6878 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    SUGAR WATER !!! THEN GET HELP FROM OTHER BEE KEEPERS AND GET SOME FRAMES OF HONEY FOR THE NEW BEES !!!!!

    • @WhatMeikeMakes
      @WhatMeikeMakes  2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Thank you for the tip. I had some honey frames available but they destroyed the wax caps and are everything they could. Anything I tried did not work. So sad

  • @jamesbeckemeyer3578
    @jamesbeckemeyer3578 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    You got hit hard by another much stronger and aggressive colony. Reducing the entrance was the right move, but it is a double edged sword in the florida heat. Are your bottom boards solid or screened? The robbing colony may have had different genetics (Africanized)...They may be an ongoing problem for your weaker colonies.

    • @WhatMeikeMakes
      @WhatMeikeMakes  2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      My bottom boards are solid. I was not able to hold on to that robber bee colony and they moved on. I also had a kill off part of that colony since it was just too big. Moving on in that size would have cause much damage so the next beekeeper.
      I’m left with one small hive now. Still have the entrance reduced since I do have bees come in that are clearly not mine

    • @jamesbeckemeyer3578
      @jamesbeckemeyer3578 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Would replace the solid bottoms with screened to increase ventilation and keep the entrance reduced to give your bees a better chance of fending off the robber bees. If you witness another major attack, try setting up a soft water sprinkler in the area in front of the hives...it can convince the robbers that it is raining and they may return to their hive. (Sounds crazy, but it sometimes works.)

    • @WhatMeikeMakes
      @WhatMeikeMakes  2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@jamesbeckemeyer3578I like those ideas and will try to implement them in the future

  • @arthurs5704
    @arthurs5704 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Sorry Meika.
    Did not think bees did that. Learn something new evet day
    Thought bees were bees and did not differentiate between hives.

  • @jimthesoundman8641
    @jimthesoundman8641 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Ants cannot cross water, so if you can find a way to put the hives on an island in a shallow pan of water, that will prevent the ants from getting in the hive.

    • @WhatMeikeMakes
      @WhatMeikeMakes  2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      That’s gonna be extremely difficult the way I have my setup, especially standing water will attract mosquitoes too. But I will look into to it, thank you

    • @stephen1475
      @stephen1475 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ​@WhatMeikeMakes build a frame around the base of the hive with a stopper in it. If you see ants fill it with a watering can and stop it up. The rest of the time it can be stopper out to allow rain drainage.

  • @kalaants
    @kalaants หลายเดือนก่อน

    Looks bad, by now you might have lost all your hives already. You needed to back-up your hives and move to a different location >5km away ASAP. Could be easily done overnight and it's the only sure and fast way to break the (robbing) cycle. You could bring them back after a few days/week. Usually when the cycle is broken bees find smth. better to do but it takes a very easy target (weak hive) plus zero natural harvest to start another robbing cycle.
    Ofc. I would lend the beautiful hard-working, smart lady a helping hand any day or night ;) but unfortunately I am located on the other side of the world.
    Greetings from Estonia.
    . E

  • @bigblack2295
    @bigblack2295 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Hata üstüne hata yapmışsın arılar üstünü kapatmıştı oranın tekrar açıp kaleyi düşmanlarına teslim etmişsin

    • @WhatMeikeMakes
      @WhatMeikeMakes  2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      What did I open?

    • @bigblack2295
      @bigblack2295 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@WhatMeikeMakes The dead bees layer on the top of the hive and other entry holes.

    • @GroundedFlyboy737
      @GroundedFlyboy737 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Know thy enemy, know yourself.

    • @andymarriott8150
      @andymarriott8150 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@GroundedFlyboy737 to error is to be human

    • @andymarriott8150
      @andymarriott8150 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@bigblack2295 after seeking professional experienced advice to clean the dead bees from the hive there isn't much more you can do other than to open the hive

  • @Gabrielles456
    @Gabrielles456 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    🌌🌌🌘☄️🔆🛸⛓️🎃🧰🎩👹🔱💨lovely kiss .🐱🏞️🌎🌌🌌🌌🌌