Healthy well fed bees and good quality queens helps over come so many of issues. I believe that much of our current colony issues are inadvertently of the beekeeping industries making. A lot gets over looked in term of quality when mass production enters in.
You did good on this one Harris, you presented the information well. You kept some of the terminology a little more simple for people that is a good thing. Much of these topics can get a bit deep with terms, products and techniques. Blessed Days...
With as many as I have, and moving them around like I do, they pretty much have to be on pallets. But yes there are majors you can take when you have a few at home that will help. I have also heard chicken wire hanging down and on to the ground will prevent them from getting close enough, they don't like walking on it I guess
By now we had every disease that travels out there. My bees "overcame" chalk brood, EFB, deformed wing, nozema... those l can't see in my hives (they're probably there but not enough to see). I had AFB couple of years back and had to dig a hole, burn a yard of 20 and refill the hole. The land, 3 miles around and any other hives in it get a 4 years quarantine and can't be moved.. regularly inspected by veterinary inspectors. That yard had only 2 sick hives but l had to burn it all. We all think it won't happen to me.. but now I disinfect everything from hands to equipment... alcohol.. chlorine and fire on the inside of boxes every spring or when changing something. You just have to move one frame when you shouldn't. Here is different.. we have way more hives on a square mile than you but I still wanted to write what can happen. We cook our old pieces of equipment in caustic soda.. frames and other smaller pieces. Just for some peace of mind. AFB is rare here too but if you get it you better run to burn it than to have it come back every couple of years. Good stuff these new videos you do. There's always something to learn. Sorry if I bother you with long comments. Just stuff l experienced and learned the hard way
they are treating AFB now, but I am not sure its a good thing. AFB will never build resistance to fire.the cost of a few hives vs. cost of an industry seems small. I worry these vaccinated queens, and trying to treat sick colonies will end up making it more common to see AFB. your posts are great, new beekeepers need to hear from more then just me
@@harrisjoubertwithsleepycre1924 thanks Harris. The difference between EFB and AFB.. so you can be immediately sure. EFB is an open brood disease. You can see it before they cap it. AFB is a capped brood disease. It looks ok until they cap it. It liquefies the capped larva into a stinky (l don't know how to call it). It smells really bad. Than you use the ropey test with a stick. Everyone knows about that part.
Never seen anyone that has even had EFB or AFB in my area when I ask. But we have a lot less density of colonies in our area, we do not live in the land of unending season like many do.
@@harrisjoubertwithsleepycre1924 Yes..not for us... maybe with his flows...we have perfect storm 30 at night,70 in the day then rain and no flow hardly...only thing I've ever had luck with was clove oil..it has worked after couple gallons in the past and is 100 percent effective at ridding colony of ALL shb not that they bother me but definitely works .add 3 or 4 drops to a gallon of syrup..my problem is location and crappy flows , sometimes it's 3 week slight problem, usually month or two problem til main flow..if I run Italians wouldn't be a problem but my carnies will brood and make up for it soon lol
@@badassbees3680 l think the EFB we have here must be different from the one you have there. It was never a big problem.. not even at the start years ago. Or its something else we don't know. Here l see guys on videos showing it on a frame and after some flow time or feeding some watery syrup it cleans it... you can hear it in their voice they don't care about it. But AFB.. nobody will say or confess they have it. Not even mention it in comments here. It's a bureaucracy nightmare
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Healthy well fed bees and good quality queens helps over come so many of issues.
I believe that much of our current colony issues are inadvertently of the beekeeping industries making. A lot gets over looked in term of quality when mass production enters in.
I think you're exactly right
You did good on this one Harris, you presented the information well. You kept some of the terminology a little more simple for people that is a good thing. Much of these topics can get a bit deep with terms, products and techniques. Blessed Days...
Thanks I knew there was too much information on each subject to get too deep
Skunks are no problem if you keep your hive at least 18 inches off the ground!
With as many as I have, and moving them around like I do, they pretty much have to be on pallets. But yes there are majors you can take when you have a few at home that will help. I have also heard chicken wire hanging down and on to the ground will prevent them from getting close enough, they don't like walking on it I guess
By now we had every disease that travels out there. My bees "overcame" chalk brood, EFB, deformed wing, nozema... those l can't see in my hives (they're probably there but not enough to see).
I had AFB couple of years back and had to dig a hole, burn a yard of 20 and refill the hole. The land, 3 miles around and any other hives in it get a 4 years quarantine and can't be moved.. regularly inspected by veterinary inspectors. That yard had only 2 sick hives but l had to burn it all.
We all think it won't happen to me.. but now I disinfect everything from hands to equipment... alcohol.. chlorine and fire on the inside of boxes every spring or when changing something. You just have to move one frame when you shouldn't.
Here is different.. we have way more hives on a square mile than you but I still wanted to write what can happen. We cook our old pieces of equipment in caustic soda.. frames and other smaller pieces. Just for some peace of mind.
AFB is rare here too but if you get it you better run to burn it than to have it come back every couple of years.
Good stuff these new videos you do. There's always something to learn.
Sorry if I bother you with long comments. Just stuff l experienced and learned the hard way
they are treating AFB now, but I am not sure its a good thing. AFB will never build resistance to fire.the cost of a few hives vs. cost of an industry seems small. I worry these vaccinated queens, and trying to treat sick colonies will end up making it more common to see AFB. your posts are great, new beekeepers need to hear from more then just me
@@harrisjoubertwithsleepycre1924 thanks Harris. The difference between EFB and AFB.. so you can be immediately sure. EFB is an open brood disease. You can see it before they cap it. AFB is a capped brood disease. It looks ok until they cap it. It liquefies the capped larva into a stinky (l don't know how to call it). It smells really bad. Than you use the ropey test with a stick. Everyone knows about that part.
I fight efb every year . Everyone says no big deal..ive lost half brood for 2 months...thats a pretty big deal lol
Never seen anyone that has even had EFB or AFB in my area when I ask. But we have a lot less density of colonies in our area, we do not live in the land of unending season like many do.
Did you see Bob Binnie's video on using essential oils to control European foul breed? He had pretty good results in his simple little test
@@harrisjoubertwithsleepycre1924 Yes..not for us... maybe with his flows...we have perfect storm 30 at night,70 in the day then rain and no flow hardly...only thing I've ever had luck with was clove oil..it has worked after couple gallons in the past and is 100 percent effective at ridding colony of ALL shb not that they bother me but definitely works .add 3 or 4 drops to a gallon of syrup..my problem is location and crappy flows , sometimes it's 3 week slight problem, usually month or two problem til main flow..if I run Italians wouldn't be a problem but my carnies will brood and make up for it soon lol
@@badassbees3680 l think the EFB we have here must be different from the one you have there. It was never a big problem.. not even at the start years ago. Or its something else we don't know. Here l see guys on videos showing it on a frame and after some flow time or feeding some watery syrup it cleans it... you can hear it in their voice they don't care about it. But AFB.. nobody will say or confess they have it. Not even mention it in comments here. It's a bureaucracy nightmare
Make a video you slacker. 😆