I have just found your channel and have watched a few of your videos, and they are REALLY helpful. You have a natural way of teaching without using notes and without wasting loads of time. You just get to the point. Your explanation that bald brood develops to PMS if left untreated cleared up a big question for me. Thank you so much. One of my hives is really struggling but now I know it's not the end for them - I just need to act quickly. So helpful and reassuring.🐝
Thank you so much! I am so happy you have found my videos to be helpful! That’s exactly why I’m here! I hope your beekeeping season is going great and finished off great going into winter ♥️♥️ I am happy to have you become a part of a BeeFit family now 🥰
Everything you said is on point. Nicely done and great editing. I subscribed. Looking forward to checking out more of your content. Wishing you and your bees all the best from Southwest Florida 🐝🐝🐝
Varroa mite,hive beetle , predators ,wax pollen, CB.AFB,EFB, nosema , K wings Etc will keep you on your busy all the time. Thanks for putting out the problems who occurs in the fascinating bee world. It’s like the never boring game off thrones
I recently found your channel and am really enjoying it as a first year bee keeper. This was the best video I have seen this far about varroa. The close ups were fantastic. Thank you. Also, where di you purchase your bee suit from?
@@beefitbeekeeping Thank you for the info on the suit. I bought one from Dadant but I liked the look of yours and it appears to have better ventilation than mine. Again, I was thankful to find your channel. It's by far the best one to date. You provide excellent explanations, advice, and how-to-do steps with outstanding video which reflect everything you have shared. Definitely a follower in me.
2 things. The mite goes into the cell right before capping. But she stays in the cell and lays her eggs while the cell is capped. Then when the bee emerges she exits the cell and is done laying eggs. The 1st egg she lays is a male. The rest are fem. He will start breeding his sisters unless interrupted by the bees unhappiness the cell. The do prefer the drone brood but not because of size. It's because the longer period of being capped. The mite will be able to lay a couple more eggs in the added time
Mite are a serous issue to deal with, but the mites are totally manageable with techniques and tools. Don't let mites destroy your Joy of bees by putting fear of the mite in it's place.
@@joschmoyo4532 my opinion destroying the bees is pointless and doing nothing but creating shortages in your country. You already have mites in hives so you already have mites in the wild nothing is going to change. That how nature works. Learn to treat and deal with mite. Move on, learn to treat, quit killing honey bees, just my opinion. Scariest words ever spoken "I'm from the government and here to help."
@@dcsblessedbees What annoys me most is that the mites were in all probability deliberately introduced to undermine Australian agriculture. I think it's to late to stop it now.
I’m in between zone 5 and 6 depending on the map. Up in southwest Michigan. Your bees will tell ya when the nectar starts to slow. They’ll get super pissy.
We are in zone 7 as well but our flows here are much different than the flows just an hour or so away because we are fortunate to have several fields of soy blooming near us every summer so we basically do not have a summer dearth. That's not true for keepers even just 5 miles outside of the agricultural zoning near us.
I brought these queens in that are certified VSH and my other hive that I have had the last 3 years that has gotten more aggressive every time it has requeened is showing mite resistance. Just brought in a more gentle breed so hoping the 2 can cross and I will see the mite resistance and gentleness in my future colonies. But mainly haven’t switched bc I don’t want to lose the resistance I am seeing every time they breed with the local bees.
yeah, since you're eager to learn and have the enthusiasm... l'm not here to bash... Varroa enters the cells and bees cap them in with the larva. Than she lays.. first egg is a male, which will breed with her.. than she lays fertilized eggs which are all female.. after 20 to 25 days (depending on temperature and drone brood, size of the cells) they emerge with the young bee.. usually the mother mite and 3-5 new females. Not all of them are mature enough to survive for a new cycles... but will surely double every brood cycle. Most of their disease problems can be fixed with using boards to restrict the nest.. and making it bigger as they need. Bees don't like too much space.. brood should be restricted. It is a stress problem. After varroa, stress is the primary starter of any bee disease. You need to slow down.. learned too much too fast. Beekeeping is a slow process. There is no running with it.. patience
I check ( with a magnifying glass ) the drawer under my screened bottom board every day for even a single mite. What is your opinion regarding the validity of this measure before doing a sugar or alcohol wash?
Just my two cents, yes it can help you determine some, however the bottom board only lets you in on how well your bees are hygienic and not what is on the bees or under the capping's. the reason i feel that daily checks aren't as good is because the quantity of bees change from month to month. With the wash you get a rough amount of bees usually about 300 nurse bees which are the ones you need most.
You worded this perfect and was exactly what I was going to say too. And actually I tip I stole from Greg Burns use dawn dish soap and water instead of alcohol. Will give an even more accurate reading by getting off an extra mite or 2 compared to the normal alcohol wash. 1 tablespoon per gallon of water.
Same. Which is why I thought I was just dealing with sac brood when I found it a month or 2 ago. But when it kept sticking around in a strong colony I did a lot of digging, then did an alcohol wash and yep! It was exactly that, mites. Usually a strong colony can take care of a virus on their own but under the stress of a high mite load bringing in other viruses some start to show. Good thing to know now if I see sac brood in a colony.
Yikes...sounds like PMS isn't good whether it's with humans Or bees then😱😉😂Thats crazy how smart they are tho they're like little terrorists planning to plant a bomb nature is Amazing we definitely don't give creatures in general enough credit they know Exactly what they're doing its Fascinating! Cool that the bees can take the initiative and fix Some of the problems on their own too thats great makes ur job easier and good for them for being able to do that talk about a team effort! Well Good luck my friend and So Proud of u for doing such an Amazing job since day 1 with these guys and now uve taken on even more so my hats off to U my Favorite Keeper☺️🎩👑🐝💛👏👏👏P.S. I am Happy U are Here too, ur the Best, Emily and im sure ur X thousands of little friends there would agree with me🐝💛🐝#emilyisthebeesknees💛 #honeyfit🍯
@@beefitbeekeeping Always Happy to support my Amazing friend and Definitely always happy to support a fellow small business owner☺️🍯👑🐝💛👏 #honeyfit🍯 #emilyisthebeesknees🐝💛
Good job explaining PMS . I feel you should of stressed preventants is the best action by doing mite wash on a schedule rather then to wait for signs of mites issue/problen. Varroa mites are the biggest issues facing a beekeeper but with proper scheduling of mite wash and treatment it can be managed before any signs of PMS occurs.
I agree with you 100% I should have mentioned that! I always find after I make a video there are a couple things that I forget to bring up. So much to talk about hard to remember it all 😅
There are a lot of different ways to go about it. Look into mite treatments like Formic acid, oxalic acid, apivar, Apiguard. It’s all personal preference and it’s a good idea to rotate treatments so that the notes don’t become resistant. And also do an alcohol wash before and after you treat for mites so you know if it worked or not
Well I'll tell you one thing sweetie I'm an old time beekeeper and I don't drown any of my bees for any reason I try to save as many bees as I possibly can they've got your fearful of that movie BS and it's not good
Pinch those mean queens, no MEANIES allowed in my apiary, but to each their own. I personally don't care how much honey an aggressive hive made/makes they would be getting requeened. Even the nice girls get grumpy enough when I do dumb stuff🤠with out being mean in the first place. Good advice on PMS, it's defiantly something ya want to stay ahead of, I really enjoy your presentation of the information. Just watched a video with Fredric Dunn and Dr. Samuel Ramsey they talked about all this and how the mites feed on the fat body. 🤣Maybe they like the boy kuz they is fatties😉it was a good watch, you may enjoy it they get sciency 🙂 I watched a study that postulated that nurse bees designated specific bees take the bullet by being the ones that are diseased brood cleaners, was very interesting. There also is a new for of hygienic test being developed that uses a diseased brood spray to gauge how well they will remove the sickies.🤔Saw a mite on 1 of my bees, but when I did a was they had a 1 as a count maybe it was the 1 I saw🤣just got lucky. Buying my OA vap and strips this next week, get all my girls set up and all clean for fall/winter. 😉Sorry comment got long again🤐that seems to happen a lot. Ty for sharing, Blessed Days...
No problem at all on the long comment 🙂 I will definitely check out that video thank you. I am a science nerd so anything sciencey is right up my alley. Interesting stuff! Right now whatever genetic (I’m guessing the local bees in my area) that my Queen has been breeding with is bringing in more mite resistance. Something I’ve noticed as my main 2 colonies that I’ve had the last 3 years continue to requeen. This is why I am not pinching out the aggressiveness. I want to keep the genetics of the resistance I am seeing. The queens I brought in for these new hives this year are supposed to be more gentle (but still resistant even tho I am seeing that the breeder I bought them from clearly was stating false claims in terms of resistance) so I’m hoping the 2 can come together and show as a more gentle and mite resistance bee. We shall see! Have fun with your bees this week!
I agree with the mean bees. I know she doesn't mind, and I probably wouldn't mind some more defensive bees if I didn't have kids or neighbors but yes I agree that the ones who come and run you off when you're minding your own business I feel would have to go. It is a safety issue and genetic breed I would have to let go. I have Russians and we have all heard of those mean bees. I hope to never have this issue to be honest.
@@timbervalleyhomestead This is my first season but I agree👍don't have any/don't want any. She is a runner so many she doesn't mind.🤣Hay training tool 🏃♀⏪🐝⏪🐝⏪🐝
Just my 2 cents.... Maybe mute the voices during the intro or dial back on the voice or music. Really a lot going on there. Great video as always ✌️
Thanks for the feedback! Will do ☺️♥️
you are beautiful and ill be watching new subber!!!!!!! so long keeping with Natalie! this is soooo much better!!!
I’m honored ♥️ thanks
@@beefitbeekeeping your welcome!!!
I have just found your channel and have watched a few of your videos, and they are REALLY helpful. You have a natural way of teaching without using notes and without wasting loads of time. You just get to the point. Your explanation that bald brood develops to PMS if left untreated cleared up a big question for me. Thank you so much. One of my hives is really struggling but now I know it's not the end for them - I just need to act quickly. So helpful and reassuring.🐝
Thank you so much! I am so happy you have found my videos to be helpful! That’s exactly why I’m here! I hope your beekeeping season is going great and finished off great going into winter ♥️♥️ I am happy to have you become a part of a BeeFit family now 🥰
Everything you said is on point. Nicely done and great editing. I subscribed. Looking forward to checking out more of your content. Wishing you and your bees all the best from Southwest Florida 🐝🐝🐝
Thank you ☺️ welcome to the community! Happy to have ya!♥️
Varroa mite,hive beetle , predators ,wax pollen, CB.AFB,EFB, nosema , K wings Etc will keep you on your busy all the time. Thanks for putting out the problems who occurs in the fascinating bee world. It’s like the never boring game off thrones
🤣🤣🤣 really tho! There is always something to be watching and learning about in beekeeping. A good way to keep ya on your toes 😅
I'd rather discuss periods. Mites are much more scary. 😁
🤣🤣🤣
I recently found your channel and am really enjoying it as a first year bee keeper. This was the best video I have seen this far about varroa. The close ups were fantastic. Thank you. Also, where di you purchase your bee suit from?
Thank you ☺️ it’s made by HumbleBee the 420 Aero! Definitely worth the buy. Welcome to the community! ♥️
@@beefitbeekeeping Thank you for the info on the suit. I bought one from Dadant but I liked the look of yours and it appears to have better ventilation than mine. Again, I was thankful to find your channel. It's by far the best one to date. You provide excellent explanations, advice, and how-to-do steps with outstanding video which reflect everything you have shared. Definitely a follower in me.
Hi,
I'm at my research stage of beekeeping as a new beekeeper. Can you tell me who your bee suit is made by please?
Hi ☺️ yes HumbleBee the 420 Aero! Your smart, researching before you dive in. The best way to do it!
@@beefitbeekeeping Thanks, love your channel
Where did you get your bee suit?
HumbleBee! The 420 Aero 🙂
Great vid!!Thanks for the info ✅️👍👍
Thank you ☺️ hope you have a great rest of season with your bees!
2 things. The mite goes into the cell right before capping. But she stays in the cell and lays her eggs while the cell is capped. Then when the bee emerges she exits the cell and is done laying eggs. The 1st egg she lays is a male. The rest are fem. He will start breeding his sisters unless interrupted by the bees unhappiness the cell. The do prefer the drone brood but not because of size. It's because the longer period of being capped. The mite will be able to lay a couple more eggs in the added time
Thank you from a nervous Aussie bee keeper.
Nervous? Uhoh! Hope your bees get better!
@@beefitbeekeeping
Varroa has reached Australia. They are trying to stop it by euthanasing infected hives.
I don't want to loose my bee's.
Mite are a serous issue to deal with, but the mites are totally manageable with techniques and tools. Don't let mites destroy your Joy of bees by putting fear of the mite in it's place.
@@joschmoyo4532 my opinion destroying the bees is pointless and doing nothing but creating shortages in your country. You already have mites in hives so you already have mites in the wild nothing is going to change. That how nature works. Learn to treat and deal with mite. Move on, learn to treat, quit killing honey bees, just my opinion. Scariest words ever spoken "I'm from the government and here to help."
@@dcsblessedbees
What annoys me most is that the mites were in all probability deliberately introduced to undermine Australian agriculture.
I think it's to late to stop it now.
but how does one find, the next video? I'd really like, to know
Great vids! Thanks for sharing! Out of curiosity, what zone are you? I am in zone 7... Still trying to figure out the nectar flow.
I’m in between zone 5 and 6 depending on the map. Up in southwest Michigan. Your bees will tell ya when the nectar starts to slow. They’ll get super pissy.
We are in zone 7 as well but our flows here are much different than the flows just an hour or so away because we are fortunate to have several fields of soy blooming near us every summer so we basically do not have a summer dearth. That's not true for keepers even just 5 miles outside of the agricultural zoning near us.
New hear but curious y u don't try to get more non aggressive bees, I know sertain weather conditions and things like skunks can make them made
I brought these queens in that are certified VSH and my other hive that I have had the last 3 years that has gotten more aggressive every time it has requeened is showing mite resistance. Just brought in a more gentle breed so hoping the 2 can cross and I will see the mite resistance and gentleness in my future colonies. But mainly haven’t switched bc I don’t want to lose the resistance I am seeing every time they breed with the local bees.
great info
Thanks!!
Lots of incorrect info! Please go back and study mites.
yeah, since you're eager to learn and have the enthusiasm... l'm not here to bash...
Varroa enters the cells and bees cap them in with the larva. Than she lays.. first egg is a male, which will breed with her.. than she lays fertilized eggs which are all female.. after 20 to 25 days (depending on temperature and drone brood, size of the cells) they emerge with the young bee.. usually the mother mite and 3-5 new females. Not all of them are mature enough to survive for a new cycles... but will surely double every brood cycle.
Most of their disease problems can be fixed with using boards to restrict the nest.. and making it bigger as they need. Bees don't like too much space.. brood should be restricted. It is a stress problem. After varroa, stress is the primary starter of any bee disease.
You need to slow down.. learned too much too fast. Beekeeping is a slow process. There is no running with it.. patience
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I check ( with a magnifying glass ) the drawer under my screened bottom board every day for even a single mite. What is your opinion regarding the validity of this measure before doing a sugar or alcohol wash?
Just my two cents, yes it can help you determine some, however the bottom board only lets you in on how well your bees are hygienic and not what is on the bees or under the capping's. the reason i feel that daily checks aren't as good is because the quantity of bees change from month to month. With the wash you get a rough amount of bees usually about 300 nurse bees which are the ones you need most.
You worded this perfect and was exactly what I was going to say too. And actually I tip I stole from Greg Burns use dawn dish soap and water instead of alcohol. Will give an even more accurate reading by getting off an extra mite or 2 compared to the normal alcohol wash. 1 tablespoon per gallon of water.
I've heard that "melted brood" called "sac brood" before. I didn't realise it was possibly related to mites.
Same. Which is why I thought I was just dealing with sac brood when I found it a month or 2 ago. But when it kept sticking around in a strong colony I did a lot of digging, then did an alcohol wash and yep! It was exactly that, mites. Usually a strong colony can take care of a virus on their own but under the stress of a high mite load bringing in other viruses some start to show. Good thing to know now if I see sac brood in a colony.
@@beefitbeekeeping makes total sense and I'm glad to know that now, thank you!
Yikes...sounds like PMS isn't good whether it's with humans Or bees then😱😉😂Thats crazy how smart they are tho they're like little terrorists planning to plant a bomb nature is Amazing we definitely don't give creatures in general enough credit they know Exactly what they're doing its Fascinating! Cool that the bees can take the initiative and fix Some of the problems on their own too thats great makes ur job easier and good for them for being able to do that talk about a team effort! Well Good luck my friend and So Proud of u for doing such an Amazing job since day 1 with these guys and now uve taken on even more so my hats off to U my Favorite Keeper☺️🎩👑🐝💛👏👏👏P.S. I am Happy U are Here too, ur the Best, Emily and im sure ur X thousands of little friends there would agree with me🐝💛🐝#emilyisthebeesknees💛 #honeyfit🍯
🥰 thank you! I hope all is well if you! Thank you for always watching ☺️
@@beefitbeekeeping Always Happy to support my Amazing friend and Definitely always happy to support a fellow small business owner☺️🍯👑🐝💛👏 #honeyfit🍯 #emilyisthebeesknees🐝💛
Good job explaining PMS . I feel you should of stressed preventants is the best action by doing mite wash on a schedule rather then to wait for signs of mites issue/problen. Varroa mites are the biggest issues facing a beekeeper but with proper scheduling of mite wash and treatment it can be managed before any signs of PMS occurs.
I agree with you 100% I should have mentioned that! I always find after I make a video there are a couple things that I forget to bring up. So much to talk about hard to remember it all 😅
you never said, what to do with the mites,
There are a lot of different ways to go about it. Look into mite treatments like Formic acid, oxalic acid, apivar, Apiguard. It’s all personal preference and it’s a good idea to rotate treatments so that the notes don’t become resistant. And also do an alcohol wash before and after you treat for mites so you know if it worked or not
Great info
Thank you ☺️
Well I'll tell you one thing sweetie I'm an old time beekeeper and I don't drown any of my bees for any reason I try to save as many bees as I possibly can they've got your fearful of that movie BS and it's not good
Haha first to post hi.
🙋🏼♀️ hi! Welcome ☺️
Pms bees… they hungry they not happy.
Exactly 🤣
Pinch those mean queens, no MEANIES allowed in my apiary, but to each their own. I personally don't care how much honey an aggressive hive made/makes they would be getting requeened. Even the nice girls get grumpy enough when I do dumb stuff🤠with out being mean in the first place. Good advice on PMS, it's defiantly something ya want to stay ahead of, I really enjoy your presentation of the information. Just watched a video with Fredric Dunn and Dr. Samuel Ramsey they talked about all this and how the mites feed on the fat body. 🤣Maybe they like the boy kuz they is fatties😉it was a good watch, you may enjoy it they get sciency 🙂
I watched a study that postulated that nurse bees designated specific bees take the bullet by being the ones that are diseased brood cleaners, was very interesting. There also is a new for of hygienic test being developed that uses a diseased brood spray to gauge how well they will remove the sickies.🤔Saw a mite on 1 of my bees, but when I did a was they had a 1 as a count maybe it was the 1 I saw🤣just got lucky. Buying my OA vap and strips this next week, get all my girls set up and all clean for fall/winter. 😉Sorry comment got long again🤐that seems to happen a lot. Ty for sharing, Blessed Days...
No problem at all on the long comment 🙂 I will definitely check out that video thank you. I am a science nerd so anything sciencey is right up my alley. Interesting stuff! Right now whatever genetic (I’m guessing the local bees in my area) that my Queen has been breeding with is bringing in more mite resistance. Something I’ve noticed as my main 2 colonies that I’ve had the last 3 years continue to requeen. This is why I am not pinching out the aggressiveness. I want to keep the genetics of the resistance I am seeing. The queens I brought in for these new hives this year are supposed to be more gentle (but still resistant even tho I am seeing that the breeder I bought them from clearly was stating false claims in terms of resistance) so I’m hoping the 2 can come together and show as a more gentle and mite resistance bee. We shall see! Have fun with your bees this week!
@@beefitbeekeeping you to, stay cool 🙂
I agree with the mean bees. I know she doesn't mind, and I probably wouldn't mind some more defensive bees if I didn't have kids or neighbors but yes I agree that the ones who come and run you off when you're minding your own business I feel would have to go. It is a safety issue and genetic breed I would have to let go. I have Russians and we have all heard of those mean bees. I hope to never have this issue to be honest.
@@timbervalleyhomestead This is my first season but I agree👍don't have any/don't want any. She is a runner so many she doesn't mind.🤣Hay training tool 🏃♀⏪🐝⏪🐝⏪🐝