Bees Flying Food Reserves Shrinking/ When & What To Offer
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 17 ต.ค. 2024
- Follow along as I learn the first pollen of the year is coming into my bee hives on a warm February day. I will discuss how the warm weather affects the food reserves for honeybees and what should be offered.
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Thanks JC! Great info for the new beekeeper who is anxious in feeding a hive. Looking forward to the book!!
Glad to hear the info was helpful! Super glad to hear your looking forward to the book!
Glad you're doing more videos Jason. Always appreciate them
I'm trying to get back in the habit of weekly videos. Sorry, I've missed a few weeks. Just been spending time with the family instead of the camera. lol Have a great day!!
Congrats brother on the book moving forward. Thanks for the update. Good health and God bless
Thanks, Houston. Haven't seen any videos from you in awhile, hope everything is alright. Take care buddy
Amen! God Bless!!!
Excited about the book!
Awesome, I am glad to hear that. Hoping to have it on the market by spring.
Good news about the book!
Lots of practical knowledge shared in this video, Jason! Good job. Yes to the skunk cabbage pollen coming in. Seeing some birdseed/chicken feed fines also but an amazing about of skunk cabbage in SE Ohio! So right about “2nd Winter”. Sorry about seeing some loss.
I've heard about the skunk cabbage many times before but never really put much effort in researching it until I seen this pollen. It really blew my mind to see pollen already. Thanks for taking time to comment! I love seeing new names in the comments!
Last several warm days, my bees have been all over our chicken and goose grains!
I actually tried some insulation board around my hive this winter because I had a sheet of it that was in my barn loft since we bought the place 😂
We are pretty wide open here for the strongest winter winds and I wanted to use it mostly for some wind blockage.
No way for me to say insulation was the right thing but my bees are doing great so far, so I'm calling it a win 😁
Cheers, Jason!
That is awesome! Do what works for you and don't worry about what others are doing. I can't remember where your located, could you remind me?
@@JCsBees Just a bit north in Wood county
Preach brother preach! Hives definitely should be checked. Anxiously awaiting your book!
I'm trying! lol Glad your excited about the book, plan is to have it out by spring.
Oh no,sorry about the bee loss, this video was awesome always so much information, I've fed mine a bit of hive alive and small piece of pollen patty oopsy that's coming out.
Cold here still, maybe 46 today. Any warmer weather and bee's are out exploring, love seeing that.
Sadly loss is part of beekeeping. It used to get me down but anymore I know it won't take long to get back the lost numbers. Yes, I would remove the pollen patty asap. You don't want them to go brood crazy too soon.
High of 47 here today, snow coming tonight. No fun!!
Great news on the book! Though sorry about your losses...I've lost two so far. Fingers crossed we don't lose any more. It was 72°F on the 9th here in central MO, whereas same time last year last year it was a high of 34°F with overnights well below freezing (our usual Feb weather). The maples are budding out already which is too early, and the bees have been bringing a bit of pollen in here and there, but I don't feed pollen patties for the very reason you stated. What's crazy is that it's been in the 70's here this weekend, but when I just let the pups out a few minutes ago (Sunday evening), I saw that it's snowing out! Looks like 2nd Winter is starting to make its rounds.
Yes, I am excited. It seems like the book has taken years to get to this point but it's only been about 16 months. lol What a project!!
As for the losses, I try not to let it get me down. It won't take much work to gain those 7 colonies back. The weather is a mess, I sure hope frost don't hit our Black Locust this year. It's gotta be hard on these early blooming trees. Keep warm spring is getting closer!
Hi here in Brazil now im using 1 nuc and 2 other nucs above. What i found is that the swarm gets bigger faster than in the 10 frames
Hello. I agree. I prefer the 5 over 5 setup vs the 10 frame box.
JC, I'm looking forward to the book. Thanks for the video.
Thanks, I appreciate that very much!
Looking forward to your book
Awesome! I greatly appreciate that.
Look up condensing hive. Plenty of food in SWOhio. Maple trees, witch hazel, skunk cabbage and snow drops.
Spring is getting close for sure!!
They are hitting the mistltoe on mesquite tree's here in central texas
I do maple syrup here in Vinton county and last year red maples where starting to bloom around this date. It looks like some are already blooming this year as the bees are trucking in pollen. I open feed pollen sub aslo, no patties in the hives.
So the Red maples bloom before Sugar maples? Curious? Glad to hear your on track with your bees. Good luck with the sap!
@@JCsBees Yes, Red Maples are always the first trees to bloom( soft maple) and usually the first indicator of springs arrival. Good for bees, bad for maple syrup producers that depend on red maples. Sugar maples ( hard maple) will bloom much later along with other hardwood trees.
Eastern Ok ,adair County . Feb 9 Elm and Silver Maple full bloom 55 degrees for high. All colony 's overwinterd so far . Looking to split early and have a good honey crop . GOD willing.
Spring is in the air! Super exciting! Best of luck this year!!
I thought I seen pollen coming in the other day but turned out neighbor set out pollen for his bees. Maples are starting bud already here as well. Weird weather for sw iowa.
So the neighbor's have bees too, that's cool. I am curious if that causes any issues for you with your bees? Like robbing? Spring is coming just not soon enough.
@@JCsBees it is kinda a headache not knowing when he's feeding or if he's treating for mites. I try to keep them on the same page as myself so I don't end up with any surprises
nice
Thanks
I am seeing maple and some bright yellow pollen here in Indianapolis. l have been thinking of getting a microscope to diagnose bee health issues...
The bright yellow could be Crocus, I see ours are starting to pop up. A microscope could be very handy if you know what your looking for. Good luck!
like your vid, but a bit confused now. I am new to feeding bees other than sugar water, however, it seemed that they no longer wanted the sugar water, and left it for days. I notice specs of maybe black poo on the front porch so I believe they don't just want sugar water. So, I thought that bees also eat pollen that was stored, so, if I shouldn't feed pollen patties when they no longer want sugar water what is left to feed not to make them make brood to early? any way thanks for the heads up I was going to get some pollen patties tomorrow but Ill wait for your reply thanx again.
Pollen patties are protein and protein encourages brood rearing. However they do make a winter patty that is mostly carbs, great to feed overwinter.
In the winter offer syrup is bad for the hive as it increase moisture in the colony that could drip on the bees and kill them. I'd suggest making sugar cakes or just offering dry sugar on a piece of newspaper, that is called the Moutain Camp method. You could also try feeding the Hive Alive fondant patties. Good luck!
These warm days the bees are burning up any sugar on light colonies, one nuc will consume a pound a week if the stores are gone. I make sugar bricks and starting in early Feb was adding 2% protein (similar to winter patty or candy) to maintain brood with the warm days and freezing nights. There is not enough growth to throw down any high protein patty, and supplies are really expensive (I'm looking at a 40# box of Bee-Pro as its still reasonable). Just saw an old Kaymen video feeding patty in early Feb with snow (LOL).
You are so right! This weather is a mess. Sure I am enjoying the warmer days but it's hard on so many things like our bees. Not to mention the plants and trees.
Sounds like you have a good feeding program setup for your bees. Nice job!
I guess Kamen does things different. lol Some beekeepers push their bees really hard to start building up, I would guess that's what he does.
Have you done a demaree split? If so did u video the process? What is the link? Thxx
I’m in Canada and have feed in January so…. Cold.
Nice! You have to do what need done and it sounds like you are on track. Nice job!
I don't know if it was a fluke, or not, but I saw lots of yellow pollen on Jan 31. Probably alder
It could very well be Alders. The weather has been warm enough to force a lot of stuff to bloom early.
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That's exciting! Keep us posted!