Beekeeping Tips For Keeping Your Bees Cool In Hot Weather
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- Beekeeping is tough on bees in really hot weather. Beekeepers need to know how to keep their bees cool. Today, I'll share 6 tips to keep your bees cool.
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David GREAT VIDEO. I inspected both hives at 12 noon today, it was 75 degrees and nice South breeze. Added a deep box with drawn comb in-between the 2 deep box to give the bees more room and the bottom super was full of honey but not totally capped. So, hopefully with the expected heat the hives will be able to handle the heat. Water stream about 50 ft away with plenty of fresh spring water. So far no mites ! HAVE A GREAT DAY AND FATHER'S DAY 👍 😎
Sounds great!
That's why it's a great idea to keep bees in insulated horizontal hives(Layens)😁
Hi Dave, I have been doing bees for 18 years, my dad years before me. I came up with the idea of using my bee excluders as spacers, between the inner cover and outer cover. The bees are able to go in and out still because of the openings on the excluders. It was enough to help vent air out the top, and reduced the bearding by 1/2 the amount.
Yes, anything that provides some space should help.
Good stuff. Happy Father's day David and All the dad's out there See ya All Thursday 😊
Same to you!
It was 94 but felt like 103 and humid. Came home from work and a swarm was already moved into my trap I built that was in a semi shaded area. This was my first swarm caught and my first bees. Moved them into my hive and marked the queen 2 days ago. Now I'm officially a beekeeper and looking forward to the learning journey
Congrats! Great job!
Nice tips. Although not cost efficient for big producers, these 5 things can all be easily accomplished when using Long Lang or Top Bar Hives. I made mine tight enough that between the beetle buster traps and Guardian entrances have virtually no SHB ingress so they can live in the shade now. Peaked roofs and vented top boards means that ventilation can be assisted. I might even start spacing the roof tiles an inch off of the roof to give them more of a home style though external venting action. A top mounted round honey feeder can provide water over the brood nest.
I’m in Texas where it’s very hot and I’ve drilled 2” holes in the cover boards on my horizontal hives and put screen over the holes. The bees on every hive block the scenes with propolis. They don’t want the venting.
And if they do, they'll open.
Dave, Great topic for the current weather. So many different ways to successfully keep bees. I'd like to see you address those of us who choose not to upper vent. For reference: This past year we saw Wind Chills of -30F & Heat Indexes of 111F. Over Wintered 100% (multiple Winters) & never any heat related bearding. My setups - Screen bottom, Slatted rack, full sun (90% of day), a layer of that silver bubble insulation inside every lid. Unless feeding, I also seal the hole in the inner covers. Thanks again, for all your informative videos.
I'm sure results vary from beekeeper to beekeeper and from hive to hive configuration and from colony to colony. I started venting on the top in the winter due to the build up of ice inside the hive in my climate due to condensation freezing and this solve "my" problem for me. Bees need moisture in the winter and so some condensation is a must, but not that which drips down on the bees on a warmer winter day.
Thanks, very helpful. I was just doing some research on this subject.
Glad it was helpful!
Here in Texas that is normal temperatures for us at this time of year.
Screened bottom board, popsicle sticks under the top cover, corrugated plastic on top of box, and a pond less than 75 yards away. We have not had any bearding with this setup, at these temperatures.
All things we have learned from you, thanks David!
Good to hear
Canada here. Popsicle sticks? How do you position them? Do you keep them on 24/7 when it’s super hot?
What does the corrugated plastic on the top box do? Are you using this as your top?
Great tips David we appreciate it. Happy Father's Day to you!!!
Thanks Kyle, Same to you!
Thank you David for the time to share this important information for us Beek Squad
You bet! Thanks for watching.
Thanks David. Love this channel!
Thank you so much!!
This is why European gothic churches are cool in the summer inside, they are really tall and the heat goes up plus the way and the materials. Thick rock us way better than the modern stuff
Great tips and very timely. Thanks.
Glad it was helpful!
You're the best!!! Thank you so so much for talking about this!! I've been worried all weekend, starting tomorrow it's supposed to be VERY hot in Ohio this week and I'm so worried about my bees!
Thank you so much for watching, and glad it was helpful. Yes, Ohio is in the same boat we are in here in Illinois. I started beekeeping in Ohio.
I am lucky to live in the NE US so it's cooler here than most places but it will still be in the 90s all this week. I actually do have my bees just inside the edge of a forest and I don't have problems with small hive beetle- I've only ever seen one in the last few years. Sometimes I just take a 1" long stick and prop the top open slightly. David is right, it helps so much. I run double deeps so I also have a hole in the top brood box which helps.
Thank you for the tips, very helpful!
Glad it was helpful!
Great video David. I swapped out a solid bottom board to a screened bottom board on one of my hives tbis weekend. Really seems to be helping with ventilating the hive, haven't seen them bearding ever since. Hope you had a wonderful Father's Day weekend.
Yes, a screen bottom board is a HUGE plus in hot weather
Thank you so much for the useful information.
Glad it was helpful!
Thank you David great tips.
You are welcome
Good too know Dave! Thumbs up!!
Glad to help
Great idea 💡
Glad you think so!
Happy Father’s Day David! Great tips.
Thanks so much
Thank you for your good ideas. Make a shade for our beehives is very important it will help to save our bee’s colonies in a hot temperature especially during summer. Hello from Japan.
Nice to hear from you from Japan and yes shade really does help.
You can add a super over an excluder to give more space for heat to rise out of the brood chambers. I also prop the front edge of my telescoping cover on the top front edge of the inner cover. Screened bottoms too. Im in Florida, so we use lots of ventilation tricks. Its been upper 90s here and my Broodminder ahiws inside temps at 94-96 inside.
Great tip!
My old house had a house fan, it was my favorite!
I've always wanted one. We don't have central air.
Great vid lot of great tips
Thank you
Mine only get morning sun after noon all shade . And I do like to keep fresh water for them .
I’ve got screened bottoms and placed screened inner covers. Placed water buckets with burlap in it for the landing. Crazy weather.
Good for you, yes, it is a scorcher!
Florida Panhandle here, and 100+ days are not unusual here. If you ever feel the top of a metal telescoping top you will feel how hot it can get. So What I usually do is put some 2 inch foam insulation on top of the hive with the reflective side toward the sun. Then during winter I put it under the top cover with reflective side toward the hive. Super cheap, and super effective!
Good tip
Pop up canopy as well!
Yes! If you just have a few hives in one spot. My wind destroys those!
Great video David 😅
Glad you enjoyed it
David, great tips!! What about a screen inner cover? Do i still need to vent the top cover?
Your call but why not.
David, it was 88 degrees and heat index of 95 - we had a pop up T-storm at 2 pm, cool down 10 degrees but back to 87 degrees. Bees kept on working.
Work horses!
When it starts pushing high 90’s , I will take a hose and add spray the hive and the bees with cool water, sometimes a couple of times a day
I did that when I had just a few hives. Bees loved it. I loved it as a kid playing in the sprinkler. 😃
Ok. Not seen this question come up in all of your videos.
We put our hive in the sun as a deterrent for SHB. And we keep strong colonies to help sequester the beetles. What about on hot days when the bees are bearding.
I understand not all of the bees come outside but does it ever create a situation where the beetles have more freedom in the hive? Cheers
Not a problem because the hive is still so full of bees.
@@beek so they keep enough forces inside for patrol duties and cooling.
The honey bee hive is amazing to say the least.
Bought two nucs mid May that have had slow starts… so still feeding them with 1 to 1 in deeps like David does. Will a quarter under my top cover still provide insulation since I have those inner covers? If not how can I increase ventilation out the top?
It will help.
Can you use a top feeder board and just put water in the jars for the bees? This could also allow as an "attic" to get the majority of the heat from the hive to go up into the box containing the jar(s) and not in the brood box/honey super.
Brilliant! Absolutely. The feeder boards we sell would be perfect. Why didn't I mention this. Forehead slap!
Same in Canada gonna be 36degrees
What 97 (F) in Canada!!!!
@@beek lol right ? This hot stream is gonna hit us hard global warming at
Its finest lol even are winters are not as cold as when I was a kid
What about the top cover metal telescoping or would wood be cooler?
Usually a metal top does well to reflect the sun especially if it is painted white. Metal does get blazing hot!!
David do you think something like a easy pop up tent would work? I tried it yesterday around 4 pm and they (2 hives side by side) stared flying around like crazy so I removed it because I didn't want to upset them. Just started bee keeping in May of this year 2024.
Yes, it helps but it is just too windy and a storm will take it out.
Great tips, thanks David!! My bees were in my pool all day today bc of the heat (Illinois resident). Is this ok for them with the chlorine? I have their water source available and clean, why are they going to my pool? Bc it’s cooler? Curious. 🧐
And one of my hives swarmed yesterday and then returned about 20 minutes later. Hmmmm any advice?!? Lol I went from crying to laughing like what in the world!? Virgin queen mating flight!?
Pool water may contain some minerals and some pools contains salts which bees love. Sometimes the queen doesn’t leave with the swam so they go back.
We definitely don’t have that problem here in the UK. 🇬🇧
Jealous! Your high today is 22 degrees (C) or 72(f) NICE!!
David, I have a large pond on my property probably 10 yards away from where my bees are. Is it necessary to still add water to the hives? They have access to this constantly Charlie PA.
That should be a fine water source Charlie
@@beek thank you and happy Father’s Day
How about putting up shade cloth over the hives if desperate. Yes, expensive and not good when windy.
Yea my wind destroys those, I’ve tried.
I have your feeding system in place on both my hives. So there is a empty box, obviously, housing my jars of feed. Is that enough empty space to help ventilate? Should I still prop the top cover with coins?
Yes and you can give them plain water through my feeder too.
I put 2 full quart sized jars in there on Saturday afternoon and it was gone when I just checked a hour ago. I have plenty of water near by too.
Do the Apimay hives provide any increased benefits?
They claim they do
I already set my hives up to only get the morning sun anyway. By 11 am the hives are in the shade.
Should help them stay cooler. How’s your SHB
What about poly hives will they stay cooler than wood hives ??
They claim they do
No mention of going to a screened instead of solid bottom board? Screened inner cover as well, though your feeding board probably gives enough extra ventilation through into the top spacing box.
I figured that people have decided what bottom board they want to run and may not have access to a screen inner cover. That’s why I mentioned ventilation. But you bring up some good tips, if you had those on hand. Thanks
Oh my goodness I used to use a screened bottom board but they are horrible in Winter your hives will freeze to death just stick with the normal
I looked at my hives this morning around 10 to 11 am . I cracked open the tops . They got a creek of water.
Good deal
Bees in tress only have one entrance. So if you insult the hive it acts like a tree. No upper entrance.