Reading a Hive - Kirsten Traynor
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 2 ธ.ค. 2021
- A lecture given by Kirsten Traynor at the 2021 National Honey Show entitled "Reading a Hive" The lecture is sponsored by Sussex Beekeepers Association. The National Honey Show gratefully acknowledge the Worshipful Company of Wax Chandlers for their support.
The hardest thing to learn as a beekeeper is how to read a hive. This comes through experience, repetition, and careful observation. Gain some insight into the natural structure of a hive and how you can manage the bees to achieve the goals you set.
Dr. Kirsten S. Traynor is the Director of the Institute of Bee Science in Celle, Germany. In 2020, she launched a new quarterly magazine 2 Million Blossoms: protect our pollinators. Originally an English major, Kirsten won her first hive in a raffle right after college graduation. These fascinating insects led to a globe-trotting adventure, a PhD in biology, and a new appreciation for the interconnectedness of our planet. But she never lost her desire to write and now combines her skills in science communication. She is the author of Two Million Blossoms: Discovering the Medicinal Benefits of Honey and Simple, Smart Beekeeping.
An excellent lecture delivered in a highly articulate manner by a very skilled communicator and educator.
One of the best talks on beekeeping I’ve listened to in more than five years.
Wow, that's incredibly kind of you. I appreciate the compliments. I very much enjoy sharing my love of beekeeping with others.
I loved the old cave drawings showing the history of beekeeping. There was a lot of information in this that I will be taking into next year. Most important for me was about placement of the pollen frame and how not to create a wall or splitting the hive chamber in half. Kirsten spoke very clearly and this was very enjoyable and informative to watch.
This is hands down, one of the best lectures on what to look for in your hive. I have to give props to Kirsten, for delivering such an informative lecture with sooooo much "meat" in it to take and process. I have watched this lecture over 5 times and each time, I had to take notes because I learned something again. I wish there were more videos out there like this for beekeeping. She was clear, concise and delivered the information in an easy to understand method. Great Job Kirsten Traynor!! I hope youre liking Germany.
Hi Timothy, thank you very much! I really appreciate you taking the time to watch and comment. Glad you learned a lot.
@@kirstentraynor6898 Did you give any more lectures at the Honey Show? I know they are slowly releasing them, but I am looking forward to more of your work! I love it!
This is by far the best video of all the thousands I have watched on reading the hive. Learned so much from this lecture. Saved and downloaded for more time to watch again and again.
A great source of information for the future. Thank you.
Best 50 minutes I have ever used on a youtube videeo! Thanks so much!
Fabulous presentation - Description of the egg shape and what is means is very enlightening!
Wow! I loved this! Brilliant!
Excellent talk, thank you!
Wow. Really informative. Thank you.
Using swarm cells? Heck yes. It's timing. It depends on if the hive is swarming weeks earlier than average, then no don't use them. All bees swarm so if you catch them during a normal swarm time cycle you are fine. "In fact swarn cell make the best queens", Bob Binnie explaining the use of a double screen board.
On the first slide showing the brood pattern, those empty cells can be hygienic bees pulling out infected brood. They are eliminating the problem at the larvae stage.
Best ever explanation of the Hive configuration. Are there any pdf downloads for the illustrations, Thank you.
I love my pretty little baby's...🐝
Your amazing. Your very smart and really good at giving information. Really great job and you know your honey bees :)
More information in a video format than you can get from any beekeeper.
I watch your video like your frames and learn something new every time I watch. 10th time watching!!
All about that frame on the frame in the frame next to the frame next slide please! Lol but seriously great job!!
Everyone there is stuck on the box and wondering I have a box( love when the people asking question start to think how come I never looked at bees like this with my garden and forget they are Beekeeper’s) the speaker you watch your frames and worry about the frames and I don’t even need a box! Next speaker please. ( I have a comb I checked out side of my box that looked dull and fancy) speaker have you tried putting the frame in the box! Next speaker. Just on another level and would love to run the world with honey bees with you!
"... how to understand the Book of Bees." > Dr. Traynor makes this statement at the top of her lecture. I'm in search of the text she is referring to, there are several books that are similar in title. Thank you for your assistance.
We've had bees for about 5 years. We've had a lot of trouble wintering them. We are in Washington State. We can't figure out why our bees are building comb across from one frame to the next one, connecting the 2 frames. How do we discourage this behavior?
great ,wouldve liked more about what a shook is ,and use of double screen boards,otherwise l.e.snelgrove has a book swarming its control and prevention 1935
oic "reading a hive" shes reading every singl "next slide please" frame LOL watchher eyes and youll see i get it
Dear Kirsten: I have been a beekeeper (trying) for about 5 years now in South Texas. In this 50 minute video I have doubled my bee expertise. You are a wonderful, gifted teacher, thank you so much.
If one video can double your knowledge from five years, WHAT HAVE YOU BEEN DOING ALL THE TIME???
Very nice presentation
I have learned so much from her.
Very informative. Thank you looking forward to more
This will be really good 👍
Excellent presentation, I like how she touched lots of subjects clearly, her graphics on point, really enjoyed it, great explanation on shook swarms and swarm management and splits and all of these in a short time.
Lots of learning material in such a short presentation, I'll be buying her book Simple, Smart Beekeeping because of that. I want to see how much I can learn from her when she've taken her time to explain.
Outstanding presentation! Thank you!
Fabulous! As a second year beekeeper who realizes day by day just how little I really know about beekeeping this information is solid gold! Thank you!
29:53 this forces the bees to do a lot of warming, I mean A LOT. They need way more heater bees for way longer. Heater bees die way earlier and every one needs about three support bees to feed them. All those bees can't rear brood or collect. They are also likely to still not get the temperature right and thus rear shorter lived bees. Please move at least 3 brood frames up, thus they have it easier to keep the warmth. Also, if your colonies are big enough they will go up without any tricks quickly.
Excellent lecture, very informative for new beekeepers. I'm ready for my next inspection in the spring lol Might have to watch it again it a few months.
As a very new beekeeper, this has been extremely helpful! I do have a suggestion - because I’m in Australia, with different seasonal months, it would be really helpful if you refer to a season as e.g early spring instead of the month name.
Also, I don’t understand what getting super on or doing it too late means, but maybe that’s because this has been my first spring/summer.
If your top box of frames has at least 2 frames of white capped cells at the tops then its time for another top box in ouy warmer months
I presume "march " means early spring in USA .it has a very diferant meaning in 50 percent of the world. Thank you all the same
Asking someone to translate even for 50% of the world can lead to a lot of unnecessary verbiage. I don’t expect Aussie beekeepers to give me information for here or to use Imperial measurements.
😩 P-R-O-M-O-S-M!
Kirsten - is there some place where I could download this presentation to print?
This is one of the best videos I’ve ever seen. I’ve watched just about every lecture on TH-cam.
I would have to give you an A to an A+
Your a good student that has learned well from a excellent teacher
Well done young lady ( Queen )
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That's not "reading a hive", thats "Some reading hives, why do bees swarm, where to put honey supers, how to add drone frames, how long does a bee need to hatch, how to make a quick swarm control and other random topics briefly touched for beginners". I'm disappointed.
Why not suggest the Matt Lance title yourself when you’re so smart? I believe that you are only good at criticizing others. I wonder where so much evil in you comes from?
Excellent material, but ,,next slide please" is so annoying!
I unfortunately gave this lecture in a hybrid format in the UK, while I was based in Germany. To ensure the live audience had high quality images, they controlled the presentation from the UK. I much prefer advancing my own slides, but there was no other option during the pandemic.
@@kirstentraynor6898 even "next slide please" is lovely, Germany loves to have you! Very well done teaching.
@@kirstentraynor6898 This is one of the best delivered video's ever and we all love it. The "next slide please" is wonderful and iconic and adds a whole dimension to it. Only you can pull this off, so thank you so much for your great talks. Which "Book of Bees" are you referring to? Which author? There are so many with that title.
This presentation needs to be tuned better to the audience of the UK and Ireland and the conditions and enviroment that prevail there
Nothing more annoying in a presentation than hearing the presenter say "next slide" over and over again.
Kirsten was on zoom from US.
@@suzanneking4919 Her presentation was very US-oriented but, I believe, she is now based at Celle, Germany.
I wonder why you watched the video at all? What can we think of you when you don't know how to appreciate such a good lecture? Did you want to learn something new or did you look for someone or something to criticize in your boredom? It's a shame that you made such a stupid comment. And if you can pass on knowledge to us in a better way, please do so.
@@winzenriethgilbert5273 honestly I don't think I really learned anything. I watched the whole video and the material was interesting. There is no criticism of the material. My criticism is about the set up. The annoying parts give the audience time to space off and a reason to not listen to the material. We as presenters and conferences need to do whatever we can to engage with our audience and eliminate the potential ways to lose the audience. I'm a data nerd but not everyone is into monotonous scientific studies all the time.