Backyard Beekeeping Questions and Answers Episode 119

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Adam Holmes

1) How much should I feed my bees? I have 5 Gallon Bucket Feeders and the bees drink that in a day. 1:53

2) I'm in Texas the the bees never filled the Flow-Frames, I took them off since we in a dearth now. 7:00

3) Do you think feral survivor stock might just be able to withstand higher mite loads? 12:01

4) I pulled my Ross Round supers and found them to be a haven to hive beetles. 20:54

5) What's the best way to store my pulled honey supers when I don't want to make but one mess a year? 25:33

6) I did mite washes with the soap check method, I have purchased Formic Pro. Should I remove the HyfeGate? 32:00

7) I have a new queen in my hive and she's not laying yet, I'm worried about laying workers. 43:08

8) How do you plan to treat mites in your Long Langstroth Hive? I had problems with formic pads. 51:05

9) With everyone going through a dearth period, why aren't my bees having the same problems? I do see robber activity at the back of the hive. 55:30

10) I used bettercomb in my hives, they chewed it down to the wire that was embedded. Will they build it back out? 58:46

11) I have seen hornet attacks on beehives and 20-30k bees massacred in hours. Why do bees not leave the hive with the queen? 1:03:57

12) I am treating for mites even though they are just at the borderline of requiring it. With formic pro, it says to provide a top box for bees to go into. Should it have frames or be empty? 1:08:02

13) How many cells are in your favorite Acorn Frames? Does it really matter in your opinion? 1:09:11

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