Backyard Beekeeping Questions and Answers Episode 104 April 2nd get ready for swarms and splits.

This is the audio track from a YouTube video:  https://youtu.be/pRsX7U_eNms

 

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Pinned by Frederick Dunn

Adam Holmes 

 

 Time links are courtesy of Adam Holmes

 

1) Would making beehives from OSB work to cause the bees to make propolis on the hive interior? 3:25

2) When a new colony is being installed, should I use Honey-B-Healthy, or should I stick with smoke? 8:15

3) Do you harvest any fruit, or are your trees just for the bees? What are some organic products that could be used to protect fruit trees, but not harm bees? 11:56

4) What must the condition of a hive frame be for you to put it in the fire pit? 15:40

5) I have a Flow-Hive 2 and the HyfeGate won't fit in and lay flat. Have you tried this on your Flow-Hive 2? 21:36

6) I have a nucleus of honey bees coming this spring, the frames are medium depth, not deep frames. Should I put them in a medium box above or below the deep box? 25:48 7) Can Varroa Mite droppings be present in capped honey? 32:36

8) Not following... find heavy mite load and then saying workers just died after normal life span. 36:54

9) We have flower pots and the bees are face down in them in the dirt. They have done this several times now. What are they doing? 48:27

10) What tools do you carry in your beekeeping toolkit? 55:20

 

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