Backyard Beekeeping Questions and Answers 101 when you start feeding, keep feeding, and more tips.

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Adam Holmes 

 

1) Can I rub ultra bee dry pollen sub directly into the combs for the bees when the weather doesn't permit foraging? 7:51

 

2) Looking at building 2 Long Langstroth Hives. Can I install two colonies in each end and use queen excluders to allow workers from both colonies to work the same honey frames, or will they fight? 16:18

 

3) Is it too late to move my beehives? If I do, is sun or shade better? What about orientation flights in the new location? 22:20

 

4) My hives are building a lot of drone comb, should I remove it, or shift it to another position in the hive? 29:35

 

5) Do worker bees clean varroa mites off the queen, or can Queens die from mites as well? 34:45

 

6) Both of my hives died due to starvation, I'd like to hear your ideas on why this happened? 39:21

 

7) I'm interested in the beekeeping mittens you put on your grandsons, I can't seem to find them? 47:45

 

8) I'm starting 3 layens hives this spring. I have questions about how many frames to use and how to arrange them. 50:16

 

9) We're having some recent warm weather, my bees are flying and bringing in some pollen. They have pollen patties, but don't seem to be touching them so far. With nothing in bloom, where are they getting the pollen? 57:21