Backyard Beekeeping Questions and Answers Episode 114, why don't the bees fill my Flow-Super? and much more!

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Time links below are provided courtesy of Adam Holmes

 

1) I know you can purchase Ross Round frames for chunk honey, but is there a way to do that without special equipment? 1:36

2) I have two queen cells in my hive and they are both capped. I squished the one along the bottom and left the supercedure cell to buy some time. Should I let nature take its course, or is it time to make a split? 4:53

3) Our local crop duster is going to dust. My bees are bearded on the outside of the hive, what can I do to keep them from flying during dusting? 10:14

4) Can you give some information regarding what you think it happening with my hive? Lots of resources and I found the queen, but no eggs, what's going on? 12:56

5) I see that there are multiple sizes for Layens Hives. I plan to build my own, how many frames should I be able to include in the hive? 16:31

6) When it comes to Flow Hives, I can't find any information regarding harvesting wax from them. Isn't this also a valuable commodity for flow hive owners? 19:22

7) I need to inspect my hive, and the problem is that they are bearding on the outside. Can I go ahead and inspect? 23:29

8) What happens to bees that are producing wax, but the hive doesn't need new wax such as with the Flow Hives? 25:18

9) Tried numerous different strategies for getting my bees to work the flow-frames and store honey in them. Nothing is working. 26:31

10) My plan is to have and keep only two hives! I do not want more than that. I don't want a lot of gear and have limited space. I just want to enjoy my bees. How do I keep it at two hives? 34:35

11) Bee Weaver Queens are now back in stock: (tell them Frederick Dunn sent you!) These are my favorite treatment free stock: 40:52

12) I recently captured a swarm, now it's in two parts and won't leave the side of a tree. I did not observe the queen during transfer into the hive. Any suggestions? 41:23

13) When should I remove the entrance reducer from my hive? What size should it be? 46:40