Backyard Beekeeping Questions and Answers Episode 125

Welcome to another episode of Backyard Beekeeping Questions and Answers.

This is the audio track from today's YouTube presentation.

 

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The question list and associated time links are generously provided by:

Adam Holmes

1) I'd like to build a vertical tube that covers the hive entrance and gets the bees up and away from where children play. How will a long vertical entrance effect the bees? 1:53

 

2) We can not find the queen in a hive even though we always see eggs, larvae and pupae. Any ideas? 9:45

 

3) If I have a betterbee polystyrene hive, do I need more insulation? What about entrance size? 17:16

 

4) I'm wondering why you aren't filming in front of your observation hive this year? 30:19

 

5) Do I need to put a different entrance reducer on for winter, or a mouse guard? 32:12

 

6) My hive keeps producing supercedure cells even though there is a laying queen. Should I remove them, or leave them? 34:27

 

7) My flow-frames were not working, you're right, they were in the open position instead of the closed position. 42:17

 

8) With newly hatched queens, how long should I wait for them to begin laying? don't want to get into the hive too often. 48:19

 

9) Laying workers are in the hive, will they stop if I add frames of eggs and larvae? 50:51

 

10) I'm having a problem with my Hive Butler, the sides are spreading apart with medium frames, will they also do that with deep honey frames? 57:47

 

11) If bees are swarming, is it possible to steer them into a specific hive? 1:01:56

 

12) Is bearding a sign of overcrowding? I don't want my bees to swarm. 1:08:26

 

13) Could I alter the slatted rack so that my Flow-Hive remains in the tilted/harvest position but he tray remains level? 1:11:20

 

14) Is there a way to make a screen so wasps will leave but they can't return? 1:16:06

 

15) I only visit my bee yard two times a month and don't want the sugar syrup feed to spoil. What can I do? 1:18:20