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Frederick Dunn (Cornell University Certified Master Beekeeper) shares his experiences with backyard honey bee keeping and management.
Viewers of his YouTube Channel send in their backyard bee-related questions, and Fred responds.
Join us, won’t you? Fred has been studying honey bees in rural Pennsylvania and managing their hives since 2006.
Visit the Frederick Dunn YouTube Channel to see Fred’s video content covering a wide range of topics.
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Saturday Jul 08, 2023
Saturday Jul 08, 2023
This is the audio track from today's YouTube: https://youtu.be/WqhB00C4p-8
Topics and related time-stamps below are generously provided by Adam Holmes
1) You mentioned that you have an inner cover without the vent notch. Did I get that right? What does this do for moisture and air flow? 3:21
2) Do varroa prefer nurse bees over the working foragers? Do the nurse bees go up and feed in the rapid round feeder? 18:47
3) I bought a bag of seeds from Eden Brothers pre-spring but never go them planted. Will they be fine for next Spring? 26:34
4) I bought a Varroa EasyCheck and in the directions it talks about CO2 mite checks. Have you done this? Did it work? Does it kill the bees? 30:31
5) My husband was a Master Beekeeper for over 35 years. One morning he was stung on the lip and he went into anaphylactic shock. 45:36
6) I found a larva on the landing board of my hive. Later on I noticed two dead varroa mites next to it. Maybe the queen is VSH? 51:13
7) We are in the process of building a Long Langstroth hive based on your plans. Thinking ahead to making legs and wondering if the hive should be level or have a slight tilt as the common Langstroth Hives have? 54:48
8) I have an observation hive, and have a question about pollen storage. I noticed they store dry pollen and wet pollen. Does the dry pollen have a much longer or indefinite shelf life? 1:03:40
9) Sometimes swarms hang onto locations outside and make comb and if no one messes with them, they stay there. Why is that? 1:07:51
10) Why do bees occupy an intermediary location to bivouac? I wonder why the scouts don't identify an share the location of the new location prior to departure? Why don't scouts figure it out and fly directly there? 1:11:14

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